BLUE Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Event

Jenifer Austin is the Manager of the Google Ocean Program. She also helped start the Google Earth Outreach Program which supports nonprofit groups using Google Earth and Maps to change the world. Jenifer holds an undergraduate degree in biology and a masters degree in the Neurosciences... Read More →

Since receiving his degree in shellfish biology from the University of Washington in 1981 Bill Dewey has worked thirty years as a shellfish farmer in Washington State. He is Manager of Public Policyand Communications for Taylor Shellfish Company, the largest producer of farmed shellfish... Read More →

Farr’s public service career began in the California Assembly, where he worked as a staffer onbudget issues for a decade. In 1975, he ran for and won a seat on the Monterey County Board ofSupervisors.In 1980 he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he became a champion... Read More →

Jean-Pierre Gattuso is a Research Professor at the Centre National de la RechercheScientifique (CNRS) (National Center for Scientific Research, France) and is based at theLaboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, a marine station operated by the UniversitéPierre-et-Marie Curie... Read More →

Haley Jackson is a documentary filmmaker and new media producer.

Joanie Kleypas is a marine ecologist/geologist that focuses on how coral reefs and othermarine ecosystems are affected by changes in the Earth's atmosphere and climate. Globalwarming, for example, is causing tropical ocean temperatures to increase faster thancorals can adapt, resulting... Read More →

Dan is Marine Vice Chair of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas and Senior Advisor on Marine Science and Conservation in the Global Marine and Polar Programme at IUCN. He is a leading global expert on ocean conservation and for over 25 years has been responsible for the creation... Read More →

Dr. Jane Lubchenco is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist.On March 19, 2009, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first woman to serve as theadministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).While performing duties as... Read More →