Heroes & Nominees
NAINOA THOMPSON, Pres, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Master Navigator, Hokule’a
ANDREW CILLA, Community Leader
JIM MORIARTY, CEO, Surfriders Foundation
PETER NEILL, Director, World Ocean Observatory
SHERI TONN, Co-Founder, Citizens for a Healthy Bay
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DAVID ROCKEFELLER Jr, Founder, Sailors for the Sea
Matt Rutherford, Ocean Research Project
JILL SAVERY, Head of Sustainability, America’s Cup Authority
JOEL ABERBACH, USCG Aux
JEANNE SOCRATES, 3X Circumnavigator
STAN HONEY, Director of Technology for America’s Cup Event Authority
BETSY DAVIS, CENTER FOR WOODEN BOATS
BILL BAHEN, Sail Nauticus
CYNTHIA CARVAJAL, Oceanlifeline.org
BEHAN & JAMIE GIFFORD, Family Cruisers
CAPTAIN WINSTON JOYCE-CLARK, Project BigFish
BETSY ALISON, USSailing.org
DIETER PAULMANN & CREW of the Pacific Voyagers
PATRICK RYNNE, Waterlust.org
CHRIS JORDAN, Midwayfilm.com, a message from the gyre
MICHAEL T MOORE, Seakeepers.org
YachtWorld Heroes
Celine Cousteau, Ocean Inspirations, Explorer, Communicator, Connector
Deborah Kinder, Documentary Filmmaker, Founder/CEO BLUE Ocean Film Festival
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue Alliance, “Her Deepness”, Oceanographer, Explorer, Author, Lecturer
Capt. Alexia Barrier, Yachtswoman, Solo-circumnavigator, Educator, Ocean advocate
Michael Stocker, Ocean Conservation Research
Kathleen Dean Moore, Philosopher, Writer, Speaker, Defender
Dusty Mccoy, Chairman & CEO, Brunswick Corporation
