Ann Hurley

Dr. Ann Hurley Hartline served as a member of the all-female aquanaut team of Tektite 2: Mission 6 in 1970. She received a Ph.D. in biological oceanography in 1972 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. After several post- doctoral positions, she went to Moss Landing Marine laboratories on Monterey Bay California with a faculty appointment at San Jose State University. In 1980, she made a change in career direction and went to law school receiving a JD degree in 1983 from the University of San Diego. In 1982, she moved from California to the Washington DC area to finish law school at Georgetown University. Among other law-related jobs, she was an associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Director and Chief Counsel of the Environment Project at the National Association of Attorneys General. She moved on to become a Trial Attorney in the Environmental Enforcement section of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). In 2004, she had returned to California to the DOJ’s San Francisco field office. After retiring from the DOJ, Hurley Hartline has spent time volunteering at various state and county parks, serving on the boards of a number of environmental and arts-related nonprofits, and working as a potter.