Speaker's Name
Ambrose Jearld

Title
Immediate Past President

Company Name
National Technical Association

Bio

Ambrose grew up in Maryland and North Carolina and graduated from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a degree in biology/chemistry. He worked as a chemist with Publicker Industries in Philadelphia and served in the U.S. Army between earning his graduate degrees in zoology at Oklahoma State University. He taught biology at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and zoology at Howard University in Washington, DC, before moving to Falmouth. He worked as a fisheries biologist, served as an administrator and manager, and Director of Academic Programs at NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Woods Hole Laboratory until his retirement in September 2016.

He is a member and serves on the boards of numerous professional and technical scientific societies, including the research society, Sigma Xi. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and Overseer at Sea Education Association and is a member of the National Association of Marine Laboratories Education and Diversity Working Group. He currently serves as immediate Past President of the National Technical Association, Inc.

Ambrose is married and lives in Falmouth with his wife, Anna C. Martin-Jearld, PhD, who is a professor of social work at Bridgewater State University. They have an adult daughter, Saba, and adult son, Asa.

Session List

The Role of Minority and Non-Minority Professional Societies at HBCUs
Thursday, February 07th 2:30 PM to 3:45 PM Room: Delaware Suite A- Lobby Level