Ocean Biomedical, Inc. announce that on March 4, 2024, Amy Griffith has been appointed as a director. Ms. Griffith currently serves as Head, Government Relations & External Affairs for McCain Foods - North America. She is responsible for the NA Public Affairs strategy and provides strategic leadership and direction on behalf of McCain with policymakers in the United States and Canada.

She leads external communications and stakeholder management. Previously, she was the Group Director for the North America Operating unit of the Coca-Cola Company, in this capacity she oversaw public affairs, government relations, sustainability and communications in Canada and the Northeastern United States. Previously, she served as Wells Fargo?s State & Local Government Relations Senior Vice President.

She was recruited to Wells Fargo?s Government Relations and Public Policy team in 2019. In this role, Griffith led Wells Fargo?s legislative and political agenda in her region and managed relationships with state and local policymakers and community stakeholders. From 2008-2019, Ms. Griffith led government relations for sixteen states in the Eastern United States for TIAA for over a decade.

Prior to that, she worked in the aerospace, high tech, education, private and public sectors, and has managed multiple high-profile political campaigns at the local, state and national level. Griffith serves as an Independent Director for AgriFORCE Growing Systems where she chairs the governance committee. She is a graduate of Gwynedd-Mercy College and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History.