BLUE Ocean Film Festival LLC / CEO Executive Director
Charles Kinder
BLUE Ocean Film Festival LLC/ COO
Dan Basta
National Marine Sanctuary System/
Director Gregory D. Bossart,
V.M.D., Ph.D.
Georgia Aquarium / SVP &
Chief Veterinary Officer
Tom Campbell Tom Campbell's HD Productions /
Cinematographer
Laura Cantral Joint Ocean Commission, Meridian Institute /
Sr. Mediator
Mari Carswell
Blue Earth Communications
Barry Clark Telanova Productions /
Executive Producer
Terry Tanner Clark Telenova Productions/
Executive Producer Fabien Cousteau Plant a FIsh / Executive Director
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Ocean Futures Society /
Executive Producer
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Mission Blue /President
National Geographic Explorer in Residence
John Francis, Ph. D.
National Geographic Society / VP
Research, Conservation & Exploration
Paul Gasek Discovery Networks/ Executive
Producer & Senior Science Editor
Jenifer Austin Foulkes Google/Ocean Manager
Neil Harraway NHNZ, New Zealand / Director Executive Vice President, Marketing & Development
Jim Hekkers Monterey Bay Aquarium /
Managing Director Tim Keeney
NOAA/ Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Oceans and Atmosphere (past)
Stratton Leopold
Parmount Pictures/ Executive Vice President Production (past);
Southern Film Center/
Executive Producer, Partner
Kevin McCarey Savannah College of Art & Design /Film and Television Department/Professor
Cristina Mittermeier
ILCP / Executive Director
Laura Orthwein Make A Difference Media /President
Chris Palmer
MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation/President
Center for Environmental Filmmaking/Founder and Director
Shari Sant Plummer
Code Blue Charitable Foundation / President
Lisa Samford Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival / Exec. Director
Mark Shelley Sea Studios Foundation / Executive Director
Greg Stone, Ph.D. Conservation International / Sr.VP Marine Programs
Bob Talbot
Talbot Productions / Founder Charlotte Vick Deep Search Foundation / Google Oceans Dr. John Welch Sarasota Film Festival/ Founder Mark Wild Artists in Motion / Joint Managing Director