Meet our team
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One People One Reef Board Members
John Rulmal Jr.
Co-Executive Director & Community Organizer
Nicole Crane MSc, MAR
Co-Executive Director & Senior Conservation Scientist
Dr. Michelle Paddack
Senior Conservation Scientist
Joshua D. Walsh
Attorney
One People One Reef Team
Dr. Supin Wongbusarakum
Managing Director
Dr. Giacomo Bernardi
Fish Biologist
Dr. Peter Nelson
John Haskins
Bianca Kamai
Program Associate
Jordan Lim
Analyst
Jared Chandler
Bookkeeper
Kevin Arizmendi
Undergraduate Researcher
Clancy J. Sewemor
Youth Representative
Mario Dohmai
Local Scientist & Data Collector
Justina Paiy
Youth Action Program Coordinator
Basco Marle
Local Scientist & Data Collector
Alex Sau
Local Scientist & Data Collector
Albert “Data King”
Local Scientist & Data Collector
Current & Past Collaborators
Dana Cook
Dr. Jason Johns
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chamonix Toledo
2022 Community Action Program Coordinator
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya
Metabolomics & Transcriptomics
Dr. Kelton McMahon
Isotopes & Food Webs
Dr. Josh Pi
Isotopes & Food Webs
Dr. Branwen Williams
Isotopes & Human Signatures
Tommy Hall
Island Conservationist
Dr. Melva Treviño Peña
Reef & Household Wellbeing Surveyor
Noelle Myron (Oldiais)
Reef & Household Wellbeing Surveyor
Iliana Hayes
Program Coordinator 2021 – 2023
Eric Tong
2017 Expedition Participant
Dr. May Roberts
2018 & 2019 Youth Action Program Coordinator
Emma Lassiter
Previous Education & Grants Coordinator
Dr. Eva Salas
Fisheries Consultant
Sara Cannon
Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Media Team
Kelsey Doyle
Media Director
Ryan Campos
Sound Engineer
Jessica Kaelblein
Videographer
Sam Shimizu-Jones
Cinematographer
Scott Davis
Photographer
Dorian Neyra Ornelas
Filmmaker and Storyteller
Samantha Runkel
Musician
Jeff Miers
Music Journalist and Musician
Milo Tasopulu
Youth Representative
Derwin Rolmar
Musician
Jerry Halchimar
Musician
Slatelynna laiugmai Legalishyaro
Youth Representative
Charlotte Grenier
Graphic Designer
Celine de Jong
Social Media Coordinator
One People One Reef Founding Members
John Rulmal Jr.
Co-Director & Community Organizer
OPOR Board Member
Nicole Crane MSc, MAR
Co-Director & Senior Conservation Scientist
OPOR Board Member
Dr. Michelle Paddack
Senior Conservation Scientist
OPOR Board Member
Dr. Giacomo Bernardi
Fish Biologist – Ecological Connectivity
Dr. Peter Nelson
Dr. Avigdor Abelson