Fundamentals of a Sea Grant Extension Program, Second Edition, has been a collaborative effort organized by Katherine Bunting-Howarth, New York Sea Grant Extension Program Leader, with an editorial team composed of Sea Grant Extension program leaders Robert H. Bacon (South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium), Nancy Balcom (Connecticut Sea Grant), Laura Biggs (Guam Sea Grant), James A. Fawcett (USC Sea Grant), Michael Liffmann (National Sea Grant Office), Judith Pederson (MIT Sea Grant), and Michael Spranger (Florida Sea Grant) along with other members of the Sea Grant community, Stephanie Showalter Otts (Sea Grant Law Center), Paul C. Focazio (New York Sea Grant) and Pat Kight (Oregon Sea Grant). Barbara Branca (New York Sea Grant) provided the photo research and final coordination of the editing and publication process. Special thanks go to Leon Cammen, National Sea Grant Director for the Foreword. The editorial team wishes to thank the authors of the first edition of Fundamentals of a Sea Grant Extension Program for envisioning and creating the original publication. In addition, the team wishes to recognize all the Sea Grant outreach professionals who have come before and will come after.