Naomi Rose is the senior scientist for marine mammal biology with the Marine Wildlife Program of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) in Washington, DC. She campaigns internationally to end cetacean live capture, trade, and commercial display, and to improve captive marine mammal welfare. She has been a member of the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee since 2000, where she participates in the subcommittees on environmental concerns, small cetaceans, and whale watching. Dr. Rose is also an AWI representative in a coalition of non-profit organizations devoted to defending and strengthening the US Marine Mammal Protection Act. She gave a TedX Talk in Bend, Oregon in April 2015 on captive orca welfare. She received a PhD in biology from teh University of California at Santa Cruz in 1992, where her dissertation examined the social dynamics of free-ranging male orcas. Dr. Rose has worked in the marine mammal advocacy field for over 30 years.