ecoRI News — Marine Policy Professor Resigns from Rhode Island Coastal Agency

May 29, 2024

By Rob Smith / ecoRI News Staff — PROVIDENCE — Nearly two years after first being appointed to the executive body of the Coastal Resources Management Council, a prominent council member tendered her resignation earlier this month.

Catherine Robinson Hall, a noted professor in coastal policy and a former staff attorney for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, resigned her position from the CRMC effectively immediately in a letterdated May 22. In her letter, Robinson Hall, who is an associate professor at Williams College’s Center for Environmental Studies, said she was “extremely busy with my work and want to direct more time to my family.”

Robinson Hall acknowledged her term was expiring later this year, and said she understood that Gov. Dan McKee’s office was recommending appointing her for another term.

“I have enjoyed my appointment to the Council and am deeply grateful to you and to the Governor for the opportunity to serve,” Robinson Hall wrote. “I appreciate the support of my recommenders, members of the Senate who confirmed my appointment in 2022 as well as you and other members of the Governor’s Office who support my appointment and recommended me for reappointment.”

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