Advisory Board | World Ocean Observatory
Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory
Board of Directors (2020)*
Peter Neill, Chair, Director
Tundi Agardy
Trisha Badger
Mary Barnes
Abigail Barrows
Matthew Murphy
* 100% of the board participates in annual giving to the W2O
Board of Advisors (2020)
The following individuals, among others, have participated significantly
in the development of the World Ocean Observatory.
| CLIMATE SCIENCE Paul A. Mayewski Professor/Director Climate Change Institute University of Maine Bangor, Maine |
MARINE CONSERVATION Dr. Roger Payne Founder, President The Ocean Alliance, Whale Conservation Institute Lincoln, Massachusetts |
| MEDIA David Conover Executive Director, Producer Compass Light Productions Camden, Maine |
MARKETING John Seifert Chairman Ogilvy and Mather North America New York, New York |
| INVESTMENT Peter Davidson Co-Founder & CEO Aligned Intermediary (AI) New York, New York |
FISHERIES / INNOVATION Thor Sigfusson Founder, Ocean Cluster House Author and public speaker Reykjavik, Iceland |
| ENVIRONMENT: ASIA Isabel Hilton Founder, CEO ChinaDialogue Trust London, England |
SEAFOOD SUSTAINABILITY Michael McNicholas CEO, Culinary Collaborations LLC New York |
| SCIENCE & ADVOCACY Sylvia Earle Oceanographer Founder/Chair, Mission Blue Conservation International Washington, D.C. |
OCEAN LITERACY Craig Strang Associate Director Lawrence Hall of Science University of California, Berkeley |
| CONSERVATION & FINANCE Christopher J. (Kim) Elliman President Open Space Institute New York, New York |
INVESTMENT Charles O. Swenson Senior Managing Director Brock Capital Group New York, New York |
| LEGAL COUNSEL Peter P. McN. Gates Partner, Retired Carter, Ledyard & Milburn New York, New York |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Dr. Mary Christina Wood Philip H. Knight Professor, Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, University of Oregon School of Law |
| INNOVATIVE FINANCE Robert A. Johnson Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking New York, New York |
HUMAN RIGHTS Ian Urbina Investigative Journalist New York Times |
| UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES Dr. Jacqueline McGlade UNEP Copenhagen, Denmark |
NAVAL ISSUES Commodore Rajan Vir President The Indian Maritime Foundation Pune, India |
| UN OCEAN LIASON Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright IOC-UNESCO; Ocean Frontier Institute Nova Scotia, Canada |
FMI: director@thew2o.net |
WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER 2021
With a game capable of reaching a global audience, WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER can expand interest in ocean issues and habitats, and excite students about the infinite possibilities associated with ocean exploration. LEARN MORE.
OUTLAW OCEAN MUSIC PROJECT:
A CROSSOVER BETWEEN MUSIC & JOURNALISM
All music in this project is based on THE OUTLAW OCEAN, a New York Times best-selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. The reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun-running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships, and other topics. The music is an act of solidarity across geography and language, and an attempt at storytelling from written word to music. It is a captivating collection of inspired songs. Take your pick: listen to ambient tracks, classical, electronic or hiphop.
