The Team
Science Advisors
- Arlene Blum, Ph.D., biophysical chemist and mountaineer
- Theo Colborn, Ph.D., founder and president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
- Sylvia Earle, Ph.D., oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer
- Marcus Eriksen, Ph.D., explorer and plastic pollution education specialist
- Wallace J Nichols, Ph.D., marine biologist, California Academy of Sciences, Chairman
- Hideshige Takada, Ph.D, Professor, Organic geochemistry, Tokyo University
- Tierney Thys, Ph.D., Marine Biologist, National Geographic Emerging Explorer
- Jeremy Jackson, Ph.D., Professor of Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Communications and Outreach Advisors
- Fabien Cousteau, explorer, environmentalist, filmmaker
- Celine Cousteau, filmmaker, environmental activist
- Anna Cummins, Gyre explorer and founder of Bring Your Own
- Irmelin DiCaprio, CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- Joel Harper, author All the Way to the Ocean
- Chris Jordan, Visual Artist and Social Activist
- Steve Miller, Founding Project Manager, Google Ocean
- Captain Charles Moore, pioneer in the study of plastic pollution
- Stephanie Soechtig, Producer, Director of Tapped
Business and Strategy Advisors
- Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land and Bottlemania
- Beth Terry, author of the blog Fake Plastic Fish
- Claudia Welss, Co-founder and director, Next Now Collaboratory
- Justin Winters, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- John Woldenberg, business executive
- Yuriko Young, Philanthropist
Co-founders
- Lisa Boyle, Environmental Attorney
- Dianna Cohen, Artist
- Manuel Maqueda, Environmental Strategist
- Daniella Dimitrova Russo, Social Activation Strategist
Executive Director
Fiscal Sponsor
- Earth Island Institute, a non-profit, public interest, membership organization that supports people who are creating solutions to protect our shared planet.



























