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.
• Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director
  European Environment Agency
  Copenhagen, Denmark
• 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