Angela Smith – Founder of Shark Team One, is a passionate conservationist, photographer, explorer and ocean advocate. In addition to running Shark Team One, she has worked with SHARK SAVERS | WildAid, Bimini SharkLab, The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center and The Nature Conservancy. She has also been a business developmentContinue reading “Angela Smith”
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Jeff Batton
Jeff Batton is a serial entrepreneur with a diverse professional background in start-ups, large corporations, and non-profit entities. Most recently Jeff completed a 3-year turnaround project as CEO of The Natural Baby Company, a Certified B Corporation in the baby products industry. Prior to that, Jeff established a successful “executive for hire” practice, assisting aContinue reading “Jeff Batton”
Jos Hill
Jos Hill has fourteen years experience as a practitioner working at the nexus of conservation and poverty alleviation. Deeply committed to collaborative engagement, Jos approaches her work with a diverse background of knowledge and experience that includes conservation, resource management, marine ecological monitoring, ocean aquaculture and livelihood development, program management, sustainable business planning, non-profit management,Continue reading “Jos Hill”
Jake Ketscher
Ketscher grew up in Bettles, Alaska, just south of Gates of the Arctic. His parents ran a bush flying, outfitting, and fur buying business. Ketscher graduated from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks with a B.A. in political science in 1996 and from the University of Wyoming with a J.D. in 1999. He currently works as theContinue reading “Jake Ketscher”
Mark Gibson
Mark Gibson is a marine policy specialist currently working with WWF’s Market Transformation Initiative to implement rights-based management (RBM) in Latin American fisheries. For the past 6 Mark Gibson is a Fisheries Program Officer with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the author of Breaching the Blue, a marine policy blog. He earned his M.A. inContinue reading “Mark Gibson”
Daylin Munoz-Nunez
Daylin Muñoz-Nuñez is a marine scientist currently working with EDF’s Oceans Program to promote sustainable and responsible marine fishing practices. Daylin is currently responsible for conducting research and coordinating the activities of several EDF teams to develop solutions for key fisheries in Mexico, Belize and Cuba. Daylin has conducted outreach in fishing communities in the GulfContinue reading “Daylin Munoz-Nunez”
Jorge Ramírez González
Jorge Ramírez González is a marine biologist with a M.Sc. in Sustainable Marine and Coastal Management from the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS), Mexico. Presently he is the fisheries program officer at WWF-Galapagos where he focuses on sea cucumbers and spiny lobsters. Prior to joining WWF, Jorge worked in UABCS’s sharks and raysContinue reading “Jorge Ramírez González”
Jingjie Chu
Jingjie Chu, is a natural resource economist, working in the Global Program on Fisheries and Aquaculture at the World Bank. She holds a doctorate degree in environmental and natural resource economics from the University of Rhode Island and a masters of science degree in environmental economics and policy from Peking University, China. Jingjie has workingContinue reading “Jingjie Chu”
Peter Dykstra
Peter Dykstra is a lawyer with a practice focused on water rights, conservation real estate transactions, natural resources policy, and government relations at Plauche & Carr LLP. He serves public and private clients in these areas and is leading his firm’s efforts to expand its ecosystem services practice. Peter’s background in designing and closing over $120Continue reading “Peter Dykstra”
Julie Morgan
Julie Morgan is the Executive Director of the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board. She has worked in the natural resources arena for more than ten years. A native of Pusan, Korea, Julie has taken to the Pacific Northwest like a fish to water. From the shrub-steppe of Eastern Washington and the lush rainforests of OlympicContinue reading “Julie Morgan”