Cathy Tortorici is the division chief of the Interagency Cooperation Division in the Office of Protected Resources at NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). In this role, Cathy manages and coordinates Biological Opinion and national policy development to support NMFS’s implementation of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Cathy first worked at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII as their Missouri River coordinator and as a senior reviewer of Environmental Impact Statements. Cathy began her career with NMFS at their Northwest Region as their Columbia River Estuary coordinator and branch chief of the Oregon Coast/Lower Columbia River Branch working on ESA Section 7 implementation and ocean policy development. Cathy then worked for the NMFS’s Southeast Region as the Protected Resources Division’s chief of the Interagency Cooperation Branch before coming to the Office of Protected Resources.