Our Staff

The staff of Ocean Conservancy is comprised of immensely talented and dedicated individuals—each helping to ensure we achieve our mission to inform, inspire, and empower people to speak and act for the oceans. Read more about our individual staff members.

Executive Office

Vikki N. Spruill
President and CEO
E-mail: vspruill@oceanconservancy.org

Larry Amon
Chief Financial Officer
E-mail: lamon@oceanconservancy.org

Janis Searles Jones
Vice President for National Conservation
Policy & Legal Affairs
E-mail: jjones@oceanconservancy.org

Dennis Takahashi-Kelso
Executive Vice President
E-mail: dkelso@oceanconservancy.org

Amelia Montjoy
Vice President, Resource Development
E-mail: amontjoy@oceanconservancy.org

Matt Tinning
Vice President, External Affairs
E-mail: mtinning@oceanconservancy.org

National Conservation Policy and Legal Affairs

Sonya Besteiro
Associate Director, International Coastal Cleanup
Email: sbesteiro@oceanconservancy.org

Chris Dorsett
Director, Fish Conservation and Management
E-mail: cdorsett@oceanconservancy.org

Libby Fetherston
Manager, Fish Conservation, Southeast
E-mail: efethers@oceanconservancy.org

Kaitilin Gaffney
Director, Pacific Program
E-mail: kgaffney@oceanconservancy.org

Monica Goldberg
Senior Attorney
E-mail: mgoldberg@oceanconservancy.org

Andrew Hartsig
Staff Attorney, Arctic/North Pacific
E-mail: ahartsig@oceanconservancy.org

Dennis Heinemann
Senior Scientist
E-mail: dheinemann@oceanconservancy.org

Greg Helms
Manager, Pacific Conservation
E-mail: ghelms@oceanconservancy.org

George Leonard
Director, Aquaculture Program
E-mail: gleonard@oceanconservancy.org

Samantha Murray
Manager, Pacific Ecosystems
E-mail: smurray@oceanconservancy.org

Susan Little Olcott
Coalition Coordinator, Marine Spatial Planning
E-mail: solcott@oceanconservancy.org

Stan Senner
Director of Conservation Science
E-mail: ssenner@oceanconservancy.org

Sandra Whitehouse
Senior Advisor
E-mail: swhitehouse@oceanconservancy.org

Dana Wolfe
Staff Attorney, Gulf Fisheries
E-mail: dwolfe@oceanconservancy.org

Anna Zivian
Policy Manager, Marine Spatial Planning
E-mail: azivian@oceanconservancy.org

External Affairs

Ellen Bolen
Legislative Manager
Email: ebolen@oceanconservancy.org

Dove Coggeshall
Director, Online Communications
Email: dcoggeshall@oceanconservancy.org

Tim McHugh
Manager, Media Relations/Communications Specialist
E-mail: tmchugh@oceanconservancy.org

Andrew Myers
Senior Writer/Editor
E-mail: amyers@oceanconservancy.org

Kelly Ricaurte
Associate Director of Media Affairs
E-mail: kricaurte@oceanconservancy.org

Emily Woglom
Director of Government Relations
E-mail: ewoglom@oceanconservancy.org

Resource Development

DeAndra Hicks
Managing Director, Resource Development
E-mail: dhicks@oceanconservancy.org

Kelly Luck
Director, Foundation, Corporate & Gov't Support
E-mail: kluck@oceanconservancy.org

Charlotte Meyer
Director, Planned Giving
E-mail: cmeyer@oceanconservancy.org

Merrie Beth Nauman
Director, Database Management
E-mail: mnauman@oceanconservancy.org

Julie Taylor
Director, Major Gifts
E-mail: jtaylor@oceanconservancy.org

Administration and Finance

Kenneth Donaldson
Director, Finance
E-mail: kdonaldson@oceanconservancy.org