Oren Frey

Oren Frey earned his master’s degree in international environmental policy at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and interned with the Surfrider Foundation in Monterey.

Frey is a State Fellow with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s research team. As part of the sanctuary's ecosystem-based management initiative, he collaborated with scientists, resource managers and other stakeholders to help develop criteria for identifying unique and rare places deserving special federal protection.  Frey also developed a “threats assessment” to the resources at the sanctuary's new Davidson Seamount management zone.