Our Team

  • Brad Warren

    CEO

  • Francesca Hillery

    Programs & Partnerships

  • Madison Taylor

    Chief of Staff

  • Meli-Tashi Happy

    Operations Specialist

  • Nigama Coles

    Bookkeeper & Administrative Support

  • Jessica Rose

    Research & Multi-Media

  • Laura Gibson

    Communications & Operations Support

Our Board

Kevin Scribner

OWNER, FOREVER WILD SEAFOOD

Kevin Scribner has extensive experience in natural resource planning and management, community cultural development, alternative food systems, ecological restoration, and commercial fishing. Kevin commercially fished for salmon in the Pacific Northwest and Bristol Bay, Alaska from 1976 to 1996. He is developing Forever Wild Seafood, an e-commerce seafood business, and its companion non-profit, the Forever Wild Fund. Kevin is a volunteer with the nationwide Slow Fish USA movement and serves on the Slow Food USA Policy Steering Committee and the Slow Food Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (EIJ) Working Group. Kevin serves on the Policy Council of the Marine Fish Conservation Network and works with Salmon-Safe, a third-party certifier of fish-supporting land management practices. Kevin represents Salmon-Safe on the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force, serving alongside representatives from many Pacific Northwest Tribes. Kevin calls Walla Walla, Washington, home.

Jessica Hathaway

EDITOR IN CHIEF, NATIONAL FISHERMAN X

Jessica Hathaway is the editor in chief of National Fisherman, a monthly trade publication for the U.S. commercial fishing industry, as well as its subsidiary products, NationalFisherman.com, Fish eNews and North Pacific Focus, a quarterly fishing trade publication for the West Coast and Alaska. She has been covering the commercial fishing industry as a journalist and editor for 12 years, worked in maritime publishing for the better part of two decades, and serves on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s Communications Committee.

Daniel Grosse

CO-FOUNDER, TERRAQUA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY, LLC

Daniel J. Grosse (B.S., Natural Resources, University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., Fisheries Biology, University of Washington) co-founded and heads the Washington, DC-based environmental consulting firm TerrAqua Environmental Science and Policy, LLC. His company has developed aquaculture and agriculture projects and studies for clients ranging from small traditional communities to a Fortune 500 company. He has worked for NOAA and the U.S. Navy, and has farmed on Israeli agricultural collectives. Currently, he also grows oysters commercially at Toby Island Bay Oyster Farm in Chincoteague, Va., and is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College Graduate Program in Environmental Management.

Alyson Myers

PRESIDENT, FEARLESS FUND

Human impacts on Nature prompt rethinking--to restore natural systems, on which we depend, while creating economic goods. Our largest ecosystem, the ocean, is the best example; it provides food, absorbs CO2, and importantly, can provide climate solutions. My work focuses on optimizing aquaculture systems to assist ocean health, including macroalgae that convert CO2 to harvestable form, and shellfish that clean water. Collaborations between NFCC, tribes, entrepreneurs, and ocean workers can scale solutions. Answers are all around if we pay attention. NFCC finds ways to lift solutions to the surface, prioritizing Nature and humankind in symbiotic relationship. Observation, trial and error, and working together will get us there.

Fraser Rieche

CO-FOUNDER & CO-INVENTOR, SEAFOAM SYSTEMS CORP

Over the past 30 years, Fraser has had the privilege to work all over the world with teams building interesting, dynamic, and profitable projects. He is currently building a new company that combines new food processing technologies with a need to develop sustainable products that can feed the world with safe, natural, and sustainable products. He continues to be impressed and inspired by the creative efforts, hard work, and amazing spirit of his friends and colleagues. 

Eric Scollard

STRATEGIC SALES ADVISOR, CARBON ROBOTICS

Seasoned executive with 30+ years experience building high-performance sales teams with world-class companies. Scaled businesses from pre-revenue to post-IPO. Consistent success with fast-growing sales teams covering top enterprises in North America and internationally. Founder of Sales Strategies LLC.

Evan Buntrock

SENIOR MANAGER & ECONOMIST, AMAZON SCIENCE

Evan’s interest in Global Ocean Health started with Brad, who through his reverence for nature, stirred Evan’s memories of outdoor adventures with his father. Working with Amazon means less adventure today, but it has given Evan a breadth of analytical experience that may be useful to an environmental organization. Since 2015, Evan has used skills learned during his economics PhD to analyze program impacts or forecast for the retail website, physical stores, and the lending program. He now leads a team of eight economists dedicated to maximizing the productivity of thousands of AWS sales representatives. When not at work, he can be found walking his dog, lifting weights, reading, working on an epic fantasy novel, or learning to cook from his talented wife.

Daryl Williams

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, TULALIP TRIBES

Daryl Williams is a Tulalip Tribal member and works part-time for the Tulalip Tribes as an environmental consultant. Prior to that he had worked for the Tribe as an employee since 1977. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Columbia College of Missouri. He has been working on a wide range of agricultural, environmental (including climate change), fisheries, archeological and cultural issues. He has also helped to develop and manage the Qualco Energy biogas facility in partnership with the Werkhoven dairy. He was appointed to the Washington State Conservation Commission by Governor Inslee in 2016 and is currently their chairman. He was also appointed to the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team by Governor Locke and served with the Team from 1998 to 2008, when it was restructured to create the current Puget Sound Partnership. He has also previously served on several non-profit boards including the Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, the Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Futurewise and the Salmon Homecoming Alliance.

Brenna Davis

CEO, ORGANICALLY GROWN COMPANY

Brenna Davis is the CEO of Organically Grown Company, one of the nation’s largest organic produce distribution companies and the first business in the country to be owned by a perpetual purpose trust. Prior to this, she served in leadership roles at PCC Community Markets and Virginia Mason Health System, where she inspired the organizations to improve their commitment to sustainable seafood. Over her career, Brenna has partnered with innovative companies across diverse industries to help them improve their triple bottom line, grow brand loyalty, and have a lighter footprint in the natural world. As a leader in environmental and social responsibility, she has contributed to state, national and global environmental initiatives, including at the Obama White House and on a Climate Reality Project panel facilitated by Vice President Al Gore. Her work has been featured on NBC, CBS, FOX news affiliates, including on live morning television, as well as in numerous media outlets and blogs. She is a #1 International Best-Selling Author and writer, most recently featured in She's a Boss: Inspiring Stories from Female Leaders Around the World. Brenna holds a BS in Environmental Science from Western Washington University, a MS in Management from Antioch University and is a graduate of the University of Washington Foster School of Business’ Executive Development Program. She enjoys mentoring the next generation of leaders and is a graduate of the Human Potential Institute coaching program. She is a founding member and serves on of the Western Washington University College of the Environment Advisory Board, has served on many non-profit boards, and is a member of the Athena Alliance and National Association of Corporate Directors. Brenna lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two rescue dogs in an old house whose landscape is Backyard Habitat Certified through the Columbia Land Trust. Brenna loves the ocean, loves to laugh and is a great listener.

Wil Burns

NORTHWESTERN/AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

Dr. Wil Burns is currently a Visiting Professor in the Environmental Policy and Culture Program at Northwestern University. He previously served as Founding Co-Director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC. He has also taught at John Hopkins University, where he served as the Director of the Energy Policy & Climate Program, University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of California-Berkeley. Prior to becoming an academic, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs for the State of Wisconsin and worked in the non-governmental sector for twenty years, including as Executive Director of the Pacific Center for International Studies, a think-tank that focused on implementation of international wildlife treaty regimes, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. He is the former President of the Association for Environmental Studies & Sciences, and former Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law interest group of the American Society of International Law and Chair of the International Wildlife Law Interest group of the Society. He is also a former Senior Research Fellow for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), and Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He also served as founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Case Studies in the Environment. He has published over 80 articles and chapters in law, science, and policy journals and books, and has co-edited four books. He holds a Ph.D. in International Environmental Law from the University of Wales-Cardiff School of Law. His current areas of research focus are: carbon removal & climate geoengineering, climate loss and damage, and the effectiveness of the European Union’s Emissions Trading System.

In Memoriam

Julia A. Sanders

GOH Deputy Director, 2009-2021

Julia A. Sanders died on December 8, 2021 from complications following spleen-removal surgery at University of Washington Medical Center. She was 41.

Known for her exceptional kindness, loyalty, and intellect, Julia is remembered as a steadfast ally and friend, a loving daughter and sister, and a wise, deeply committed advocate for fishing communities facing increasing impacts of climate change.

Julia served as Deputy Director of the National Fisheries Conservation Center (NFCC) and its Global Ocean Health program. In that role she wore many hats: editor of the Ocean Acidification Report and other publications; manager of social media operations; organizer of fundraising events; administrative manager; researcher; public speaker; and advisor to the Working Group on Seafood and Energy, a trade organization representing seafood-dependent communities and businesses.

A gifted writer of epistolary emails, Julia cultivated friends and supporters on behalf of Global Ocean Health, earning a deeply loyal following of her own. “What a fun gal! Feisty courageous spunky daring forgiving smart caring- and so much more- we are going to miss her like crazy,” recalls Anne Kroeker of Seattle, who with her husband Richard Leeds became close friends with Julia. On learning of Julia’s death, Richard wrote: “Tears and tearing of my heart. My utmost sympathy goes out to you and her family at this devastating loss. Sadly losing Julia is the worst loss of these difficult times. Julia was a great person and greatly appreciated. Marine ecosystems and sustainability lost a great benefactor.”

Alyson Meyers, a Virginia shellfish grower and nonprofit leader researching potential for sustainable harvest of sargassum overgrowth in the Atlantic, wrote: “Julia was a joy. She was gifted and intelligent, joyful in her work writing about ways to assist our biggest ecosystem, the ocean. She loved researching solutions and those who pursued them.”

“Julia was completely integral to the work of Global Ocean Health, and was loved by many of the people we work with,” said Brad Warren, President of NFCC. “Personally, I feel like I’ve lost an adopted daughter. Julia first came to work with me 20 years ago at Pacific Fishing Magazine, when we hired her to work in the circulation department. She immediately cracked problems in the magazine’s subscription database that had stumped everyone else.” Warren notes that Julia was soon managing circulation, then took over advertising, where she showed a knack for building new relationships and built her skills in sales and marketing. After leaving the magazine, Warren brought her on board for many projects in publishing, research, editing and administration, leading to her role at NFCC.

At NFCC’s Global Ocean Health Program, Julia earned widespread respect among tribes and fishing communities, scientists and sustainability experts as a skilled analyst and advocate. She played a key role in the organization’s work convening experts and practitioners to navigate impacts of ocean acidification, rising temperatures and sea levels, and related challenges. She built and led NFCC’s work with shellfish growers and coastal engineers to increase coastal resilience in shellfish farms. She edited most of NFCC’s publications and proposals. Julia also led real-time modeling of climate policy (using LCPI’s GHG Explorer software) for NFCC’s work with Washington tribes in 2018, which laid the groundwork for passage of the state’s landmark Climate Commitment Act of 2021, widely considered the strongest climate policy in the United States.

Credit: Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC.