Overview

This team develops scientific methods, communicates results to governments, marine managers, scientists and the public, manages current operations and directs future development of the Ocean Health Index project. Ben Halpern has been with the project since planning began in 2008. The team gratefully acknowledges the individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations listed as Contributors and Sustaining Partners. This project would not exist without them.

Ben Halpern

Lead Scientist

Melanie Frazier

Senior Scientist

Gage Clawson

Lead Analyst

Victor Ramos

International Projects Manager

Previous Contributors

Additional Science

Jamie Afflerbach, Benjamin Best, Catherine Longo, Casey O'Hara, Daniel Pauly, Courtney Scarborough, Lydia Tey, Juliette Verstaen, Dan Yocum, Dirk Zeller

Advisory

Neils Crone, John Francis, Stone Gossard, Robert G. Haskell, Steve Katona, Sarah Laskin, Steven McCormick, Julie Packard, Howard 'Bud' Ris, Bart Sayle, Peter Seligmann, Greg Stone, Brandon Tidwell, Theodore 'Ted' Waitt, William 'Beau' Wrigley Jr., Heather Ann Wrigley

Advisory and Development

Ashleigh McGovern, Emily Pidgeon, 'Aulani Wilhelm

Communications and Outreach

Jennifer Assily, Mark Bauman, Glynnis Breen, Kevin Connor, Valerie Craig, Ginny Farmer, Meigan Goodyer Henry, Tony LaCasse, Keith Lawrence, Tina Lee, John Martin, Kim McCabe, Lucy McNeil, Savanna Nilsen, Tim Noviello, Erin O’Reilly, Sebastian Perry, Paula Seriff, Vittoria Somaschini, Peter Stonier, Karen Villeda, Jane Wolfson

Financial Oversight

Carolyn Hicks, Nancy Ludlow, Julia Niessen

Media

Carolyn Barnwell, Laura Bowling, Barbara W. Burst, Ann Conanan, Martha Conboy, Cindy d'Agostino, Keith Ellenbogen, Laura Fravel, Arthur Hurley, Samira Kordestani, Cyndee Lord, Lindsay Mosher, Matthew Oldfield, Jamie Pickell, Bridgette Polmar, Christopher Scarffe, Douglas Spiro, Tim Voight, Cory Wilson, Ken Yagoda, Wynette Yao

Organizations

Conservation International, Esri, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia, University of California at Santa Barbara, Darden Foundation, National Geographic, New England Aquarium, RadicalMedia

Outreach and Communications

Victor Ramos

Project Team

Laure Katz, Director, Victor Ramos, Manager, Ben Halpern, Director, Melanie Frazier, Lead Scientist, Julia Stewart Lowndes, Project Scientist, Gage Clawson, Fellows

Science

Lydia Bergen, Madeline Berger, Jacqueline Bort, Daniel Brumbaugh, Ellie Campbell, Kenneth Casey, F. Stuart 'Terry' Chapin, Michelle Cho, Roger Cooke, Chris Costello, Larry B. Crowder, Kendra L. Daly, Andrew Dickson, Scott Doney, Sylvia Earle, Cristiane Elfes, Baruch Fischoff, Amber Fisher, Michael J. Fogarty, Steven D. Gaines, Andrea Ghermandi, Darren Hardy, Laura Ingulsrud, Kelsey Jacobson, Regen Jamieson, Meghan Jeans, Ning Jiang, Stacy Jupiter, Leah B. Karrer, Les Kaufman, Kristin Kleisner, Danielle Knip, Kara Lavender Law, Heather M. Leslie, Sarah Lester, Larry Madini, Rod Mast, Karen McLeod, Ning Jian Mendes, Elizabeth Neeley, Paulo Nunes, David Obura, Jennifer O'Leary, Laura Onofri, Sara Orofino, Erich Pacheco, Emily Pidgeon, Stephen Polasky, Johanna Polsenberg, Marla Ranelletti, Nalini Rao, Jim Regetz, Alex Rogers, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Steve Running, Enric Sala, Jameal Samhouri, Eva Schemmel, Elizabeth Selig, Kimberly Selkoe, Lisa Speer, Kevin St. Martin, Iwen Su, Rashid Sumaila, Heather Tallis, Heather Tausig, Camila Vargas, Bryan Wallace, Molly Williams, Kyrstn Zylich

Website Design

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