Jay Nelson, Director, Global Ocean Legacy
Mr. Nelson’s work has led to the designation of the 140,000 square mile Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawai’i as the world’s largest fully-protected marine reserve at the time (for which he received Hawai’i Conservationist of the Year), the 95,000 sq. mile Marianas Trench Marine National Monument in the Northern Mariana Islands and the 210,000 sq mile Chagos Marine Reserve, a UK territory in the Indian Ocean. Jay has over three decades of experience in natural resource issues in various policy roles and as a wildlife biologist. He spent more than a decade conducting research on sea birds and marine mammals.  Later, he worked for several conservation groups on forest protection, wilderness, marine protection and other resource issues.  He also served as special assistant to the Governor of Alaska and was North American vice president for Oceana.  He has a B.S. in zoology from Oregon State University and a M.S. in animal behavior from Northern Arizona University.

Heather Bradner, Manager, Global Ocean Legacy
Ms. Bradner has over 20 years experience with public policy, political initiatives and campaigns serving as professional staff for the Alaska State Legislature’s House Natural Resources Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Assistant Director in the Alaska’s Governor’s office; and working on campaigns for public office.  Heather joined Global Ocean Legacy at its inception in 2007, and is the primary contact for financial and project management and assisting with Global Ocean Legacy’s project site assessments and operations.  Heather has a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington and is fluent in Spanish.

Imogen Zethoven, Director of Global Ocean Legacy Coral Sea Campaign in Australia
Ms. Zethoven has 20 years of service to the environment.  From 2000 to 2004, she led the WWF-Australia campaign which resulted in the world’s largest network of no-fishing zones in the multiple-use Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.  In recognition of this achievement, Imogen received the Fred M. Packard International Parks Merit Award.  Imogen has also lead campaigns in other fields including the protection of four million hectares of endangered and vulnerable ecosystems in Queensland, Australia, and a global climate change campaign for WWF-International while based in Berlin.  In 2006, Ms Zethoven was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to conservation and the environment.  Imogen joined Global Ocean Legacy in December 2007 to lead the effort in Australia to establish the world’s largest marine reserve in the Coral Sea.  Ms. Imogen Zethoven has a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Adelaide.

Bronwen Golder, Director of Global Ocean Legacy Kermadec Initiative in New Zealand
Ms. Golder has led and advised the development and implementation of international conservation strategies and programmes for the past fifteen years.  Working for WWF – International in Geneva, Brussels, Chile, and New Zealand, she has helped guide the design of large scale conservation initiatives around the world, leveraged political support for conservation from the international community, and the supported the development of innovative conservation partnerships across ‘local to global’ geographic, political and sectoral boundaries.  Prior to joining the international conservation community Bronwen was the senior policy advisor to the New Zealand Minister of Employment and Regional Development.  Bronwen joined Global Ocean Legacy in April 2010 to lead Global Ocean Legacy’s effort to establish a large marine reserve in New Zealand.  She has Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Victoria University in New Zealand and a Masters in International Relations from Mt Holyoke College/Kennedy School in Massachusetts.

Alistair Gammell, Director of the Global Ocean Legacy in the United Kingdom
Mr. Gammell has over 40 years of experience of successful advocacy and campaigning for the environment.  He is former International Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the largest conservation nonprofit in Europe, with over one million members, and has significant expertise  of British and international conservation issues, the global conservation nonprofit community, and the government of the United Kingdom.  For his conservation work he received an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in 2006 and was named one of the 50 most influential individuals in wildlife conservation in the UK in 2007.  Alistair joined Global Ocean Legacy in September 2009 to lead the campaign to create a highly protected area in the Chagos Archipelago that culminated the United Kingdom’s designation of the Chagos Marine Reserve in April 2010.