Board Advisor Dr. Jay Sweeney is a world-renowned expert in marine mammal medicine. His interest in the oceans was born from his surfer roots in La Jolla, California and whetted by his mother, a marine biologist at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Dr. Sweeney began his veterinary career working with SeaWorld and the US Navy’s Marine Mammal Program, and […]
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Board Advisor Dr. Rae Stone is a marine mammal veterinarian well known for pioneering the use of diagnostic ultrasound in dolphins. Her passion for animals and science led her to cofound Dolphin Quest in 1988, creating a new standard for the public display of dolphins in natural, enriching environments. Dolphin Quest, now with three locations worldwide, is […]
Board Advisor Dr. Gregg Levine graduated veterinary school from Colorado State University in 1998 and moved to the Hawaiian Islands to pursue his passion for marine mammal medicine. Over the last sixteen years in the islands, he has balanced his practice of small animal medicine and surgery alongside his career as a marine mammal veterinarian. In his […]
Board Director Kevin Furman grew up on the beaches of North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and law school at American University in Washington. His boyhood love and fascination for the ocean and its inhabitants never faded, and after professional stints in the public sector with the US Treasury Department, US International Trade […]
Board Director A. Warren Duryea, a local Certified Public Accountant since 1974, has had an active interest in ocean activities his entire life. Initially moving to Hawaii from San Diego to bodysurf, he had enjoyed Hobie cat sailing, windsurfing, surfski racing and open ocean swimming and racing. He was one of the founding members of […]
Board Director George Atta was appointed Director of the Department of Planning and Permitting at the City & County of Honolulu by Mayor Kirk Caldwell in 2013. He provides leadership, administration, and management for a department of 300 employees in areas relating to long-range planning; building and construction; traffic and engineering; land use and development; […]