Mentors & Collaborators

Dr. Mark Abbott

Past President and Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Humera Fasihuddin

Founder, University Innovation Fellows

Dr. Kenny Broad

Director, Abess Center for Ecosystem Science, Professor, Department of Marine Ecosystems & Society, University of Miami RSMAS

Dr. Katherine Skinner

Postdoctoral Researcher in Underwater Robotics,
Georgia Institute of Technology

Peter Coughlan

Co-Founder, Hasten

Veta Wade

Founder - Fish’N Fins Inc. | Blue Economy Consultant - Diversity & Impact

Erik Sander

Founding Executive Director, Florida Engineering Experiment Station (FLEXStation) - University of Florida

Dr. Jeff Kaeli

Lead Scientist, Co-Founder, Co-Inventor - Armada 
Marine Robotics,
Research Engineer - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Robert M. Carmichael

Founder/Co-Founder, Global SubDive

Dr. Michael K. Dorsey

Co-Founder Sunrise Movement, Limited Partner IberSun Solar

Ian Tomcho

Expedition Equipment Specialist - Lindblad Expeditions & National Geographic

Dr. Eric Nieves

Staff Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton

Caleb Carr

Founder, President, & CEO - Vita Inclinata Technologies

Millicent Wallace Pitts

CEO/Executive Director, OceanExchange.org

Mahmoud Khedr

Co-Founder & CEO - FloraMind

Shalin Jyotishi

Assistant Director for Economic Development and Community Engagement, Association of Public 
and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Vincent Arena

Co-Founder, Tazzetto
Founder, Catalist

Dr. Keene Haywood

MPS Exploration Science Track Coordinator, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

Sam Warach

Founder & CEO - NextStep HealthTech

Aakash (Kash) Sudhakar

Data Scientist at LifeNome; Founder at Coderie

Jonathan DeLong

Sailor, Explorer, Entrepreneur

Kayla Barbour

University of Cincinnati DAAP Masters Program Candidate, Community Planning

Kyle Pitocchelli

Principal Consultant - Vantage

Leslie Townsell

Graduate Research Assistant 
Yager Lab
University of Georgia

Dr. Kelly Schutt

Director’s Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Dr. Brian Von Herzen

Founder & Executive Director, Climate Foundation

Hannuman Bull

Senior Test & Integration Engineer and Co-Founder at Cumulus Digital Systems

Dr. Jordon Beckler

Assistant Research Professor and director of the Geochemistry and Geochemical Sensing Lab, FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Rose Santana

Research Analyst
Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology Lab
Florida International University

Christopher Storey

Director, Sea Shepherd
Co-founder, GhostNetWork
Head of Innovation at Green Innovation Group

Danica Reinicke

Head of Distribution and Partnerships, Smartfin

Stuart Rudick

Founder and CEO, Water Innovation Accelerator

Dr. Laura Canevari

CEO and Co-Founder of ITACA

Nir Gartzman

Co-Founder & Manager Partner, the DOCK

Andrew Otazo

Strategic Projects Manager at JeffreyGroup

Jacob Steensen

COO & Co-founder at betterblue.io

Ted Janulis

Founder & Principal,
Investable Ocean

Heather Sadusky

Aquaculture Hub Coordinator at Maine Sea Grant

Max Ringelheim

Founder of When Going Viral
Co-founder of 2015's Hoverboard Fad

Aaron Chavez

Partner at Argent Strategies

Alex King

Early stage startup advisor, mentor, and investor; Founding Partner at 1888 Ventures

Dr. George Sklivanitis

Research Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University

Daniel Kvarnberg

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Physician Advisory Solutions

Andres Avello

Founder and CEO of PADL

Esber Andiroglu

Director of MS-Construction Management University of Miami College of Engineering

Rodrigo Griesi

Founder & Captain of NEPTUNYA Ocean Power

Chris Coyle

Founder and CEO, Futurist at TAO: Tethra Advisors and Officers

Michael J. Penfield

Principal and CEO Stradivarius Consulting

Loretta Roberson

Associate Scientist at Marine Biological Laboratory

Luke Young

CEO and Co-Founder, Agrisea

Dr. Powell Kinney

Co-Founder and CTO, Twelve Marine Ventures

Brandon Cotter

Founder and CEO, Twelve Marine Ventures

Daniel Hettwer

Founder and CEO, Hidden Worlds Entertainment

Tara Sibel Demren

Co-Founder, Sprightful

Dr. Miles Medina

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Florida's Center for Coastal Solutions

Laura Chavez Anderson

Communications Assistant, Stanford Center for Ocean

Chris Muglia

Co-Founder, EvolutionXD

Gaelin Rosenwaks

Founder and President, Global Ocean Exploration Inc

Nicolas Derouin

Co-Founder, Arkup

Ethan Beswick

Food and Chemical Industries Consultant

Eric Siegel

Executive in Residence, CDL Oceans and Board Member, Sustainable Oceans Applied Research and Sail Nova Scotia

Imran Siddiqui

Associate Vice President for Finance and Operations, Broward College

Tyler Wood

Director of ESG & Sustainability, Gravitas Infinitum

Lior Barhai

Co-Founder & CEO, Envonics

Garrett Evridge

Managing Director, Alaska Ocean Cluster

Taylor Drew Holshouser

Managing Director, Alaska Ocean Cluster

Alec Bogdanoff

Principal Scientist & Co-Founder, Brizaga

Willis Brown

Founder, Seagreen

Gaida Zirkelbach

Co-Founder, SustainaBase

Scott Rivello

Global Client Service Partner

Dr. Margaux Filippi

Oceanographer & Oceanographic engineer