The Trustees that run OceansWatch International/New Zealand are:
CHRIS BONE: team leader, yacht management
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
JANE PARES: Secretary, Media liaison & writer
Jane is a seasoned yachtswoman. She has sailed in Europe, the Pacific and around South America. Jane has organised aid missions as part of Raleigh International, worked for the Green Party in New Zealand and is a freelance yachting journalist.
Email: jane@oceanswatch.org
JULIA ALABASTER: Financial administrator, fundraising, education, health,
Julia’s background is in health, nutrition, education and small business. She is a trained Homeopath and Nutritionist with a B. Sc. in Physiology, an M. A. in Health Science and is currently finishing a Dip Ed. As Oceanswatch expands to serve coastal and Island communities Julia will increase her involvement in health and nutrition. Julia is a competent sailor and qualified diver.
Email: julia@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.
Detailed bio.
LILY KOZMIAN-LEDWARD: Marine projects
Lily is a marine biologist, professional scuba-diver, yacht skipper and photographer. She set up The Amadis Project in 2003 to conduct yacht-based coral reef research and education in the Caribbean and South Pacific. Lily currently lives aboard her yacht 'Amadis' in New Zealand.
DONNA LANGE: USA representative
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
