WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition 2019

Jonathan White
President and CEO
Consortium for Ocean Leadership


Jon White was instated as President & CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in January 2016, where he supervises and controls all of the business and affairs of the organization. Prior to this, he had a distinguished 32-year career as an oceanography and meteorology officer in the U.S. Navy and retired at the rank of Rear Admiral. White’s passion for the ocean and the Navy began at a very early age as he grew up along Florida’s Gulf coast, living next door to a Navy diver. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Oceanographic Technology from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Master’s degree in Meteorology and Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. White had numerous assignments at sea and ashore during his Navy career, culminating in his assignment as Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy from 2012 to 2015. This position included appointments as the Navy Deputy to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and head of the Navy’s Task Force Climate Change.

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