Jonathan White (admiral)

Jonathan Wickliffe White[1] (born c. 1957 in Panama City, Florida) is a retired United States Navy admiral and oceanography leader.

[2] After working at sea as a civilian oceanographer on board a seismic survey vessel, he was commissioned through Navy Officer Candidate School in 1983, and assigned as a surface warfare officer to USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) in Mayport, Florida.

[2] During his Navy career White served as Destroyer Group commander, then as superintendent of the US Naval Observatory.

[3][4] Due to global warming, the Arctic ice is melting and dispersing faster than previously anticipated.

[5] White was appointed as president and CEO of Consortium for Ocean Leadership [de] (COL) in January 2016.