Pavon, Ashley S.

Ashley S. Pavon was a farmworker and factory worker in high school and now is a full time student at Hartnell College pursuing an Associate Degree and a Certificate in […]

Hays, Helen

Helen, Director of The Great Gull Island Project since 1969, is a tirelessly dedicated scientist with infectious spunk who has given much of her life to the study and preservation […]

DiCostanzo, Joe

Since 1974 Joe has worked on Great Gull Island, managing the GGI database of nearly one million records, and has authored/coauthored papers based on the data. He also followed the […]

Male, Michael

Michael has decades of experience producing and filming natural history subjects and scientific research, from the tropics to the Arctic. While a university student he made his first film “Ternwatch,” […]

Brown, Dr. Moira

Moira Brown, lead scientist at the Canadian Whale Institute, has been studying North Atlantic right whales for over 30 years in both Canadian and U.S. waters. In 2015, when right […]

Noel, Martin

In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, snow crab fisher Martin Noël is conducting the first real- world test of ropeless fishing technology in the North Atlantic. Fishing gear entanglement is […]

Sharp, Dr. Sarah

Dr. Sharp is the Animal Rescue Veterinarian for IFAW’s Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Program. Dr. Sharp leads IFAW’s efforts to document the causes of death for all marine mammals […]

Weatherford, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Weatherford is the Founder and Emeritus Director of the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. She is currently the Creative Director of […]

Lederer, Nicole

Nicole Lederer is Chair and Co-Founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), an advocacy and communications platform for business leaders to advance strong environmental policy to grow the economy. Nicole works with […]

Hutchins, Eric

Eric Hutchins is the Gulf of Maine Habitat Restoration Coordinator for the NOAA Restoration Center located in Gloucester Massachusetts. In this capacity he has provided technical and financial assistance to […]