Katrina Nakamura
Katrina is an interdisciplinary scientist researching inequality in food. She got her start in seafood in Prince Rupert (near Ketchikan) as an owner/operator of six fish restaurants that her family opened at fishing wharves, including Cafe New Orleans and Opa Sushi. FIshermen came to Katrina for help adapting to changes they were dealing with on […]
Eric Enno Tamm
Eric Enno Tamm is CEO and Co-Founder of ThisFish Inc., a Vancouver-based company providing software and AI to the seafood industry. He is recognized as a global leader in seafood supply chain traceability and manufacturing with more than 20 years of experience in global fisheries. In 2025, the BC Tech Association awarded ThisFish Inc. its […]
Cyrus Donato
Cyrus Donato serves as the Puget Sound Inspector for the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), a global union representing nearly 20 million transport workers. He is also a member of the Washington Advisory Committee on Trafficking (WashACT) and has played a pivotal role in advocating for the rights of seafarers and fishermen. Donato’s efforts have […]
Jason Brantley
Jason Brantley is an SVP and Senior Relationship Manager at Columbia Bank. He has been in banking for 24 years and is the Alaska Market Manager and bank subject matter expert on Commercial Fishing and Seafood. Jason is a member of the NW Fishermen’s Association. He also serves on the board of both Ventures, […]
Jonathan Logan
Mr. Logan is a Managing Director of Proterra Investment Partners focused on private credit solutions for food & beverage companies. Prior to Proterra, Mr. Logan worked at CoBank ACB, a Farm Credit Bank, where he was responsible for the bank’s large agribusiness and trade finance portfolios. Prior to CoBank, Mr. Logan was Managing Director of […]
Ashley Aarons
Ashley Aarons is a senior private sector advisor at Oxfam America where he oversees work influencing US retailers and other buyer to adopt human rights due diligence, focusing on seafood. He previously managed the Oxfam GRAISEA program, supporting farmers and workers in agricultural value chains across South East Asia.
Alice Thomas-Smyth
Alice Thomas-Smyth is a Marine Conservation Scientist, Nature Positive Oceans on the Area Based Conservation team at WWF US. Alice serves as the Technical co-lead for the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) Ocean Hub, developing science-based targets for industry to reduce nature-related business risk and halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the oceans. Her work […]
Dennis Prescott
Dennis Prescott is a celebrated Canadian chef, TV host, and cookbook author. As a proud brand ambassador for New Brunswick – Deliciously Canadian (Booth #1348), Prescott highlights the province’s incredible seafood, sustainable practices, and culinary heritage. A once-struggling musician living in Nashville, TN, Dennis learned to cook by working his way through several Jamie Oliver […]
Chris Chase
Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based executive editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing […]
Jess Sparks
Jess is an academic researcher with more than 10 years of experience researching working conditions in marine capture fisheries, including human trafficking and forced labor, and CSR responses to indecent work in seafood supply chains.