About

Board of Directors

Larry Mayer

Chair

Director

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire

Neil Smit

Vice-Chair

CEO, Retired

Comcast Corporation

Robert D. Ballard

President

Ocean Exploration Trust

John Culberson

Member of the Federal Science Partners

Ocean Exploration Trust Board of Directors

Jacqueline M Hollister

Senior VP of Development, Retired

National Geographic Society

Arthur H. House

Adjunct Professor

University of Connecticut

Vicki Phillips

CEO

National Center of Education and the Economy

Robert E. Patricelli

retired health care executive

Ocean Exploration Trust Board of Directors

Kristin Rechberger

Founder & CEO

Dynamic Planet

Enric Sala

Explorer in Residence & Founder of Pristine Seas

National Geographic Society

Barbara Smit

Philip Stephenson

Founder

Stephenson Foundation

Allison Fundis

Secretary, Non-Voting

Chief Operating Officer

Ocean Exploration Trust

Denise Armstrong

Treasurer, Non-Voting

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Ocean Exploration Trust

Andrew Gibson

Aerospace Manufacturing Advisor Investor

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