Va. Leadership in Coastal Stewardship was the overarching theme of the conference. The need to work towards enabling and supporting each and every NOS employee in meeting the complex leadership challenge and building leaders throughout NOS were messages threaded through the two-day session. Nancy Foster Ted Lillestolen, Deputy Assistant Administrator, kicked off the conference with a health and status report on our Assistant Administrator, Nancy Foster. He had visited with her over the weekend and reaffirmed her good progress recovering from surgery and noted her upcoming radiation therapy treatment.
Radiation therapy is a normal course of treatment after the removal of a tumor.
While Nancy's spirits are good and she is anxious to get back to work, her physician has said that it is uncertain how she might be affected by the treatment. She intends to be back at work in approximately 8 weeks. The leadership role for NOS in coastal stewardship was affirmed and is embodied by the vision we formulated last year. To support and provide for the science, information, management and leadership necessary to balance the environmental and economic well-being of the Nation's coastal resources and communities . Conference attendees provided feedback, suggestions and inquiries to each office for post conference response.