Bob Glazer

Background

About Bob Glazer

Since 2004, I have served as Executive Director of the non-profit Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, a region-wide NGO dedicated to ensuring the sustainable and wise use of the region's marine resources. In 2021, I retired from my position as a Research Scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission where I served as the Climate Change Research and Monitoring Workgroup leader. I also served as the Chair of the Monroe County Climate Change Advisory Committee, a committee that was tasked with making recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on climate adaptation options. In keeping with my climate related activities, I served as PI or co-PI on numerous climate adaptation projects focused on species, habitats, and human communities throughout Florida’s marine and terrestrial environments. I participated in developing the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Adaptation Strategy. In 2017, I received the national Climate Leadership Award Honorable Mention from the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy in the Local and States category. In 1994, I received the first Florida Jaycees Outstanding Young Environmentalist Award, and in 2006 I received the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Fisheries Biologist of the Year award, both in recognition of his work to restore south Florida queen conch population. In 2020, I received the Director's Award from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.