Our Staff

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

Vicki Cornish
Director, Marine Wildlife Policy
E-mail: vcornish@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 Ecosystem Protection
E-mail: kgaffney@oceanconservancy.org

Dennis Heinemann
Fishery 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  

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

Ellen Bolen
Legislative Manager
Email: ebolen@oceanconservancy.org

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

Tom McCann
Director, Media Affairs
E-mail: tmccann@oceanconservancy.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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