Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Announces the Appointment of Andrea Cooper as the New North Shore Regional Coordinator

Contact: Anne Donovan
April 24, 1996
(617) 727-9530, x411

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MCZM) has appointed Andrea Cooper, who currently serves as the Co-Director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's North Shore Office, as MCZM's new North Shore Regional Coordinator.

"I've had the pleasure of seeing first hand Andrea's accomplishments working in the North Shore Region. She knows the North Shore and she knows how to bring people together to make things happen," emphasized Peg Brady, Director of MCZM. "Her understanding of local issues, her common-sense approach, and her driving commitment to creating solutions will make her an excellent MCZM Regional Coordinator."

"Working for MCZM will expand my ability to provide outreach, information, and technical assistance on crucial coastal issues to the many North Shore Communities," explained Ms. Cooper. "I look forward to strengthening existing networks and building new 'action-oriented' collaboratives. This is an exciting opportunity and challenge for me."

Ms. Cooper has been both the Co-Director of the Massachusetts Audubon Society's North Shore Office and a Land Use Policy Specialist for the past eight years. In this position, she serves as a regional planner and liaison for Audubon to the North Shore cities and towns. She also manages several nonpoint source pollution control projects; oversees land use and conservation planning efforts; provides technical assistance to local boards and commissions on land use, growth management, sustainable development planning, stormwater management, and other issues; and drafts local and state environmental protection regulations, bylaws, and legislation. Ms. Cooper has extensive experience in working with rural and urban communities, and in forming cooperative efforts between municipalities and state and federal agencies to design and implement solutions to coastal issues. She has also developed innovative land use and environmental planning strategies for local and regional coastal projects, with particular emphasis on nonpoint source pollution reduction, stormwater and septic system management, and waterfront planning.

Before starting with Audubon, Ms. Cooper served as an elected member of Rowley's Planning Board, where she reviewed commercial site and subdivision plans and prepared analyses of environmental impacts. Before that, she was a staff reporter for the Newburyport Daily News and provided coverage of all government meeting within Newburyport and prepared news analyses and commentary on municipal issues.

MCZM's North Shore Regional Office serves the coastal communities in Essex County, covering the coast from Salisbury to Revere. These communities are: Amesbury, Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lynn, Manchester, Marblehead, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, Peabody, Revere, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, and Swampscott. The address for the office is #2 State Fish Pier, Gloucester, MA 01930; the telephone number is (508) 281-3972; and the fax number is (617) 727-4821.