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Sarah M. Reiter JD’13

Titles

  • Adjunct Faculty

Degrees

  • JD, Vermont Law School
  • MS, College of Charleston
  • BS, U.S. Naval Academy

Biography

As the associate vice president of ocean conservation practice at New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life (ACCOL), Sarah Reiter applies her nearly two decades of interdisciplinary, solutions-based expertise to lead key aspects of the Aquarium’s ocean conservation agenda. In this role, Sarah bridges between subject matter experts across various sectors and at the intersection of science, law and innovation, to achieve meaningful ocean conservation impact for communities, marine wildlife and habitats, and the emerging blue economy.  

Sarah joined the Aquarium as a law professor and the head of an observer delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations from the Vermont Law and Graduate School. She began her career as an oceanographer and meteorologist for the U.S. military and applied her leadership experience and technical expertise as she transitioned into ocean conservation work that has spanned research on the ocean’s seafloor to its uppermost polar region and includes previous experience at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of General Counsel, the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University, and Monterey Bay Aquarium. 

Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

  • Dispute Resolution
  • Ocean and Coastal Resources
  • Science and the Law

Departments

  • Environmental Law Center
  • Online Learning Program
  • Summer Session

Courses Taught

  • Environmental Dispute Resolution
  • International Climate Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • Negotiating Environmental Agreements
  • Ocean and Coastal Law