Advisory & Trustees of the Board | World Ocean Observatory
Board of Directors (2022)*
Peter Neill, Chair, Director
Tundi Agardy
Trisha Badger
Mary Barnes
Andrew Hudson
Wendy Watson-Wright, Ph.D.
* 100% of the board participates in annual giving to the W2O
Board of Advisors (2022)
The following individuals have participated significantly
in the development of the World Ocean Observatory.
| ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN Marc Angélil Architect agps architecture Zurich / Los Angeles |
HUMAN RIGHTS Ian Urbina Investigative Journalist New York Times |
| 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 |
NAVAL ISSUES Commodore Rajan Vir President The Indian Maritime Foundation Pune, India |
| UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES Dr. Jacqueline McGlade UNEP Copenhagen, Denmark |
FRESH WATER Mary Ann Dickinson Blue Jay, California |
| CULTURAL TRADITIONS Matt Murphy WoodenBoat Magazine Brooklin, Maine |
FMI: director@thew2o.net |
