Contributors

The people and organizations listed below made major intellectual or financial contributions to the Ocean Health Index.  This project owes its existence to the hard work and commitment of these forward-thinking leaders.

Science Contributors

LEAD SCIENCE TEAM

Benjamin S. Halpern

Lead Scientist, Ocean Health Index 
Research Scientist, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Karen McLeod

Lead Pl, Ecosystem Health Working Group 
Director of Science, COMPASS 
Department of Zoology 
Oregon State University 
Corvallis, Oregon

Steven Katona

Managing Director, Ocean Health Index 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International

Catherine S. Longo

Project Scientist 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Andrew Rosenberg

Director, Center for Science and Democracy 
Union of Concerned Scientists


ECOSYSTEM HEALTH WORKING GROUP

Daniel R. Brumbaugh

Long Marine Laboratory 
University of California at Santa Cruz

F. Stuart "Terry" Chapin

Department of Biology and Wildlife 
Institute of Arctic Biology 
University of Alaska 
Fairbanks, Alaska

Larry B. Crowder

Director, Center for Ocean Solutions 
Professor, Hopkins Marine Station 
Stanford University

Kendra L. Daly

College of Marine Sciences, 
University of South Florida 
Tampa, Florida

Scott Doney

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Michael J. Fogarty

Northeast Fisheries Center 
NOAA/NMFS 
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Steven D. Gaines

Bren School of Environmental Science and Management 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Benjamin S. Halpern

Lead Scientist, Ocean Health Index 
Research Scientist, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Leah B. Karrer

Senior Director, Marine Science 
Science and Knowledge Division 
Conservation International

Steven Katona

Managing Director, Ocean Health Index 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International

Heather M. Leslie

Center for Environmental Studies and 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
Brown University 
Providence, Rhode Island

Catherine S. Longo

Project Scientist 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Kevin St. Martin

Department of Geography 
Rutgers, TheState University of New Jersey 
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Karen McLeod

Director of Science, Communication Partnership for Science & the Sea 
Department of Zoology 
Oregon State University 
Corvallis, Oregon

Elizabeth Neeley

Assistant Director of Science Outreach, COMPASS 
University of Washington 
Seattle, Washington

Jennifer O'Leary

Post-doctoral Researcher 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Stephen Polasky

Department of Applied Economics 
University of Minnesota 
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Andrew Rosenberg

Director, Center for Science and Democracy 
Union of Concerned Scientists

Jameal Samhouri

Research Fisheries Biologist, 
Northwest Fisheries Science Center 
NOAA/NMFS 
Seattle, Washington

Heather Tallis

Natural Capital Project 
Woods Institute for the Environment 
Stanford University 
Palo Alto, California


NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS (NCEAS), 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA

Benjamin Best

Bren School of Management 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Benjamin S. Halpern

Lead Scientist, Ocean Health Index 
Research Scientist, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Darren Hardy

Senior Analyst 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Kelsey Jacobson

Research Assistant 
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Sarah Lester

Research and Program Manager, Sustainable Fisheries Group, Marine Science Institute and Bren School of Environmental Science and Management 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Jennifer O’Leary

Post-doctoral researcher 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Marla Ranelletti

Staff Researcher 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Courtney Scarborough

Staff Researcher 
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara


UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEA AROUND US PROJECT

Sarah Harper

Catch Reconstruction Coordinator

Kristin Kleisner

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 
Fisheries

Daniel Pauly

Professor, Fisheries Centre & Zoology 
Principal Investigator, Sea Around Us Project

Ashley Strub

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 
Marine Protected Areas

Rashid Sumaila

Professor and Director, UBC Fisheries Centre

Laura Tremblay-Boyer

Ph.D student, UBC 
Ecotroph Model

Reg Watson

Senior Research Fellow

Dirk Zeller

Senior Research Fellow and Sea Around Us Project Manager

Kyrstn Zylich

Research Assistant 
Fiji reconstruction


CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Leah Bunce Karrer

Senior Director Marine Science

Steven Katona

Managing Director Ocean Health Index

Rosimeiry Portela

Ecological Economist/Senior Director

Nalini Rao

Economist and Water Resources Advisor

Elizabeth Selig

Conservation Scientist


NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

Amber Fisher

Ocean Health Index Assistant, Sentinel Species Indicator

Scott Kraus

Vice President of Research, 
New England Aquarium

Howard "Bud" Ris

President and CEO, 
New England Aquarium

Peter Stevick

Senior Researcher, Sentinel Species Indicator




Advisory and Guidance

OCEAN HEALTH COUNCIL

Stone Gossard

Guitarist, Pearl Jam 
Committed Environmentalist

Steven McCormick

President and a Trustee of the Board, 
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Bart Sayle

Leader of The Breakthrough Group - Business Transformation Experts

Peter Seligmann

Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, 
Conservation International

Greg Stone, Co-Chair

Chief Scientist for Oceans, Executive Vice President,
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International

Theodore "Ted" Waitt

Co-founder, Gateway, Inc., 
Founder, Waitt Foundation

William “Beau” Wrigley Jr., Co-Chair

Private Investor, Philanthropist

Heather Ann Wrigley

Philanthropist, Actress


ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Niels Crone

Chief Operating Officer, Conservation International

John Francis

Vice President of Research, Conservation, and Exploration, 
National Geographic Society

Robert G. Haskell

Senior Vice President, Brand Management & Public Affairs, 
Pacific Life Insurance Company 
President, Pacific Life Foundation

Julie Packard

Executive Director, 
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Howard "Bud" Ris

President and CEO, New England Aquarium

Brandon Tidwell

Manager of Sustainability, 
Darden Restaurants


STEERING COMMITTEE

Andrew Dickson

Professor of Marine Chemistry, 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Sylvia Earle

National Geographic Explorer in Residence 
Founder, Mission Blue 
Former Chief Scientist, NOAA

Benjamin S. Halpern

Research Scientist, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
Director, Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Leah Bunce Karrer

Senior Director, Marine Science 
Science and Knowledge Division 
Conservation International

Steven Katona

Managing Director, Ocean Health Index 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International

Larry Madin

Executive Vice President and Director of Research, 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

David Obura

Director, 
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa

Daniel Pauly

Professor, Fisheries Centre & Zoology 
Principal Investigator, Sea Around Us Project 
University of British Columbia

Alex Rogers

Professor in Conservation Biology, 
University of Oxford

Andrew A. Rosenberg

Director, Center for Science and Democracy 
Union of Concerned Scientists

Enric Sala

Explorer-in-Residence, 
National Geographic Society

Lisa Speer

Director, International Oceans Program 
Natural Resources Defense Council

Greg Stone

Chief Scientist for Oceans, Executive Vice President 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International

Heather Tausig

Associate Vice President of Conservation, 
New England Aquarium 
Boston, Massachusetts


ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVICE

Lydia Bergen

Conservation Professional 
Boston, Massachusetts and New Zealand

Jacqueline Bort

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center 
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Chris Costello

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
University of California at Santa Barbara

Andrea Ghermandi

University of Venice 
Venice, Italy

Les Kaufman

Department of Biology 
Boston University 
Boston, Massachusetts

Kara Lavender Law

Sea Education Association (SEA) 
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Rod Mast

Oceanic Society 
Ross, California

Paulo Nunes

The Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM) 
Monaco

Laura Onofri

University of Venice 
Venice, Italy

Emily Pidgeon

Senior Director, Strategic Marine Initiatives 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International 
Arlington, Virginia

Jim Regetz

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Steve Running

Regents Professor/Director, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group (NTSG) 
College of Forestry & Conservation 
University of Montana 
Missoula, Montana

Kimberly Selkoe

Marine Science Institute (MSI) 
Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) 
University of California at Santa Barbara

Sebastian Troëng

Vice President 
Global Marine Division 
Conservation International 
Arlington, Virginia

Bryan Wallace

Oceanic Society 
Ross, California

Baruch Fischhoff

Howard Heinz University Professor 
Carnegie Mellon University 
Pittsburgh, PA

Roger Cooke

Chauncy Starr Senior Fellow 
Resources for the Future 
Washington, DC




Communications

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Jennifer Assily

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Sheila Brown

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Kevin Connor

Media Manager, Marketing and Communications

Julia Espy

Intern, Ocean Health Index

Rebecca Field

Video Production Coordinator, Marketing and Communications

Lindsey Fong

Science Communication Manager/ Marine Science, Science and Knowledge

William Goldsmith

Research Intern, Global Marine Division

Sarah Hoyt

Marine Executive Coordinator, Global Marine Division

Keith Lawrence

Senior Director, Seascapes Program, Global Marine Division

Tina Lee

Ocean Health Index Coordinator, Global Marine Division

Ryan Lester

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Edward Lohnes

Marine Program Manager, Global Marine Division

John Martin

Senior Video Producer and Cameraman, Marketing and Communications

Kim McCabe

Senior Director, News Strategy + Media Relations

Ashleigh McGovern

Director of Development, Global Marine Division

Savanna Nilsen

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Tim Noviello

Senior Manager, Marine Communications, Global Marine Division

Christy Osoling

Director, Finance and Operations, Global Marine Division

Brittni Parris

Website Researcher and Grants Coordinator

Sebastian Perry

Production Assistant, Marketing and Communications

Kate Pool

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Paula Senff

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Vittoria Somaschini

Intern, Ocean Health Index

Peter Stonier

Senior Director of Visual Storytelling, Marketing and Communications

Ivan Martinez Tovar

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Sebastian Troëng

Vice President, Global Marine Division

Julie Vining

Website Researcher, Global Marine Division

Deb Zeyen

Communications Director, Ocean Health Index and Global Marine Division


NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Carolyn Barnwell

Associate Producer, National Geographic Mission Programs

Mark Bauman

Senior Vice President, Content Development, Mission Programs 
Executive Vice President, National Geographic Television

Glynnis Breen

Director, Outreach, Explorers Program

Valerie Craig

Manager, Ocean Initiative

John Francis

Vice President of Research, Conservation and Exploration

Meigan Goodyer Henry

Director, Missions Media

Sarah Laskin

Vice President and COO, Mission Programs

Lucie McNeil

Vice President, Public Affairs Mission Programs


NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

Regen Jamieson

Conservation Projects Coordinator

Tony LaCasse

Media Relations Director

Billy Spitzer

Vice President of Programs, Exhibits & Planning

Jane Wolfson

Vice President of Marketing


INDEPENDENT MULTIMEDIA SPECIALISTS

Laura Bowling

CEO, Pure Dakota Designs, LLC

Barbara W. Burst

Editor

Ann Conanan

Producer / Writer

Martha Conboy

Executive Producer

Cindy D’Agostino

Freelance Editor

Keith Ellenbogen

Underwater Photographer/Videographer

Laura Fravel

Producer/Writer

Arthur Hurley

Freelance Editor

Samira Kordestani

Owner, Samira Design

Cyndee Lord

Freelance Writer, News Stories

Matthew Oldfield

Photographer and Videographer

Jamie Pickell

Freelance Editor

Brigette Polmar

CEO, Brandspoken Communications

Christopher Scarffe

Director, Moz Images 
Filmmaker

Douglas Spiro

Owner/Producer, Spirovision

Tim Voit

Owner, Sewee Entertainment

Cory Wilson

Owner, The Collaborative

Ken Yagoda

Disposable Television

Wynette Yao

Producer/Director/Writer, Singing Cat Productions




Corporate Engagements for Communication


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Special thanks to Conservation International and National Geographic for providing photo and video assets for the Ocean Health Index.
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