Expert Spokespeople

If you would like to interview someone from the OneOcean team about the response room analysis or speak to a scientist or advocacy expert about the need to protect nature in Post COVID-19 recovery please contact info@oceanprotect.org

Jennifer Sletton

Staff Attorney and Outreach Cooridinator, ProtectedSeas

Ocean Resilience

Tel: 1 (425) 213-6338
Email: jennifer@protectedseas.net
Language Spoken: English, German
Country: US
Timezone: PST USA (GMT-7)

Jiliang Chen

Researcher at Greenovation Hub

Arctic and Antarctic, High Seas

Tel: +86-13062691770
Email: jiliang@ghub.org
Language Spoken: Chinese, English
Country: China
Timezone: (GMT+8)

Joe Wilkins

World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council

citizen science, community outreach, Youth in ocean conservation

Tel: 44 7581486015
Email: wjwildlife@gmail.com
Language Spoken: English, Welsh
Country: United Kingdom
Timezone: (GMT+1)

John Maggs

Senior Policy Advisor, Seas At Risk

Arctic and Antarctic, Climate Breakdown, COP25, Ocean Resilience, Shipping

Tel: +44 1736 810741
Email: jmaggs@seas-at-risk.org
Language Spoken: English
Country: United Kingdom
Timezone: (GMT+1)

Karen Sack

President and CEO, Ocean Unite

30x30, Arctic and Antarctic, Ocean Resilience

Tel: + 1 202.415.5403
Email: Karen.Sack@oceanunite.org
Language Spoken: English
Country: United States
Timezone: EST (GMT-5)

Kirsten Grorud-Colvert

Assistant Professor – Senior Research, Oregon State University; The MPA Guide

30x30, Ocean Resilience

Tel: 1 541 737 9981
Email: grorudck@science.oregonstate.edu
Language Spoken: English
Country: United States
Timezone: Pacific Time (GMT-7)

Dr Kristina Boerder

Dalhousie University

30x30, Fisheries, High Seas, Ocean Resilience

Tel: +1 902 329 3003
Email: kristina.boerder@dal.ca
Language Spoken: English, German
Country: Canada
Timezone: Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4)

Kristina Gjerde

Senior High Seas Advisor to IUCN’s Global Marine and Polar Programme

High Seas, IPCC, Ocean Resilience

Tel: 1 617 959 7138
Email: kristina.gjerde@eip.com.pl
Language Spoken: English
Country: United States
Timezone: Eastern Time (GMT-4)

Kyle Van Houtan

Chief Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Climate Breakdown, COP25, Fisheries, High Seas, Land use impacts on coastal ecosystems, Ocean Resilience, Pollution

Tel: 1-808-228-1112
Email: kvanhoutan@mbayaq.org
Language Spoken: English
Country: United States
Timezone: Pacific Time (GMT-7)

Lance Morgan

Marine biologist and president of Marine Conservation Institute

30x30

Tel: 1 707 217 8242
Email: Lance.Morgan@marine-conservation.org
Language Spoken: English
Country: United States
Timezone: PST (GMT-7)