Full Name
Pat Murray
Job Title
President, CEO
Company
Coastal Conservation Association
Speaker Bio
Pat Murray is a national advocate and leader on marine conservation issues. Currently, he serves as the National President and CEO of the Coastal Conservation Association, one of the nation’s largest marine resource conservation organizations. Founded in 1977, CCA has more than 125,000 members and 224 local chapters throughout the US. Murray has served in a variety of positions within the organization in his 28-year tenure, including leadership roles in state and national operations, state and federal advocacy, development fundraising and grassroots membership cultivation. Prior to joining CCA, he owned and operated a light-tackle fishing guide service along the upper Texas coast.
He is the publisher of TIDE magazine, one of the largest circulated coastal outdoors print magazines with a circulation of more than 110,000. Murray has won numerous awards for his magazine writing and is the author of Texas Fish and Game Publishing’s best-selling book “Pat Murray’s No-Nonsense Guide to Coastal Fishing” as well as his newest book published by Texas A&M University Press “It’s More than Fishing."
Murray’s current board service includes the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, where he serves as Assistant Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee, Indifly, an international non-profit that leverages the economic power of recreational fishing lodges to enhance emerging market economies; and the Leadership Council of Texas A&M University’s Harte Research Institute which seeks scientific solutions to the challenges facing the Gulf of Mexico. He is a founding Board member of the Building Conservation Trust and Center for Sportfishing Policy, and a past Board member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation and University of Texas Marine Science Institute.
Murray is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences addressing non-profit leadership, ocean conservation, and grassroots management. He was a past featured speaker at the UBS Global Family Office Forum addressing the future of ocean resources and a presenter during the Wild Texas Film Tour. He is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas and has studied non-profit management and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
He is the publisher of TIDE magazine, one of the largest circulated coastal outdoors print magazines with a circulation of more than 110,000. Murray has won numerous awards for his magazine writing and is the author of Texas Fish and Game Publishing’s best-selling book “Pat Murray’s No-Nonsense Guide to Coastal Fishing” as well as his newest book published by Texas A&M University Press “It’s More than Fishing."
Murray’s current board service includes the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, where he serves as Assistant Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee, Indifly, an international non-profit that leverages the economic power of recreational fishing lodges to enhance emerging market economies; and the Leadership Council of Texas A&M University’s Harte Research Institute which seeks scientific solutions to the challenges facing the Gulf of Mexico. He is a founding Board member of the Building Conservation Trust and Center for Sportfishing Policy, and a past Board member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation and University of Texas Marine Science Institute.
Murray is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences addressing non-profit leadership, ocean conservation, and grassroots management. He was a past featured speaker at the UBS Global Family Office Forum addressing the future of ocean resources and a presenter during the Wild Texas Film Tour. He is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas and has studied non-profit management and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.
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