Participants/Staff - Setting Ocean Priorities for the New Administration and Congress Workshop
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Foundation Ties
Workshop Participant Sally Yozell Director of Marine Conservation, Eastern U.S. Region The Nature Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard, Moore and Walton 
Workshop Participant Emily Woglom Senior Policy Advisor for Oceans The Nature Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard, Moore and Walton 
Workshop Participant Kate Wing Senior Program Officer The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant David Wilmot President Ocean Champions Yes

Funded by Monterey Bay Aquarium (link)

Workshop Participant Pat White Commissioner ASMFC Pew Oceans Commission member Yes
Workshop Participant Diane Regas Managing Director of Oceans Program Environmental Defense Fund Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/EnvDefense.htm
Workshop Participant Pietro Parravano President The Institute for Fisheries Resources Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/PCFFA.htm
Workshop Participant Leon Panetta Co-Chair, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Director The Panetta Institute for Public Policy Yes Joint Ocean Commission Initiative - "a collaborative effort of the USCOP and the privately funded Pew Ocean Commission" (http://pikeassoc.com/members.html).
Workshop Participant Julie Packard Executive Director Monterey Bay Aquarium Yes
Workshop Participant Susan Avery President & Director Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Yes $470,000 from Packard - Founder Director Emeritus and Senior Scientist was founding trustee and continues to serve on the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He is a former chairman of the board of trustees and currently a member of the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund, a founding trustee of the World Resources Institute, a founder and currently an honorary member of the board of trustees of the Environmental Defense Fund.
Workshop Participant Scott Burns Director of the Environment & Conservation Program The Walton Family Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant Tony Chatwin Director National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/FishWildlife.htm
Workshop Participant Sarah Chasis Director, Ocean Initiative Natural Resources Defense Council Yes Funded by Pew, Packard and Moore
Workshop Participant Sylvia Earle Explorer-In Residence The National Geographic Society Yes http://www.seaweb.org/aboutus/history.php  
Workshop Participant Roberta Elias Senior Program Officer, Marine and Fisheries Policy World Wildlife Fund  Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/WWF.htm
Workshop Participant Chad English Director of Science Policy Outreach COMPASS  Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/COMPASS.htm
Workshop Participant Barry Gold Marine Conservation Initiative Lead The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant Zeke Grader President Institute for Fisheries Resources Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/PCFFA.htm
Workshop Participant Lynne Hale Director, Marine Initiative The Nature Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard and Walton
Workshop Participant Mike Hirshfield Senior Vice President, North America OCEANA Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/Oceana.htm
Workshop Participant Cheryl Little Associate Director The Aspen Institute Yes Funded by Pew and Packard
Workshop Participant Heather Ludemann Associate Program Officer, Marine Fisheries The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant Chris Mann Senior Officer, Environment Pew Environment Group Yes
Workshop Participant Dawn Martin President SeaWeb Yes http://www.seaweb.org/aboutus/history.php
Workshop Participant Marcia McNutt President and Chief Executive Officer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Yes
Workshop Participant Monica Medina Senior Officer Pew Environment Group Yes
Workshop Participant Kathryn Mengerink Director, Ocean Program Environmental Law Institute Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/AllGrants.htm#EnvLawInst
Workshop Participant Lisa Monzon Program Officer Conservation and Science Program The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant Elliott Norse President Marine Conservation Biology Institute Yes Funded by Pew, Moore and Surdna
Workshop Participant John Pappalardo Chairman, Policy Analyst & Sector Manager Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association Yes Funded by Pew, Walton, Moore and Surdna
Workshop Participant Bud Ris President & Chief Executive Officer New England Aquarium Yes Funded by Pew and Packard
Workshop Participant Andrew Rosenberg Professor of Natural Resources University of New Hampshire Yes
Workshop Participant Andy Sharpless Chief Executive Officer Oceana Yes http://www.fishtruth.net/Oceana.htm
Workshop Participant Margaret Spring Director The Nature Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard, Moore and Walton 
Workshop Participant Vikki Spruill President and Chief Executive Officer Ocean Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard, Moore and Walton
Workshop Participant Dennis Takahashi Kelso Executive Vice President Ocean Conservancy Yes Funded by Pew, Packard, Moore and Walton
Workshop Participant Mike Weber Program Officer Resources Law Group, LLP Yes http://www.resourceslawgroup.com/a2.html
Workshop Participant Tony Haymet Director Scripps Institution of Oceanography Yes Funded by Moore
Workshop Participant Kai Lee Program Officer Conservation and Science Program The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Yes
Workshop Participant Jim Moriarty Chief Executive Officer Surfrider Foundation Yes $1.2 million from Packard
Workshop Participant Mike Nussman President & Chief Executive Offier American Sportfishing Association Yes "Partner" in the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Workshop Participant Mark Spalding President The Ocean Foundation Yes $565,000 from Packard, $542,000 from Pew
Workshop Participant Christophe A.G. Tulou Director, Program on Sustainable Oceans, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment Yes Funded by Moore $1.8 million
Workshop Participant Linwood Pendleton Senior Fellow and Director of Economic Research The Ocean Foundation Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Yes $3.066 million Moore dollars to Duke Nicholas Institute
Workshop Participant Scott Borgerson Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance Council on Foreign Relations Yes $850,000 from Pew to Council on Foreign Relations - Bergeron wrote in 2009 "By every measure, serious policy reform is long overdue to address the crisis in the marine environment of the United States. Ninety percent of large predatory fish are now gone. in an "Expert Brief" http://www.cfr.org/united-states/addressing-crisis-americas-oceans/p19056
Workshop Participant Patrick Collins Consultant Tele: 202-363-0968 Yes Consultamt to Ocean Champions
Workshop Participant Amy Schick Kenney Ongoing Support Director Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org/about Yes the forum is a partnership between the Nicholas Institute, Stanford's Wood Institute, and Environmental Defense Fund. Kenney worked at Pew Oceans Commission https://wiki.duke.edu/display/nih/Amy+Schick+Kenney-Co-Director,+Fisheries+Leadership+and+Sustainablity+Forum
Workshop Participant Admiral James D. Watkins, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Co-Chair, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Director Consortium for Ocean Leadership Yes Meridian Institute ($9 million from Packard link http://www.packard.org/searchGrants.aspx?RootCatID=3&CategoryID=226 and search database)
Workshop Participant Biliana Cicin-Sain Director Center for the Study of Marine Policy University of Delaware
Workshop Participant Sean O'Neill Executive Director Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
Workshop Participant Kevin Wheeler Director of External Affairs Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Workshop Participant Brian Petty Vice President for Government Affairs Independent Association of Drilling
Workshop Participant Lori Arguelles Executive Director National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Workshop Participant Brian Baird Assistant Secretary for Ocean & Coastal Policy California Resources Agency
Workshop Participant Sebastian Belle Executive Director Maine Aquaculture Association
Workshop Participant Don Boesch President Center for Environmental Science University of Maryland
Workshop Participant Nancy Colleton President Institute for Global Environmental Strategies 
Workshop Participant Bob Gagosian President Consortium for Ocean Leadership
Workshop Participant Tony MacDonald Director, Urban Coast Institute Monmouth University
Workshop Participant Franklin Nutter President Reinsurance Association of America
Workshop Participant Terry O'Halloran Director of Business Development Tourism Business Solutions, LLC
Workshop Participant Shirley Pomponi Division Director Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Workshop Participant Paul Sandifer Senior Scientist, Coastal Ecology NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Staff
Monterey Aquarium staff Ginger Hopkins Director of Special Projects /Center for Future of the Oceans Yes
Monterey Aquarium staff Mike Sutton Vice President Monterey Bay Aquarium Yes
Monterey Aquarium staff Aimee David Ocean Policy Manager Monterey Bay Aquarium Yes
Meridian Staff Sara Suriani Project Coordinator Meridian Institute Yes
Meridian Staff Colleen Chapman Vice President Spitfire Strategies Yes Clients Aspen, TOC, MSC, Surdna, Tides Center, WWF, Packard, EDF, Moore
Meridian Staff Tom Kitsos Ocean Policy Consultant Tele: 301-493-5938 Yes Consulted for the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (http://pikeassoc.com/members.html)
Meridian Staff Rich Innes Principal Conservation Strategies, LLC Yes Senior Fellow at Meridian Institute
Meridian Staff Peter Hill Senior Policy Analyst Consortium for Ocean Leadership & Joint Ocan Commission Initiative staff (http://coml.us/education-2/7-questions-with-a-census-scientist/) Yes
Meridian Staff Kristen Ounanian Research Assistant Meridian Institute Yes
Meridian Staff Elizabeth Lee Mediator Meridian Institute Yes
Meridian Staff Ingrid Irigoyen Program Associate Meridian Institute Yes
Meridian Staff John Ehrmann Senior Partner Meridian Institute Yes
Meridian Staff Laura Cantral Senior Mediator Meridian Institute Yes