Mission Statement

The Ocean Alliance is dedicated to the conservation of whales and their ocean environment through research and education.

"What happens to beasts will happen to man. All things are connected. If the great beast are gone men would surely die of a great lonliness of spirit." - Chief Seattle, 1854

The Ocean Alliance Board of Trustees

• Patrick Stewart - Honorary Chairman
• Roger Payne, Ph.D. - Founder and President
• Jeffrey Kunz - Chairman
• Thomas Tilas - Vice-Chairman (Metcalf & Eddy)
• Ronald Christensen, Ph.D. - Secretary (Entropy Limited)
• Iain Kerr - VP/CEO
• Andrew Morse - Member (New York, NY)

Advisory Board

Scott Cain (Unilever IT, CT), Dr. Sylvia Earle (D.O.E.R.), Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D. (The H. John Heinz III Center), Michael Mainelli (Z/Yen Limited, UK), Bill & Dorothy McSweeney (Washington, DC), Eleanor Merrill (Arnold, MD), Jerry & Ani Moss (Los Angeles, CA), Patrick Woods (Pomfret Center, CT), Timothy Krochuk (GRT Capital Partners), Sarah Crandall (Ontario, Canada), Richard Delaney (Horsley & Witten Group)