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Executive Office
Media and Policy Strategy
Organizational Effectiveness and Operations
Science Initiatives
Sustainable Markets
Dawn M. Martin, President
Martin brings a multidisciplinary approach that builds on her organizational management experience and skills as an attorney, strategic policy professional and communications specialist. She serves as a principal for the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), on the advisory board of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, as a member of the Ocean Portal Editorial Board for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and a founding member of the steering committee for the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands. Martin sits on the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Board as a trustee, its Vice-Chair and Treasurer. Martin has a degree in Political Science and received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and studied international human rights and humanitarian law at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, and the Henri Dunant Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. Kristian Teleki, Vice President Teleki has a diverse background in marine science and conservation, and his field experience extends from the polar to tropical environments. He is particularly interested in the relationship that humans have with the ocean and promoting the sustainable use of its resources. He has degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Cambridge University. Teleki is on the Editorial Board of Aquatic Conservation, is a member of the Resource Users Group for the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) and is a Steering Committee member of the Global Islands Partnership and the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands. He is also a member of the Board of the Centre for Rural Empowerment and the Environment and its Scientific Advisory Committee, and is an advisor to Community Centred Conservation (C3). Russ Avery, Programme Assistant
A native of the west coast of Scotland, Avery has traveled extensively. He lived in Chile for five months, where he taught at a school in Santiago, and in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for one year as part of his Bachelor of Arts degree. Having lived by the sea for much of his life, Avery enjoys most water-based activities, especially surfing, and he is looking forward to learning how to scuba dive one day. When not at work or by the sea, Avery also enjoys photography, filmmaking and cinema. Philip Chou, Senior Manager
Ned Daly, Senior Projects Advisor
Francis Gabriel, Program Associate, Asia Pacific Program
Prior to joining SeaWeb, Gabriel was a sub-editor with The National, which is one of two national daily newspapers in Papua New Guinea. He joined the paper after graduating from the University of Papua New Guinea in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in language and communication and a minor in literature. Gabriel is a former graduate of the Asia Pacific Program’s lecture series on marine science and conservation and was part of a SeaWeb media fellowship to Fiji that explored community-based marine management in 2007. Devin Harvey, Manager, Visual Media Initiatives
A lake-diving native of Minnesota, he fell in love with the ocean while at college and spent nearly every weekend camping along the Pacific Coast or taking sailing lessons. Studying cinema also sparked his passion for photography. Still an avid diver and photographer, he is developing his talents in ocean conservation photography and filmmaking in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Marida Hines, Webmaster
A Maryland native, Marida enjoys snorkeling, hiking, biking, photography, art and travel. Marida lived for four years in England and seven years in southern France, where she worked as a freelance illustrator and writer, ran a small vineyard, and helped out at a local dive club as a scuba diving assistant instructor. Marida is a CMAS three-star diver and has dived extensively in the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, the North Sea, and the Caribbean. Emily Howgate, Program Manager
Howgate is passionate about sustainability and has been involved with environmental education initiatives in the UK. Her commitment to the environment, and particularly the marine realm, was honed through her ecology degree at the University of East Anglia, UK, and also a stint studying in California. Eloise S. Lee, Program Associate, Asia Pacific Program
Lee’s community-based approach to media was largely shaped by her experiences working with immigrant communities to use video documentary to raise their voices in an effort to combat increased violence facing people of color in post 9-11 New York City. Lee has a BFA in Film and Television Production from New York University’s Tisch School of Arts, and an MA in Asian American Studies from San Francisco State University. Lee’s ethnographic research approach is illustrated in her first book, Subject of Norms: Filipina Immigrants in Northern California. An avid traveler, Lee’s immersion into marine conservation was inspired by her wanderings through Southeast Asia as an underwater videographer. Originally from Oahu, Lee describes herself as Keiki O Ka ‘Aina, or Child of the Land in Hawaiian, and is excited to be back in the islands supporting the ocean places she calls home. Simone Lewis-Koskinen, Program Assistant
Prior to joining SeaWeb, Lewis-Koskinen spent several months in Mossel Bay, South Africa, studying the population dynamics of great white sharks with the conservation organization Oceans Research. After receiving dual bachelor’s degrees in French and marine biology from the University of Maryland, College Park, Lewis-Koskinen worked for several nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, promoting conservation efforts by connecting communities with their environments. As a native of coastal California, Lewis-Koskinen could swim before she walked. She continues to foster a profound respect and admiration for the ocean through her adventures abroad and at her current home in Washington, D.C. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in environmental science at American University in Washington, D.C. Cécile Levieil, European Program Associate
Levieil completed her master's degree in European affairs and political sciences at the Institute of Political Studies in Lyon, France. She wrote her master thesis about Bluefin tuna conservation in the Mediterranean, and previously worked for a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels.
Traveling as much as possible, Levieil spent a year in Finland and received an Arctic Studies Diploma from Lapland University. ^ top
Meaghan Mallari, Development Associate
A native of Takoma Park, Maryland, she has always cherished the outdoors and loved being near the water. Mallari has previous experience with community development work, volunteering in rural villages of El Salvador and leading student group projects. Through SeaWeb, Mallari is enjoying the ability to continue to use principles of sociology as a foundation for tackling issues facing the world. Jackie Marks, Manager, Media Communications
Jackie's love for the ocean came from her nomadic upbringing, traveling between her mother's native Philippines and father's native Netherlands, two countries strongly connected to the ocean. An avid scuba diver, snowboarder, animal lover, camper, cyclist and eater (especially of oysters), Jackie enjoys spending her free time outdoors and exploring new places. Bruce McKay, Senior Researcher Bruce was born in British Colombia and currently lives in Montreal, Canada. Alumeci Nakeke, Program Associate, Asia Pacific Program
Nakeke began her professional career as a teacher and church volunteer conducting community outreach. In 2000, she joined the Fiji Sun daily newspaper as a proofreader. Soon after, she was translating news into Fijian and a year later, she became a news reporter at the paper. She would later lead the features department at the paper. In 2006, she started the newspaper’s first weekly environmental page, called the “Green Page.” She would later become Features Editor at the paper. Writing for the Green Page inspired her to increase awareness of environmental issues in Fiji. Nakeke became a SeaWeb media fellow in 2007 and then joined our staff in 2008. Ruben Seenivasa Pillai, Operations Manager
He grew up on La Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean where he developed a strong appreciation for environmental and conservation issues. Ruth Pune-Pipai, Program Associate, Asia Pacific Program
Prior to joining SeaWeb, Pune-Pipai worked on campaigns for the Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR), a local nongovernmental organization promoting community-based resource management through legal education and legal action. Her past campaigns included encouraging international financial institutions that fund development projects in Papua New Guinea to be more socially responsible and responsive. In 2007, she completed a one-year internship with South Pacific Regional Environment Programme as the coordinator of the 8th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in Alotau, Papua New Guinea. Pune-Pipai graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environment and Biology from the University of Papua New Guinea in 2002. Scott Radway, Director, Asia Pacific Program Before joining SeaWeb, Radway served as managing editor for Hawaii Business Magazine, where he helped elevate the role of the business community in achieving sustainable development and promoting community well being. He also was instrumental in improving internal administrative operations and launching new products for the magazine brand. Before his tenure at Hawaii Business, Radway worked as an environmental journalist for the Pacific Daily News in Guam and led a nine-month environmental series on coral reef conservation. He also lived in Palau where he worked for several international media outlets such as Agence France-Presse, Radio New Zealand International and Pacific Magazine and covered regional politics and small island development challenges. Prior to working in the Pacific, Radway worked for newspapers on the East Coast of the United States. He has won numerous journalism awards, including environmental and public service awards for his work in the United States and in the Pacific. Radway graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in English. ^ top
Kirby Rootes-Murdy, Program Associate Rootes-Murdy completed his master's degree in Coastal Environmental Management at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. While at Duke, Rootes-Murdy wrote his master’s thesis on coastal water quality management in North Carolina and organized an interdisciplinary discussion panel on the U.S. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Market. Prior to graduate school, Rootes-Murdy worked as an Environmental Educator and Community Organizer with AmeriCorps in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Religious Studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2008. Sheila Sarhangi, Program Associate
Prior to joining SeaWeb, she was a senior account executive with a Honolulu-based public relations firm, where one of her key roles was handling international media relations for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Her background includes roles such as communications manager for a national exhibit on human rights and refugee children to an account manager responsible for the marketing of more than half a dozen publications. She has nearly a decade of experience as an accomplished freelance journalist. She has served as the science and environment writer for Honolulu Magazine and written hundreds of features for a range of regional and national publications. In addition, Sarhangi is the author of the best-selling book, Honolulu Then and Now. Sarhangi earned a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In Hawaii, she currently sits on the executive committee for Sierra Club and on the advisory committee for Surfrider Foundation Oahu. ^ top
Rosie Shute, GAP2 Project Manager
Having been brought up in the rural heartlands of South West England, Shute has been a fan of the natural world since a young age. Her academic interests in the environment are broad, ranging from evolutionary genetics to environmental economics and she has studied tropical ecology in both Panama and Uganda. She studied BSc Biology (Whole Organism & Ecology pathway) at University College London, and MSc Environmental Economics & Environmental Management at the University of York. Daria Siciliano, Director of Science
Prior to joining SeaWeb, she was a National Research Council Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences conducting marine remote sensing research and mentoring students pursuing their master's degrees. She has extensive experience in the Asia Pacific region (Fiji, the Line Islands, the Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea) and was a consultant with UNESCO's World Heritage Centre as a technical specialist for Ailinginae Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. As Director of Science, Siciliano works to synthesize and communicate marine science, bridging the worlds of academia, the media and policymakers. She continues to be actively involved in research and provides scientific support to all of SeaWeb's efforts. Siciliano is originally from Rome, Italy, but Venezuela is her second home. She is fluent in four languages and resides in California. Elisabeth Vallet, Director of Europe Programs
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Dawn M. Martin joined SeaWeb in 2004, first as its Executive Director and then was appointed the organization's President and Chair of the Board. For more than 25 years, Martin has utilized creative communication strategies to advance policy and conservation goals. Previously she has served as Chief Operating Officer for Oceana, Associate Deputy Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Political Director for American Oceans Campaign.
Kristian Teleki joined SeaWeb as Vice President for Science Initiatives in November 2009. For the last decade Kristian was the Director of the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), a unique global partnership dedicated to addressing the serious decline in the health of the world's coral reefs. During his tenure, Kristian had oversight for more than 40 coral reef projects in 35 countries. Project activities ranged from livelihood diversification and resource management to the prevention and mitigation of ecological degradation of coral reefs through management, monitoring and public awareness actions. In addition to his ICRAN duties, Kristian established and led the One Ocean Programme at the United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre, designed to reflect the interconnected nature of the world's seas and its coastlines, the rich and varied biodiversity they support, and human reliance on its resources and services.
Russ Avery joined SeaWeb in January 2010 as the Administrative Assistant to the Sustainable Markets and Science Initiatives teams in the London office. After graduating with a combined degree in French and Russian, Avery worked in various contract positions, including a technical assistant role at a film production company and as a case administrator for the Forensic and Dispute Services department of Deloitte LLP. In July 2009, Avery created his own website, Cool Footprint, which he set up in order to raise awareness about environmental issues, and he is further pursuing this passion by studying environmental science.
Philip develops and oversees implementation of programmatic initiatives that embed a culture of sustainability in the global marketplace; continuously advancing the vision of sustainability. As part of the Seafood Choices team, he works with industry, NGOs, government, and academia to engage them in constructive dialogue to find solutions for the most pressing issues in fisheries and aquaculture. Prior to joining SeaWeb in 2007, he served as China Program Officer for Conservation International, creating public-private biodiversity conservation partnerships in China. A native of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Philip has served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Russia and a forest restoration volunteer in Kenya with A Rocha International. He is fluent in Chinese and conversant in Russian and Spanish. He holds a M.A in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a B.S. in Biology from Guilford College. 
Ned Daly is the Senior Projects Advisor. In this position, Daly supports corporate sustainable seafood initiatives in the North American marketplace and works to find global solutions to threats facing ocean ecosystems, communities dependent on those resources and the industries they support.
Francis Gabriel is a Program Associate for the Asia Pacific Program. Based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Gabriel connects the conservation community and researchers with the media and helps elevate critical ocean issues in the public dialogue. Gabriel works with coastal communities to build grassroots communications capacity and empower community members to drive a bottom-up dialogue on resource management and conservation. Gabriel is also part of a multi-partner team that is conducting community outreach around climate change adaptation issues in Papua New Guinea and developing community-focused solutions.
Devin Harvey stepped into his role as Visual Media Associate in October, 2008, after serving as a SeaWeb intern for a year. Harvey manages the day-to-day operations of the Marine Photobank and attends to SeaWeb’s visual media needs. Harvey received his bachelor’s degree in film and television studies from the University of Southern California, which included spending a semester at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. 
Marida Hines joined SeaWeb in November of 2010 in the Silver Spring, Maryland, office. Marida serves as Webmaster supporting SeaWeb's Web and e-mail outreach. Before coming to SeaWeb, Marida owned and operated a design studio in Maryland, where she designed print and Web outreach materials for local and national organizations, including the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area, Global Impact, the Heifer Project, Howard University, The New Teacher Project, The World Bank Group, the National Hydropower Association and many others. In 2005, Marida won a coveted Clarion Award for her work on the Combined Federal Campaign for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to owning her own studio, Marida was a Web Manager and Executive Director for Content Management at Phillips Health International in Potomac, Maryland.
In April 2007 Emily Howgate joined the London office of Seafood Choices as the UK Program Coordinator. She is responsible for helping develop relationships with a broad range of sustainable seafood stakeholders and providing logistical support to the UK program. Prior to joining Seafood Choices Alliance, she has worked in the marine programs of several conservation organizations. In particular her experience relates to the impact of unsustainable fisheries on marine flagship species, including sea turtles and albatrosses. Through social research she conducted, Howgate has a strong comprehension of sustainable seafood and consumer and retailer knowledge associated with this in the UK. 
Eloise S. Lee joined SeaWeb’s Honolulu office in September 2011 as an Asia Pacific Program Associate and is part of a core team working on social marketing initiatives in Hawaii and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Prior to joining SeaWeb, Lee was the Program Director of Media Alliance, working to empower underrepresented communities in the San Francisco Bay area through digital storytelling and media literacy workshops. She was also a contributing producer of APEX Express on KPFA in Berkeley – the country’s only weekly radio show devoted to Asian America issues. 
Simone Lewis-Koskinen supports KidSafe Seafood by liaising with partners, creating website content and fielding inquiries. She also contributes to SeaWeb’s science communication efforts by highlighting emerging ocean science and policy. Lewis-Koskinen first joined the science team at SeaWeb in September 2009.
Cécile Levieil is the European Program Associate for Seafood Choices Alliance in the Paris office. She joined the team in November 2011 and provides logistical support to the European program. One of her main responsibilities is to develop relationships with a broad range of sustainable seafood stakeholders such as culinary professionals.
Meaghan Mallari joined SeaWeb as Development Associate in September 2011 after graduating from University of Maryland, College Park with a double major degree in Sociology and Spanish Language and Literature. Mallari interned for SeaWeb throughout college, assisting with administrative tasks for the Organizational Effectiveness and Operations team.
Jackie Marks joined SeaWeb in its Silver Spring, Maryland, office in August 2009 as Campaign Associate. Working closely with communications, policy and industry leaders, Jackie manages SeaWeb’s Too Precious to Wear campaign which strives to create a demand for coral conservation. Jackie also serves as lead media liaison for SeaWeb, working with communications professionals and journalists to promote a healthy ocean. 
Bruce McKay is SeaWeb's senior researcher and the editor of SeaWeb’s Ocean Update newsletter and Marine Science Review. Prior to his work with SeaWeb, he worked for Greenpeace in a variety of capacities including as founder and director of its Montreal office, as adviser to the biodiversity campaign at Greenpeace International, and as a marine mammal protection campaigner addressing issues facing a range of marine mammals. In those capacities he has designed media and public information campaigns and has been a spokesperson and writer on a wide range of environmental issues.
Alumeci Nakeke is a Program Associate for SeaWeb’s Asia Pacific Program. An experienced journalist, Nakeke conducts communications workshops for community leaders, science experts and government officials in Fiji, helping them elevate the discussion of ocean issues in the Pacific. Nakeke also works with the media to help them gain a greater understanding of critical ocean issues facing Fiji and to connect them with scientists, members of the conservation community and other sources. Nakeke also collaborates with the regional university professors to encourage them to incorporate marine science and communications into their curriculum.
Ruben Seenivasa Pillai joined SeaWeb in September 2011 as Operations Manager based in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Prior to joining SeaWeb, Ruben worked for the International Monetary Fund as an Information Management Officer. He also worked in the field of corporate governance as a research analyst at MSCI. Previously Ruben worked as a consultant at the Human Resources Department of The World Bank. He received a master's degree in management from ESCEM business school in France and a master's degree in business logistics and production management from Linnaeus Universitet in Sweden. He is currently enrolled in a master of arts in liberal studies in environmental and sustainable management program at Harvard University.
Ruth Pune-Pipai is a Program Associate for the Asia Pacific Program. With a strong background in community-based conservation, Pune-Pipai develops new tools for communicating science to coastal communities and for building communications capacity at the grassroots level. Based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Pune-Pipai coordinates our communications capacity building work for our partner nongovernmental organizations, government agencies and communities and helps build momentum for a partnership approach to critical ocean issue in Papua New Guinea. She also engages the media through activities such as the Asia Pacific Program’s marine science lecture series for journalists and media field expeditions.
Scott Radway joined SeaWeb in November 2008 as the manager of the Asia Pacific Program. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Radway brings a diverse background in environmental reporting and organizational development to lead a program that elevates ocean conservation through strategic communications, social marketing and capacity building. His skills are specially tailored for work that focuses on bridging the distances between experts, the media, communities and governments.
Kirby Rootes-Murdy is a Program Associate with the Sustainable Markets team. Working on a variety of programmatic activities in the Seafood Choices program, Rootes-Murdy provides support in the organization and logistics planning of events such at the Seafood Summit and Seafood Champions. He also contributes to SeaWeb’s communication efforts by highlighting emerging topics in marine science and policy. Rootes-Murdy joined the Sustainable Markets team as an Intern in September 2011. Prior to joining SeaWeb full-time, Rootes-Murdy worked as a Seafood retailer at Whole Foods Market. 
Sheila Sarhangi joined SeaWeb in February 2011 as an Asia Pacific Program Associate based in Hawaii. With experience in communications, campaigns and conservation, Sarhangi coordinates initiatives that build capacity for strategic communications and engage key audiences around policy and behavioral change in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world.
Rosie joined SeaWeb’s London office in November 2011 as GAP2 Project Manager. GAP2 is an EU funded project, which aims to join scientists, fishers and policy makers in making European fisheries more sustainable for the benefit of society. Rosie’s role is to engage with wider society about the project. Before joining SeaWeb, Shute was the Communications Manager for the London-based think tank, Policy Connect and the Public Relations Officer for London Wildlife Trust.
Daria Siciliano is the Director of Science for SeaWeb. With expertise in coral reef ecology, marine spatial planning and remote sensing, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in biological oceanography and a Bachelor of Science in aquatic biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her dissertation work examined latitudinal limits to coral reef accretion in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, using a combination of in-situ biodiversity surveys and benthic habitat mapping from satellite spectral imaging.
Elisabeth Vallet joined Seafood Choices in October 2006 to work with industry leaders and
nongoverment organizations across continental Europe to increase the market for sustainable seafood. Vallet comes from a communications, policy and trade association background. She spent nine years as the Communications and Project Manager of the European Council of Young Farmers, an association based in Brussels that represents young farmers throughout the EU member States. In that role, she worked with private industry, policymakers, consumers, nongoverment organizations and other associations. She implemented a pan-European educational project, which aimed to raise the awareness of schoolchildren concerning European agriculture. Most recently, Vallet worked for the European Commission at DG Environment. Before her Brussels work, she helped to establish a trade association on biofuels in France.
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