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Oikonos People

Founded by:

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


	Oikonos Board Big Basin Retreat, Spring Equinox 2008, Waddell Creek, CA Link to More People Photos

Board of Directors
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	Michelle Hester, President michelle at oikonos dot org	Carol Keiper, Director carol at oikonos dot org
	Grant Ballard, Secretary grant at oikonos dot org	Hannah Nevins, Director hannah at oikonos dot org
	Peter Hodum, Director, Founder of JFIC peter at oikonos dot org	Sophie Webb, Director sophie at oikonos dot org

Advisors

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

Lisa Ballance, PhD
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, PhD
Daedalus Technology Group, President, New York, NY

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

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

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

Project Leaders

	Grant Ballard - Penguin Science and Ross Sea Conservation, Antarctica
	Erin Hagen - Univ. of Washington, Juan Fernández Islands Firecrown Projects, Chile
	Michelle Hester - Año Nuevo Island, Marine Debris, and Black-footed Albatross Projects, North 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, and Marine Debris, North Pacific
	Sue Townsend - Ecosystem Integrity in Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe

Research Associates

	Viola Toniolo - Standord University, PhD Candidate
	K. David Hyrenbach - Hawai'i Pacific Univeristy, Assistant Professor

Project Ecologists

	Matthew McKown - Univ. of North Carolina, Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy Projects, Chile
	Jo Smith - Univ. of Washington, Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy Projects, Chile
	Coral Wolf - Univ. of Michigan, Juan Fernández Islands Conservancy Firecrown Projects, Chile

Cordell Bank, California, July 2005

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, California, 2006

Sophie Webb teaches a future biologist how to search for sooty shearwater flocks in Monterey Bay.

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April 2008