SEA STEWARDS



	David McGuire MPH
		An avid writer, surfer and ocean voyager, David McGuire is the founder of Sea Stewards and is a healthy ocean advocate. As Captain, Dive Master and Cinematographer, David has explored the world ocean on numerous sailing voyages collecting media content with an emphasis on ocean awareness and conservation. Educated in Marine Biology, he holds a masters degree in Environmental Health and has worked in education and public health at the University of California at Berkeley for over a decade. David is the writer, producer and underwater cinematographer of the award winning documentary Sharks: Stewards of the Reef, and was writer and cinematographer on a film on California Marine Protected Areas, and Palmyra Atoll. A Field Associate with the California Academy of Sciences, David is currently coordinating a far ranging South Seas expedition to support Academy research goals while communicating the wonders of the natural world and ocean life. Using expedition sailing and multi media, the Sea Stewards mission is to explore and explain our ocean world and influence policies and practices from sustainable fishing to marine protection. David has recently written, filmed and produced a new documentary on the Sharks of San Francisco Bay titled City of the Shark
	Jack Dumbacher, PhD Biologist Curator Birds and Mammals California Academy of Sciences
		Jack Dumbacher is curator of Birds and Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences. He has studied New Guinea and western Pacific birds for over 15 years, and he is currently focused on molecular systematics of birds and mammals in China and southern Africa as well as New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Recently living on the west coast after working at Smithsonian for nearly seven years, Jack is enjoying sailing and learning about the birds of the eastern Pacific rim. An avid sailor, Jack has acted as onboard naturalist at the Farallon Islands with the non profit "Call of the Sea." Dr. Dumbacher has numerous scientific publications and is is curently planning a Pacific expedition throughout the South Pacific to study birds and other vertebrates in many of the remote and understudied islands.
	Wallace J Nichols PhD, Ocean Revolution
		Wallace “J.” Nichols spends his time discovering nature. Currently, J. works with several universities and organizations to advance ocean protection, including Senior Research Scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, California Academy of Sciences as a Research Associate, Conservation Science Advisor for ProPeninsula, on a global bycatch study with Duke University and Blue Ocean Institute, and as a board member of Animal Alliance , Coastwalk, Drylands Institute, Oceana and Reef Protection International. He is also spearheading the Ocean Revolution, a program that inspires, involves and mentors the next generation of ocean conservation leaders. Dr. Nichols has undertaken the task of reaching new constituencies with a positive and inclusive conservation message and building a network of like-minded people, from diverse regions, backgrounds and careers who share a commitment to maintaining abundant life in the oceans and on the coasts. In 1998 he founded the Grupo Tortuguero, an international grassroots movement dedicated to restoring Pacific sea turtles and to sustainable management of ocean fisheries. In 1999 he co-founded and for five years directed WiLDCOAST, an international conservation team dedicated to the protection of coastal wilderness where he and a diverse group of partners organized fishermen to protect endangered sea turtles and helped coastal ranchers protect their shores for future generations. Through field research, his work with commercial fishermen, and the time he spends in coastal villages, he encounters among people a common appreciation for the ocean’s beauty, abundance and mysteries. Nichols finds successful conservation efforts often include unexpected alliances and that there is common ground to be found between so-called “enemies” of nature. J. is author of more than fifty scientific papers, book chapters, popular articles, and reports on sea turtle ecology and ocean conservation. He is the author of the children’s book Chelonia: Return of the sea turtle, and co-author of the screenplay Adelita’s Journey based on the true story of one loggerhead sea turtle’s epic 24,000 km migration from Japan to Mexico and back home again. J. continues to share his research with millions of school children around the world through school and aquarium visits, field trips, the Internet and various publications and writing projects. J.’s projects and philosophy incorporates participatory science, social networking, and creative communication to inspire a healthier relationship with the sea.
	Healy Hamilton PhD, Center for Biodiversity Research and Informatics, California Academy of Sciences
		Dr. Hamilton is a biodiversity research scientist at the California Academy of Sciences, and adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at San Francisco State University. She is the founding director of a program that integrates biological and geospatial data for biodiversity research, conservation and education at the Academy. She received her masters degree from Yale University's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. For both degrees she conducted extensive field research in Latin America. Her research uses comparative DNA sequence analysis to reconstruct the Tree of Life for certain groups of organisms, including whales, dolphins and seahorses. Dr. Hamilton is a former U.S. Fulbright Fellow and a Switzer Foundation Environmental Leadership Grantee. As a Dive Master and scientist, her work has taken her across the Pacific from the Amazon River basin to the reefs of Australia and now to the coastline of California.
	Lucy Marcus MS, Marine Biologist, Dive instructor, videographer
		Lucy gained a love for the marine environment when she started diving in Belize at the age of ten. She received training as a scientific research diver during her undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz Lucy has a masters degree in Marine Biology at James Cook University (JCU) in Australia. Lucy's masters research focused on videotaping and analyzing interactions between cleaner shrimp and fish in Papua New Guinea. Lucy has worked as a PADI dive instructor, sailing crew member, underwater photographer and naturalist in Maui. While in Hawaii, Lucy participated in a manta ray tagging and tracking research project, following manta rays with acoustic tags for days on a research vessel and spent 3 months at sea with NOAA, removing marine debris in the North Western Hawaiian Islands. She has studied underwater videography on the Great Barrier Reef and has numerous techniques for shooting underwater as well as video editing skills. Lucy has just completed a cruise through the Pacific Garbage Patch and is completing a new film on plastic in the oceans.