Mentors & Collaborators
Mentors
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
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Peter Coughlan
Co-Founder, Hasten
Veta Wade
Founder - Fish’N Fins Inc. | Blue Economy Consultant - Diversity & Impact
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
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
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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
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