International/NZ Trustees

Chris BoneCHRIS BONE: CEO International/NZ, Project leader

Chris is a professional yacht skipper and runs a yacht delivery company- Pacific Yacht Deliveries. He has been an environmental activist for many years, including 2 years as a skipper for Greenpeace on the yacht Vega. His background also includes organic farming and consulting, and marine marketing consultancy.


Email: chris@oceanswatch.org

Jane Pares

JANE PARES: Secretary, Media liaison & writer

Jane is a seasoned yachtswoman. She has sailed in Europe, the Pacific and around South America. Jane has organised aid missions as part of Raleigh International, worked for the Green Party in New Zealand and is a freelance yachting journalist. Janey shares her time between New Zealand and Tonga, where she runs a whale watching and diving company with Glenn Edney.


Email: jane@oceanswatch.org

Julia Alabaster
JULIA ALABASTER: Financial administrator, Fundraising, education.

Julia’s background is in health, nutrition, education and small business. She is a trained Homeopath and Nutritionist with a B. Sc. in Physiology, an M. A. in Health Science and a Dip Ed. Julia is a competent sailor and qualified ReefCheck diver.

Email: julia@oceanswatch.org

Peter Vine
PETER VINE: Marine consultant

Peter Vine’s career has encompassed life as a professional marine biologist, commercial fish farmer, freelance author of more than 20 books, and, for the last decade or so managing director of a multimedia publishing company (Trident Press Ltd. http://www.tridentpress.com). Peter has been sailing for over 50 years and keeps his yacht near his home in Connemara, Ireland.

                                                                                                                         

Lily Kozmian-Ledward
LILY KOZMIAN-LEDWARD: Marine projects

Lily is a marine biologist, professional scuba-diver, yacht skipper and photographer. She set up The Amadis Project in 2003 to conduct yacht-based coral reef research and education in the Caribbean and South Pacific. Lily currently lives aboard her yacht 'Amadis' in New Zealand.

                                                                                                                                                        

Donna LangeDONNA LANGE: USA representative

Donna has recently completed a solo circumnavigation of the world via New Zealand and the Southern Capes www.donnalange.com. She is a professional nurse, musician, writer and licensed Captain with a life long dream to help others. She has done several medical missions world wide and works with Stay n Out, a prison treatment program in the USA.

Email: donna@oceanswatch.org