Diana Payne, Connecticut Sea Grant's Education Coordinator, has been voted president-elect of the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA), and will take on this position in mid-July.

Payne, who is a graduate of UConn's Neag School of Education, has also been invited to give a keynote speech on Ocean Literacy at the International Pacific Marine Educators Network biennial conference in Sigatoka, Fiji. She has been a member of NMEA since 1996 and is completing a term on the Board of Directors.

Payne is a resident of Middletown. Her office is at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus. She may be reached at Diana.payne@uconn.edu or (860) 405-9248.