Board of Directors
Arne Arens: Chairman
Former CEO Boardriders & North Face
Steve Shipsey: Secretary
Assistant Attorney General for Oregon
Kevin Tighe: Treasurer
BUBS Naturals
Brian Thurston
Blue Box Air
Cathy Campbell
Cathy Campbell Creative
Danni Washington
TV Host and Science Communicator
Justin Winkenfeld
Business and Marketing Strategist, KindHumans
Kevin Whilden
Seatrees | Sustainable Surf
Maria Gonzalez-Blanch
Crescent Ridge Partners
Michael Stewart
Seatrees | Sustainable Surf
Nancy Dynan
Retail Industry Consultant
Advisory Board
Bob McKnight
Founder, Quiksilver
Brian Spitz
Partner, Big Sky Capital
Chris Malloy
Filmmaker, surfer, farmer
Dan Fitzgerald
Managing Partner, ReGen Ventures
David Hertz
Founder, David Hertz Architects / Studio of Environmental Architecture and Resilience Fund
David Yuan
Founder, Tidemark
Dr. Allen Hershkowitz
Chairman & Founding Director, Sport and Sustainability International
Dr. Gregory Borne
Senior Lecturer Sustainable Development, Plymouth Marjon University
Dr. Jess Ponting
Founder, International Association of Surfing Academics. Founder & Director, SDSU Center for Surf Research
Dr. Margaret Leinen
Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Eric Chin
Partner, Crosslink Capital
Gary Groff
Chief Commercial Officer, Mango Materials
Jeff Mendelsohn
Co-founder, LocalCode & Social Enterprise Advisor/Investor
Robin Graham
Head of Technology Investment Banking, Oppenheimer & Co.
Steve Reiss
Executive Producer/ Content Creator - Freelance Ocean Health Advocate
Yves Béhar
Founder and CEO fuseproject, Co-founder and CCO August, Canopy, FORME Life