Sarah Melton

As the General Legal Counsel, Vice President of Regulatory Compliance, and Director of Legislative Affairs: serves as the strategic leader for the financial institution’s regulatory, compliance, policy, and advocacy initiatives; and serves as the legislative liaison to the State Legislature and Alaska Delegation in Washington D.C.

—Federal and state administrative law process consulting; federal and state rulemaking analyses; and public testimony before federal and state rulemaking political bodies; —On the economic, scientific, and societal implications of government regulation of highly complex fisheries regulatory regimes —Such as: catch allotments by gear and vessel types; total allowable catch by fishery and season; catch share management; bycatch and habitat limitations; and enforcement actions

—Impact analysis of, and public presentation on, state and federal fishery management plans, administrative rules, enforcement actions, and habitat conservation for North Pacific fisheries —Extensive professional coordination with the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Labs, and National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region

—Lecturer, examiner, proctor, and tutor in “Business Law” for university students

Scientific program management, Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research; Federal agency budget advocacy to U.S. Senators and Representatives on “The Hill”; Transition team support for White House Administration appointments to NOAA; Research Cruise, Ship FSV 225 “Bigelow,” Woods Hole; Lab Field Audits: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Air Resources; Earth System Research; National Severe Storms; Building Dedication: University of Rhode Island, Ocean Science & Exploration Center, Dr. Ballard’s Inner Space Center

Management Simulations: Credit Risk Management, Bank Leadership, and Financial Performance Thesis: Management Report: “federal regulatory compliance for state-legalized businesses”

Law Review: Associate Editor & Research Assistant; Awards: Business Law Scholar, Dean’s Scholar List; Practicum: International Environmental Law; Native American Law Student Association, Treasurer; Theses: Water Law, International Human Rights Law; Lobbying: Oregon League of Conservation Voters

Awards: Colorado General Assembly, Dean’s List; Internship: Colorado Public Defender; Research Positions: Petroleum Systems, Natural History Museum (fossils), Interactive Geology; Practicum: Paleobiology, Taphonomic Processes; Thesis: “Water scarcity as a source of political conflict and dispute"