"Our team is our greatest asset."

"Our team is built up of dedicated and highly skilled experts in their field and they give their best to fulfill our mission. We all work hard to give coral reefs a future,“ Dr. Dirk Petersen, SECORE’s Executive Director and Founder.

Meet the SECORE team by Paul Selvaggio — SECORE team by Paul Selvaggio

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Dr. Dirk Petersen

Founder and Executive Director

Dr. Margaret Miller

Research Director

Aric Bickel

Director of Technology and Implementation

Dr. Carin Jantzen

Communications Director

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Eduardo Antonio Avila Pech

Restoration Technician, Mexico

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Dr. Valérie Chamberland

Research Scientist, Curaçao

Hannah Ditzler

Research Technician, Miami

Tania Doblado Speck

Caribbean Training Coordinator, Mexico

Diego Foronda

Senior Manager, Finance & Compliance

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Annais Lamb

Technician, Mauritius

Kelly Latijnhouwers

Restoration Technology Manager

Sandra Mendoza Quiroz

Restoration Coordinator, Mexico

Miles Louis McGonigle

Lead Engineer

Raúl Tecalco Rentería

Restoration Technician, Mexico

Dr. Gaëlle Quéré

Mauritius Team Lead & Research Scientist

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Lena Starcevic

Communications and Outreach Specialist

Kassandra 'KC' Toimil

Operations & Logistics Coordinator, Miami

Alex van der Last

Restoration Technician, Curaçao

Development and major gifts

Lori Hunter Overmyer

Development Executive, Goettler Associates l.overmyer@secore.org

Board of directors

Fernando Bretos

Chair, The Ocean Foundation

Bart Shepherd

Vice chair, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences

Dr. Craig Dahlgren

Treasurer, Perry Institute for Marine Science

Rob Rokoff

Secretary, Verisk Marketing Solutions

Stephanie Stone

Science Journalist

Erin Medlin

Real World Agile Training

Dr. Dirk Petersen

SECORE International, ex officio

Scientific advisory board

Dr. Margaret Miller

SECORE International, Chair

Dr. Rebecca Albright

California Academy of Sciences

Dr. Elvira Alvarado Chacon

Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozan

Dr. Anastazia Banaszak

Coralium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Prof. Iliana Baums

Helmholtz Institut für Funktionelle Marine Biodiversität

Prof. Ranjeet Bhagooli

University of Mauritius

Dr. James Guest

Newcastle University

Prof. Peter Harrison

Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University

Dr. Valerie Paul

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Zoo and aquarium advisory board

Aric Bickel

SECORE International, chair

Mitch Carl

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Mark Schick

Shedd Aquarium Chicago

Media and communications

Selvaggio Photography

Reef Patrol filmproduction

Mike McCue videography

Nele Schütz & Suse Beck

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International Coral Reef Initiative

Legal counsel

Kristen A. Corpion

CORPlaw, Miami, Florida, USA

Dr. Alexander Bulach

Legal Advice Germany

Peter A. Precario

Policy Advisor USA

Our partners

Accenture

Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquazoo Löbbeke Museum

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Autodesk Foundation

Builders Initiative

California Academy of Sciences

Caribbean Marine Biological Institute

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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas

Coral Restoration Consortium

Coralium

Coral Research & Development Accelerator Plattform

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

EcoMares

Eco-Sud

Experencias Xcaret

Frost Sciene

Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Hagenbeck

International Coral Reef Initiative

Jack's Plastic Welding

Johnston Applied Marine Sciences

Midwest Biodiversity Institute

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nele Schütz Design

Newcastle University

Oceankind

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium

Odysseo

Parque Nacional Isla Mujeres Cancún y Nizuc

Parque Nacional Arrecife de Puerto Morelos

Perry Institute for Marine Science

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium

Reef Patrol filmproduction

Reef Renewal Bonaire

Reef Renewal Foundation Curacao

Roatan Marine Park

Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

SEA LIFE Konstanz

Southern Cross University

Smithsonian Marine Station Fort Pierce

The Florida Aquarium

The Montei Foundation

The Overbrook Foundation

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

University of Belize

University of Bristol

University of Guam

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Vere

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

Nele Schütz & Suse Beck

Mike McCue videography

Selvaggio Photography

Like a coral reef, we believe SECORE thrives best with diversity

SECORE strongly believes that a community of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, ethnicities and cultures best prepares us to achieve our research, conservation, and restoration goals. Our strategy for implementing large scale coral restoration depends on working and partnering in many nations and across cultures. We appreciate that every person brings a unique viewpoint and experience to advance our mission, and we seek for our staff and boards to increasingly represent and encompass the diverse cultures, backgrounds, orientations, and perspectives of the communities in which we work and live. SECORE maintains that inclusion requires an ongoing commitment, one we enthusiastically make to build an organization that actively supports diversity across all lines of difference including age, economic circumstance, ethnicity, sex, race, range of ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity/expression.