The World Ocean Observatory Advisory Board

The following individuals, among many others, have participated significantly in the development of the World Ocean Observatory and serve in an advisory capacity:

Dr. Tundi Agardy, Executive Director
Sound Seas
Bethesda, Maryland
Dr. James Baker, Past President
The Philadelphia Academy of Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Patricio Bernal, Executive Secretary
UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
UNESCO
Paris, France.
Dr. Paul Boyle, Past Director
New York Aquarium
Osborn Laboratories of Marine Science
Wildlife Conservation Society
New York, New York
Peter Davidson, President
Davidson Media Group
New York, New York
Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer
Conservation International
Washington, District of Columbia
Christopher J. Elliman, President
Open Space Institute
New York, New York
Dr. Robert Gagosian, Past President
Woods Hole Oceanographic Instutute
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Peter P. McN. Gates, Partner
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
New York, New York
Dr. Charles F. Kennel, Past Director
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Richard Medley, Chairman/CEO
Medley Global Advisors
New York, New York
Dr. Roger Payne, President
The Ocean Alliance, Whale Conservation Institute
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Donald Perkins, President
Gulf of Maine Aquarium and Research Center
Portland, Maine
Charles O. Swenson, Senior Managing Director
Brock Capital Group
New York, New York
John Seiffert, Managing Partner
Director, Global Accounts
Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide
New York, New York
James Gustave Speth, Dean
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
New Haven, Connecticut
Mathew Simmons
Simmons and Company
Founder, Ocean Energy Institute
Dr. Richard Spinrad, Assistant Adminstrator
National Ocean Services,
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Washington, Disrict of Columbia
Charles H. Townsend, President and CEO
Advance Magazine Group
New York, New York