Advisory Board

Dr. Margaret Leinen

Emeritus Staff, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Brian Spitz

Partner, Big Sky Capital

Bob McKnight

Founder, Quiksilver

Eric Chin

Partner, Crosslink Capital

David Yuan

Founder, Tidemark

Chris Malloy

Filmmaker, surfer, farmer

Steve Reiss

Executive Producer/ Content Creator - Freelance Ocean Health Advocate 

Yves Béhar

Founder and CEO fuseproject, Co-founder and CCO August, Canopy, FORME Life

Dr. Jess Ponting

Founder, International Association of Surfing Academics. Founder & Director, SDSU Center for Surf Research

Dr. Gregory Borne

Senior Lecturer Sustainable Development, Plymouth Marjon University

David Hertz

Founder, David Hertz Architects / Studio of Environmental Architecture and Resilience Fund

Dr. Allen Hershkowitz

Chairman & Founding Director, Sport and Sustainability International

Jeff Mendelsohn

Co-founder, LocalCode & Social Enterprise Advisor/Investor

Gary Groff

Chief Commercial Officer, Mango Materials