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 |