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Found with his flippers tucked tightly against his body, California sea lion Pockets looked like a sick child with a bellyache.

Pockets was battling a potentially fatal bacterial disease, leptospirosis. We've rescued nearly 500 sea lions affected by this year's intense outbreak.

With your matched gift, you’ll not only help provide the meals and advanced medical care needed to help a sea lion like Pockets recover, but also support our researchers in learning more about this disease.

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Nathan Etter

Nathan Etter

Senior Vice President, Adobe

Nathan Etter is a Senior Vice President at Adobe, based in their offices in San Jose. An experienced product and technology executive, he is responsible for the global strategy and growth of Adobe's online properties, including Adobe.com. He has developed expertise in product-led growth, analytics and data science, and operations. His career has spanned several industries, and he has also led teams developing digital products at Disney, Zynga and eBay. Nathan joined the board of The Marine Mammal Center in 2021. 

Nathan received his bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, where he concentrated his studies on neuroscience and animal behavior, along with computer science. One of his most memorable experiences was spending three months as a student-in-residence at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, California, where his research focused on the behavior of the local species Octopus rubescens.  

Nathan and his wife, Michelle, are raising their three teenage boys in San Jose. You can frequently find them on the local trails or in the waters around the Bay Area or Lake Tahoe - hiking, cycling, swimming or surfing. They're also often outdoors with their local Boy Scout troop, where Nathan has served as Committee Chair and currently acts as an Eagle Scout Advisor.

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