Jill currently serves as the Managing Director of the Erol Foundation and 836M. For decades, Jill has been involved in the environmental movement ranging from roles in the NGO, private, and public sectors. She was the Founding Pacific Coast...
I am the ED of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network and the Science Director for the Moonjelly Foundation. I facilitate a close community of people from around the world who want to share knowledge about co-designing ocean science for a healthier and more diverse ocean. At Moonjelly, I work with our Indigenous and local partners to create new ways of applying bottom-up, trust-based philanthropy to fund traditional and local knowledge collection as well as Indigenous researchers and scientists.
Eric is now pursuing full-time commercial fishing, primarily as a hook fisherman working bottom long-lines or 'tub trawls' for cod and haddock out of Harwich, Massachusetts. He is also a fisheries advocate for the Georges Bank Hook sector...
Brian is currently an Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Maine at Machias where he teaches marine ecology, marine biology, biostatistics, shellfish aquaculture, and fisheries management. His applied research programs focus on...
Andrew Cohen directs the Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, which focuses on the science and policy of biological invasions. He is currently organizing a national campaign to persuade the US EPA to regulate ballast water...
Elena has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering and a Ph.D. in Marine Affairs. She is the author of the book...
Leslie currently is the Advisory Council Coordinator at the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in San Francisco. She is the recipient of a Switzer Leadership grant this year, to coordinate a stakeholder process focused on...
Brett Amy Thelen has been directing place-based, conservation-focused community science projects for more than 20 years, with dual emphasis on creating a valuable learning experience for volunteers and producing reliable, reproducible...
Chuck Striplen completed his Masters and PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. He attended archeological field school at California State University – Chico, and received a dual B.A...
Brad received an MS in Marine Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is a Switzer Foundation Conservation Fellow. His thesis work focused on the conservation and ecology of the Baja California endemic Black-vented...
