OceansWatch North America Board of Directors
SEQUOIA SUN: Chairman of the Board, Executive Director
Born in California, Sequoia has been sailing and working on boats of many types and sizes since age 8. Sequoia’s career has included meditation and yoga teacher, illusion engineer, manager of a resort television network, producer/director/host for radio, video, television and film, and captain for Greenpeace in 2006. Sequoia has a degree in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University and is a certified diver.
Email: sequoia@oceanswatch.org
DONNA LANGE: Director of Humanitarian & Education Projects and Secretary of OWNA
Donna has recently completed a solo circumnavigation of the world via New Zealand and the Southern Capes www.donnalange.com . She is a professional nurse, musician, writer and licensed Captain with a life long dream to help others. She has done several medical missions world wide and works with Stay n Out, a prison treatment program in the USA.
Email: donna@oceanswatch.org
CHRIS BONE: OceansWatch International representative
Chris is a professional yacht skipper and runs a yacht delivery company- Pacific Yacht Deliveries. He has been an environmental activist for many years, including 2 years as a skipper for Greenpeace on the yacht Vega. His background also includes organic farming and consulting, and marine marketing consultancy. Chris is married to Julia Alabaster at Mamaki Eco-village.
Email: chris@oceanswatch.org
PETER VINE: Marine consultant
Peter Vine’s career has encompassed life as a professional marine biologist, commercial fish farmer, freelance author of more than 20 books, and, for the last decade or so managing director of a multimedia publishing company (Trident Press Ltd. http://www.tridentpress.com ). Peter has been sailing for over 50 years and keeps his yacht near his home in Connemara, Ireland.
RICK BUDDENHAGEN: Director & Treasurer
Rick has a BS in Engineering from Yale and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. After a career as a Private Banker with JP Morgan Chase in Manhatten, Rick recently retired to devote himself to non-profit service work. He is co-founder and director of the African Sustainable Protein Project and a member of Rotary International. Rick lives in Greenwich, Connecticut where he is an active sailor and duplicate Bridge player.
