North American Directors

 DONNA LANGE: CEO

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, 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.