oikonos

Oikonos People

Founded in 2002 by:

Grant Ballard, Tom Gardali, Sacha Heath, Michelle Hester, Peter Hodum, Carol Keiper, Hannah Nevins, Viola Toniolo, and Sophie Webb

Board of Directors

Board 2008 on Seaquest

Fall Equinox Meeting 2008, aboard Seaquest
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	Michelle Hester, President	Carol Keiper, Board Member
	Grant Ballard, Secretary	Hannahrose Nevins, Financial Officer
	Peter Hodum, Board Member	Sophie Webb, Board Member
	Lloyd Fales, Board Member

Research Associates

	Viola Toniolo - Standord University Graduate Program
	K. David Hyrenbach - Hawai'i Pacific Univeristy, Assistant Professor
	Josh Adams - University of Otago, PhD Candidate
	Erin Hagen - Oikonos

Advisors

An interdisciplinary, independent group of experts providing advice, guidance and support to Oikonos:
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David Ainley
Senior Ecological Associate, H.T. Harvey & Associates, San Jose, CA
Adjunct Professor. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, CA

Lisa Ballance
Ecosystem Studies Program Leader, NOAA Fisheries, La Jolla, CA
Chief Scientist, Stenella Abundance Research

Matthew Passmore
Independent Artist (ReBAR), Film Maker, Attorney, San Francisco, CA

Nathaniel Polish
Daedalus Technology Group, President, New York, NY

Connie Millar
Sierra Nevada Research Center
PSW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Lee Vining and Albany, CA

Brett K. Sandercock
Associate Professor of Avian Ecology
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Ellen Hines
Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Project Leaders

	Grant Ballard - Penguin Science and Ross Sea Conservation, Antarctica
	Erin Hagen - Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy Projects, Chile
	Michelle Hester - Año Nuevo Island, Marine Debris, and Black-footed Albatross Projects, Pacific
	Peter Hodum - Juan Fernández Island Conservancy Projects, Chile; Pink-footed Shearwater Conservation, eastern Pacfiic; Isla Socorro Seabirds, Mexico
	Carol Keiper - Ocean Stewardship, Marine Debris, and Sanctuary Mapping, California
	Hannah Nevins - Sooty Shearwater Restoration Project, New Zealand; Marine Debris, North Pacific
	Susan Wainright - U.S.G.S., Diving Duck Conservation, California
	Josh Adams - U.S.G.S., Año Nuevo Island, California; Hawaiian Petrel foraging, Pacific

Project Ecologists

	Ryan Carle - Año Nuevo Island, California
	Erica Donnelly - Ingested Marine Debris, Pacific


	Cordell Bank, California - Albatross Tagging Cruise on the Sanctuary vessel, Phocoena From the left: Collaborator David Hyrenbach with Oikonos crew Michelle, Hannah, and Carol Black-footed Albatross in the background.	Migration Day Festival, Sea Cliff Beach State Park Sophie Webb teaches a future biologist how to search for sooty shearwater flocks in Monterey Bay.

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