SOA MENTORS

More than 200 SOA mentors volunteer their time to provide expert guidance to ecopreneurs and young ocean leaders in our network through SOA's Ecopreneur Network and Ocean Leadership programs.

We strive to maintain a community of mentors who are diverse in their expertise, professional journey, and cultural experience so that we can can connect each startup founder or project leader with the mentor best suited to help them achieve their specific goals.

Brad Ack

Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Ocean-Climate Trust

United States
Elizabeth Bagley

Director of Drawdown Learn, Project Drawdown

United States
Dominique Barnes

Co-founder, New Wave Foods

United States
David Hume

Marine Engineer, US Department of Energy

United States
Daniel Kammen

Professor, University of California Berkeley

United States
Mareese Keane

Director THRIVE AgTech, SVG Partners

United States
Christophe Lacroix

COO, Motul

France
Christian Lim

Founding Partner, Blue Oceans Partners

France
Tony Long

CEO, Global Fishing Watch

United Kingdom
Laurie Menoud

Partner, At One Ventures

United States
Franco Mora

CEO, LCV

Mexico
Aymerik Renard

General Partner, Hardware Club VC

United States
Dan Steketee

Managing Director, Cenotech Solutions

United States
Conor Fürstenberg Stott

Partner, Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory

Denmark
Elizabeth Washburn Surti

Investment Principal, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

United States
Benjamin Von Wong

Artist

United States
Trond Wuellner

Director of Product Management, Google

United States

SOA MENTORS

FEATURED MENTORS