George Bonner
Bio
George Bonner serves as North Carolina’s Director of Renewable Ocean Energy leading research and development of marine energy solutions across the University of North Carolina system. Following retirement from a 30-year career in the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG), Captain Bonner returned home to his current role at the Coastal Studies Institute on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. As part of a Department of Energy consortium as a National Marine Renewable Energy Center, he also leads the Atlantic Marine Energy Center as a Co-Director.