Heidi Schuttenberg
Heidi Schuttenberg, PhD is the Founder and Executive Director of Blue Sanctuaries, where she advances sustainability, equity, and decent work in global fisheries through market solutions, policy reforms, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and capacity building. During her decade leading marine conservation at the U.S. Agency for International Development, she co-chaired the U.S. Government’s working group on countering […]
Lauren Lynch
Lauren Lynch is the Director of Finance Sector Engagement for Oceans on the WWF-US team, leading the expansion of WWF’s financial institution engagement into key blue economy sectors including seafood, shipping, marine renewables and coastal development. Lauren’s team works with banks, investors and insurers to integrate ocean ESG metrics into their financial decision-making processes to […]
Helen Packer
Helen Packer is the Ocean Engagement lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), a Dutch non-profit organization whose produces public and freely available benchmarks measuring how businesses impact people and planet. Helen leads the engagement around the recently released Ocean Benchmark which assessed 125 companies (incl. seafood companies) on their impacts on ocean ecosystem and […]
Harish Govindaraju
AI visionary with 20+ years architecting data and intelligence platforms at scale. From building supply chain orchestration systems at Jabil to pioneering multi-agent AI platforms at IdeaBoxAI, Harish transforms enterprise operations through intelligent automation. Expert in building ground up vector databases, LLMs, and agentic AI products
Leo Pradela
Leonardo Pradela (“Leo”) is a program officer with the Walton Family Foundation’s Environment Program, where he manages a portfolio of grants aimed at improving ocean health. His work focuses on driving demand for sustainable seafood in the U.S. and Europe while advancing fisheries management practices in key geographies such as Indonesia. Through a combination of […]
Judy Gearhart
Judy Gearhart is a research professor at the Accountability Research Center (ARC) at American University’s School of International Service. She leads ARC’s programs on corporate accountability and workers’ rights. Previously, Judy was the executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum (now Global Labor Justice), a leading policy advocacy organization in the US. She has […]
Jenny Barker
Jenny Barker is the Executive Director of FishWise, an organization leading seafood supply chain transformation using a due diligence approach with focus on transparency and traceability solutions, human and labor rights tools, and sustainability program implementation with companies. Jenny has more than two decades of experience working with people around the world to preserve our […]
Mark Kaplan
Mark is Chief Sustainability Officer of Wholechain, a standards based traceability system and leads the Better Food Future initiative in support of UNGC Ocean Stewardship Coalition. Previously, Mark was CEO of the award-winning sustainable seafood sourcing company Envisible and was the Global VP of Sustainable Solutions for Unilever.
Hugh Reynolds
On the docks daily for over 25 years, Greenhead Lobster is Maine’s largest family-owned lobster supplier. Nestled in the Gulf of Maine, the Penobscot Bay provides the perfect environment for producing sweet lobster—cold, clean water with rocky, rural shores. We are the only company that handles every step in-house, from our dock to your door. Wholesale or retail, live or processed, […]
Marah Hardt
Dr. Marah J. Hardt is a scientist and strategist with over two decades working on ocean and climate initiatives. She has worked on a diverse portfolio of projects to advance responsible seafood production, climate resilient coastal communities, sustainable aquaculture, and coral reef conservation. Prior to CEA, Marah was Director of Discovery at the Future of […]