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Gordon Blue

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Gordon Blue was educated in shipbuilding, vessel operations, and engineering at Seattle trade schools and the University of Washington. He was a commercial fisherman and vessel owner /manager. He completed a Master’s in Divinity at University of British Columbia and is an ordained priest of the Episcopal Church, having served parishes in Sitka and Kodiak. He has also been employed as a consultant and social service agency executive director. He has served on boards or as officer of twenty nonprofit and for-profit entities, with missions in domestic and international fisheries, community development, economic and policy analysis, advocacy, conservation, social services, and safety at sea.