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Make Stewardship Count Steering Committee

Who we are:

Shannon Arnold, Dr. Cat Dorey, Kate O’Connell, Dr Iris Ziegler

Meet The Steering Committee

Our Partners

Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC USA

Susan Millward,
Director,
Marine Animal Program

The Augusto Carneiro Institute, Brazil

José Truda Palazzo,
Jr., Vice-President

Blue Sphere Foundation

Candace Crespi,
Campaign Manager

BLOOM Association

Dr. Frédéric Le Manach,
Scientific Director

BlueShark Conservation, Belgium

Katrien Vandevelde & Jan Wouters,
Founders

Born Free Foundation, UK

Mark Jones,
Associate Director

Cetacean Society International, Connecticut, USA

David Kaplan,
President

Centro Rescate Especies Marinas Amenazadas

Isabel Naranjo,
President

Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Ralph O. Schill,
President Scientific Committee

David Suzuki Foundation

Scott Wallace,
Senior Research Scientist

Defenders of Wildlife

Alejandra Goyenechea,
Senior International Counsel

Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz (DSM)

Ulrich Karlowski,
Foundation Board Member, Vorstand

Deutsche Meeresstiftung

Frank Schweikert,
Vorstand

Divers for Sharks, Brazil

Paulo Guilherme,
Alves Cavalcanti,
Co-Founder

Dolphin Connection, California, USA

Nancy Azzam,
Executive Director

Dolphin Watch Alliance

Angela Ziltener,
Founder and President

Ecology Action Centre, Canada

Shannon Arnold,
Marine Policy Coordinator

Environmental Justice Foundation

Steve Trent,
Director

Equilibrio Azul, Quito, Ecuador

Felipe Vallejo,
Executive Director

Fair Fish International Association

Billo Heinzpeter Studer,
President

FONDATION FRANZ WEBER

Vera Weber,
CEO and President

Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation

Randall Arauz,
International Policy Director

For the Oceans Foundation, Costa Rica

Jorge Serendero,
CEO

Forest & Bird, NZ

Kevin Hague,
CEO

Fundação Tartaruga, Cabo Verde

Euclides Resende,
Excutive Director

Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine e.V.

Ulrike Kirsch,
International Dolphin-SAFE Monitoring Program Germany

Greenpeace International

Oliver Knowles,
Ocean Campaigner

 Shark Foundation, Hong Kong

Apple Chow,
Executive Director

International Marine Mammal Project

Mark J. Palmer,
Associate Director

Environmental Organization for the Preservation of the Aquatic Ecosystems, Greece

Ioannis Giovos,
Director of iSea

Living Oceans Society

Karen Wristen,
Executive Director

Mar Viva, San José, Costa Rica

Dr. Jorge A. Jiménez,
Director General

Nektos, Belgium

Frederic Buyle

 OceanCare, Switzerland

Sigrid Lüber,
President

Oceanic Preservation Society Greenbrae, CA USA

Louie Psihoyos,
Executive Director

Pelgios Kakunja A.C.

Edgar Mauricio Hoyos Padilla,
Director General

Pro Wildlife e.V., Germany

Dr. Sandra Altherr,
Co-Founder

SeaChoice

Sarah Foster,
National Manager

Sea Save Foundation

Georgienne Bradley, Director

Sharks Educational Institute, Spain

Fernando Reis,
Executive Director

Shark Allies, California, USA

Stefanie Brendl

Sharks Mission, France

Fabienne Rossier,
President

Shark Savers Germany e.V

Sabine Falk,
Vorstand

Sharkman’s World, Malta

Alex Buttigieg

SHARKPROJECT

Alex Smolisky, President,  International e.V. | Friederike Kremer-Obrock, President, Germany e.V. | Herbert Futterknecht, President, Austria

Sharkprotect e.V. , Germany

Baron Jupp Kerckerinck zur Borg,
Founder

Shark Research Institute Princeton, NJ USA

Jupp Baron Kerckerinck,
CEO Board of Trustees

Shark Stewards

David McGuire,
MPH, Director and Founder

 Stop Finning Deutschland e.V.

Julian Engel,
2. Vorsitzender

The Dolphin’s Voice e.V, Germany

Alexander Endl,
Founder and Chair

The Global Shark Conservation Initiative, Belgium

Veerle Roelandt

Turtle Foundation Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Board Member of TF Germany

Dr. Frank Zindel,
President

Turtle Island Restoration Network

Peter Fugazzotto,
Strategic Programs Director

German Underwater Federation (VDST)

Ralph O. Schill,
President Scientific Committee

The Whaleman Foundation Lahaina, HI USA

Jeff Pantukhoff,
President & Founder

WildAid Hong Kong

Alex Hofford,
Wildlife Campaigner

WildAid

Peter Knights,
Executive Director

World Wise Foods

John Burton,
Chairman and Chief Executive

Megan Bailey

Canada Research Chair,
Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program, Halifax, Canada

Dr. Cat Dorey

Consultant (Fish, Fisheries, & Science Communication), Australia

Hannes Jaenicke

Actor and Environmental Activist, Film Producer

Robert Marc Lehmann

Marine Biologist, Photographer, Camera Man,
NG Photographer of the Year 2016,
Germany

Callum Roberts

Professor of Marine Conservation, Environment Department University of York, UK

Dr. Ralf P. Sonntag

Senior advisor Marine Conservation,
Germany

Tom Vierus

Marine Biologist, Photographer, Filmmaker,
German Science Photographer 2016/2017,
Germany

Fish Act – Formally The Black Fish

Valeska Diemel,
Vorsitzende

Blue Marine Foundation, UK

Charles Clover,
Executive Director

Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos, Colombia

Sandra Bessudo,
Fundadora/ Directora Ejecutiva

 legaSeas, New Richmond Ohio, USA

Deb Adams,
Director

Save Our Seas Foundation, Switzerland

Michael C. Scholl,
CEO

Shark Angels, New York, NY, USA

Jamie Pollack,
Director

SOS-Seaturtles, Switzerland

Kurt Amsler,
Founder/Director

Sidney Holt, DSc

One of the founders of modern fisheries science, and marine policy and whale conservation expert

Mundus maris

Dr. Cornelia E. Nauen, Vorsitzende

pacific garbage screening

Marcella Hansch
Architektin M.Sc. – CEO

NABU International

Dr Barbara Maas
Head of Endangered Species Conservation

Fish 4 Ever

Charles Redfern
MD/Founder

One Earth One Ocean

Günther Bonin
CEO / Founder

COMARINO, Mexico

Mercedes Anzures Aguilar

Campaign Whale

Andy Ottaway
Founding Director

Seal Protection Action Group

Andy Ottaway
Founding Director

Lukas Müller

Marine Biologist, Scientific Explorer & Digital Storyteller

Humane Society International

Andrew Lurie,
Senior Attorney, International Law & Trade

Project AWARE 

Ian Campbell

Associate Director, Policy and Campaigns

WILDTRUST South Africa

Dr. Andrew Venter

Chief Executive Officer

Natural Resources Defence Council

Francine Kershaw
Project Scientist, Marine Mammal Protection & Oceans, Nature Program

Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz e.V.

Birgit Braun
Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied

La Fundación México Azul

Clara E. Calatayud Pavia
Director

Center for Biological Diversity

Sarah Uhlemann
International Program Director and Senior Attorney

Project Manaia
Protection through Research

Manuel Marinelli
Founder & CEO

Professor Elisabeth Slooten

University of Otago, Dunedin
New Zealand

Blue Planet Strategies

Zack Klyver
Co-founder and Science Director

Shark Guardian
Shark & Marine Conservation Worldwide

Brendon Sing
Co-Director

Association Ailerons, France

Martin Grau
Vice-President

Environmental Investigation Agency

Clare Perry,
Ocean Campaign Leader

Instituto Brasileiro de Conservação da Natureza

Nalu Beatriz Machado,
President