Cynthia Lyle Appointed As Texas Sea Grant Senior Associate Director And Extension Leader
The new senior associate director and extension leader is “eager to build upon the organization’s successes.”
The Texas Sea Grant College Program is a collaboration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Texas and universities across the state.
Texas Sea Grant’s team includes administrative staff, program coordination, communications, and extension agents along the Texas coast.
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Volunteer organization of citizens in science, workforce, and education advising on important matters related to TXSG.
Texas Sea Grant partners with many local, government, non-profit, education, and industry organizations.
Texas Sea Grant maintains an extensive network of partnerships spanning federal, state, regional, academic, non-profit, and industry sectors.
Texas Sea Grant’s open positions.
Supports healthy ecosystems by education and outreach, programming, and events on sustainable practices.
Supports development of innovative policies, institutional capacities, and management approaches that increase community resilience.
Promotes environmental literacy by supporting students and the workforce through the development of STEM educational programs, tools, and products.
Works to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable supplies of domestic seafood and decrease our reliance on seafood imports, and support healthy fish stocks and vibrant recreational fisheries
Texas Sea Grant’s outreach serves the communities and regions of the Texas coast. Science for the sustainable management and conservation of Texas’ coastal and marine resources is central to Texas Sea Grant’s mission.
Extension is a two-way transfer of knowledge between researchers and community stakeholders.
Providing science-based programs across all educational levels, enhancing STEM learning in marine-related fields.
Supports innovative, science-based solutions to address environmental, economic, and social challenges.
Texas Sea Grant welcomes the help of the community to help monitor, protect, and clean our coasts.
Trainings, Workshops, Advising, Certification and Technical Assistance.
Find out if Texas Sea Grant is hosting, attending, or leading an event in your area.
Texas Sea Grant supports marine- and coastal-related research at universities across the state through a competitive grant program.
Texas Sea Grant will continue to support cutting-edge research in the areas of marine-related energy sources, climate change, coastal processes, energy efficiency, hazards, storm water management and tourism.
Monthly Texas Sea Grant newsletter.
Get Hooked, quarterly Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood newsletter
Annual magazine about education, outreach, and research supported by Texas Sea Grant.
The Texas Sea Grant College Program is a collaboration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the State of Texas and universities across the state.
Texas Sea Grant’s team includes administrative staff, program coordination, communications, and extension agents along the Texas coast.
Coastal Science. Community Solutions.
Peer-reviewed publications, resources, and materials.
Volunteer organization of citizens in science, workforce, and education advising on important matters related to TXSG.
Texas Sea Grant partners with many local, government, non-profit, education, and industry organizations.
Texas Sea Grant maintains an extensive network of partnerships spanning federal, state, regional, academic, non-profit, and industry sectors.
Texas Sea Grant’s open positions.
Supports healthy ecosystems by education and outreach, programming, and events on sustainable practices.
Supports development of innovative policies, institutional capacities, and management approaches that increase community resilience.
Promotes environmental literacy by supporting students and the workforce through the development of STEM educational programs, tools, and products.
Works to ensure safe, secure, and sustainable supplies of domestic seafood and decrease our reliance on seafood imports, and support healthy fish stocks and vibrant recreational fisheries
Texas Sea Grant’s outreach serves the communities and regions of the Texas coast. Science for the sustainable management and conservation of Texas’ coastal and marine resources is central to Texas Sea Grant’s mission.
Extension is a two-way transfer of knowledge between researchers and community stakeholders.
Providing science-based programs across all educational levels, enhancing STEM learning in marine-related fields.
Supports innovative, science-based solutions to address environmental, economic, and social challenges.
Texas Sea Grant welcomes the help of the community to help monitor, protect, and clean our coasts.
Trainings, Workshops, Advising, Certification and Technical Assistance.
Find out if Texas Sea Grant is hosting, attending, or leading an event in your area.
Texas Sea Grant supports marine- and coastal-related research at universities across the state through a competitive grant program.
Texas Sea Grant will continue to support cutting-edge research in the areas of marine-related energy sources, climate change, coastal processes, energy efficiency, hazards, storm water management and tourism.
Monthly Texas Sea Grant newsletter.
Get Hooked, quarterly Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood newsletter
Annual magazine about education, outreach, and research supported by Texas Sea Grant.
The new senior associate director and extension leader is “eager to build upon the organization’s successes.”
Nov 4, 2019 By Sara Carney
2 minutes
Texas Sea Grant
Texas Sea Grant welcomes Cynthia Lyle as its new senior associate director and extension leader. In this role, she will lead strategic planning, federal reporting, and extension efforts. She plans to use a team culture approach to further Texas Sea Grant’s mission to improve the understanding, wise use, and stewardship of Texas coastal and marine resources.
“I am honored to be part of the Texas Sea Grant team,” Lyle says, “to build upon the organization’s successes to integrate research and extension with community partnerships that serve the economic, environmental, and societal needs of today’s Texas Gulf Coast citizens and our future generations.”
Lyle brings 15 years of research development experience to the position. Since 2010, she has worked with research faculty and university leadership at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi on various projects throughout the Gulf of Mexico. She has served as the director of foundation and corporate relations, and she was most recently senior research development officer, developing and managing key research initiatives.
Lyle was also CEO of Geospatial Research Innovation & Design (GRID), a small business specializing in engineering and software development. She wrote and served as principal investigator for three NASA-sponsored projects, through which the company developed and commercialized a secure geo-authentication air quality and environmental monitoring system for NASA.
In addition to her research experience, Lyle has experience in communications and public relations through her work at Emory University Hospital Midtown and the International Ocean Discovery Program on the campus of Texas A&M University. At Emory, she also worked as a registered respiratory therapist.
Lyle holds a bachelor’s of science in journalism from Texas A&M University and a bachelor’s of science in health sciences – respiratory therapy from Georgia State University.
“Cynthia has exceptional leadership qualities and experience, in addition to an exemplary record of service,” says Texas Sea Grant Director Dr. Pamela T. Plotkin, “Her outstanding skills and knowledge will help further Texas Sea Grant’s mission to advance the common good across the state of Texas and beyond.”