Dr. Goedeke is presently the Chief of the MSE Biogeography Branch.
Dr. Goedeke earned her doctoral degree from the Department of Rural Sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her expertise is natural resource sociology. She was a National Academies Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow, placed with the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. She was also a post-doctoral research associate from 2004-2007 at Florida A&M University, managing a research project focused on coastal communities and ecosystem change. Dr. Goedeke joined the NOAA in 2007 as a contractor and was recruited to federal service in 2009. She later served as the Team Leader for social, economic, and behavioral research in the MSE Biogeography Branch where she managed a research program focusing on the natural resource valuation, human use of marine and coastal environments, and the social vulnerability of coastal communities. In 2016, she completed the US Department of Commerce Executive Leadership Development Program. In 2021, she graduated from the NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program (LCDP). During her federal career, she has engaged in multiple rotational assignments, including rotations with the National Park Service, US DOC Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.