Our Team

John Rulmal Jr.
Program Co-Leader & Community Organizer

Contact

jr@onepeopleonereef.org

About Jr

Ulithi Falalop Community Action Program Director
Studied Business Administration at Hawaii Pacific University
Lives on Falalop island in the Ulithi Atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia
Project Supervisor for The Ulithi Marine Turtle Project in Yap State
Engages with Chiefs, Leaders, & community members to facilitate the integration of sustainable models for community development in the outer islands of Micronesia

Nicole Crane MSc, MAR

Program Co-Leader & Marine Biologist

Contact

nicrane@onepeopleonereef.org

About Nicole

Dr. Michelle Paddack
Fish Biologist – Food webs, & Herbivores

Contact

mjpaddack@onepeopleonereef.org

About Michelle

Co-Founder of One People One Reef
Professor & Department Chair in Biological Sciences at Santa Barbara City College, California
Expedition Leader with the Oceanic Society
Explores the structure & sustentation of reef communities through statistical & meta-analytical analysis of long-term, large-scale ecological interactions between fish and their environment
Provides tangible scientific and educational inputs toward creating sustainable management and conservation of marine ecosystems
Ph.D.(Marine Science): Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
M.Sc. (Marine Science): University of California at Santa Cruz
B.A. (Marine Biology), University of California at Santa Cruz

Dr. Giacomo Bernardi
Fish Biologist – Ecological Connectivity

Contact

giacomo@onepeopleonereef.org

About Giacomo

Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Monitors fish abundance & distribution on the island of Moorea, French Polynesia for the Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Program (LTER)
Applies molecular biology techniques to evaluate the levels of genetic connectivity between fish populations. Determining how populations of fish become genetically distinct has implications in the designation & management of marine protected areas
PostDoc (Fundulus Population Genetics): with Dennis A. Powers at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station – Pacific Grove, California
Ph.D.(Fish Genomics): University of Paris, France

Dr. Supin Wongbusarakum

Conservation Social Scientist

Contact

supin@onepeopleonereef.org

About Supin

Social Scientist at the NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Pacific Island Regional Socioeconomic Monitoring Coordinator for the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
Studying the links between human well-being, governance and conservation effectiveness with the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy
Ph.D. (Human Geography): University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

May Roberts

Ulithi Youth Action Program Coordinator

PhD Student at UC Santa Cruz

Contact

may@onepeopleonereef.org

About May

2018 & 2019 Ulithi Youth Program Instructor
2017 Outer Islands Expedition Science Team Member
Fourth year doctoral candidate at the University of California Santa Cruz in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Researching the ability of coral reef fishes to adapt to climate change
National Science Foundation Research Fellow
M.Sc. in marine science from King Abdullah’s University of Science and Technology
B.S. in marine biology from University of California at Davis

John Haskins

Water Quality Scientist

Contact

john@elkhornslough.org

About John

Studies water quality of estuaries to reduce the negative effects of eutrophication, specifically in the Elkhorn Slough on the central coast of California
Manages a water quality monitoring program which has been monitoring the Elkhorn Slough Watershed on a monthly basis since 1989, one of the longest running water quality monitoring programs in the state.
Manages four permanent water quality monitoring stations for the National Estuarine Research Reserve at Elkhorn Slough. Two of the stations have been sampling every 15 minutes since 1995.
Currently incorporating UAS Drone surveys to monitor and restore wetland habitats
Graduated from Moss Landing Marine Labs in 2002
Outside of work you will find John surfing or with his wife, Gala, and their two girls, Jade and Ananda, on their farm with chickens, goats, and dogs

Emma Lassiter

Education, Outreach & Fundraising Coordinator

Contact

emma@onepeopleonereef.org

About Emma

Birgit Winning

President & Executive Director of Bluecology

Contact

winning@bluecology.org

About Birgit

Kelsey Doyle

Video Journalist

Contact

kelsey@onepeopleonereef.org

About Kelsey

Kelsey Doyle is an award winning documentary filmmaker and media producer whose work focuses on supporting non-profits and giving them agency by making documentary films about their causes – a marketing strategy non-profit organizations cannot afford.
Her work has taken her and her teams from the jungles of Sumatra, savannahs of Maasailand, to the outermost Pacific islands of Micronesia and has been published by Stanford, National Geographic, Oceanic Society, National Science Foundation, UN, Filmmaker, Independent Filmmaker Project, PBS Newshour, Stanford, UCB, NYU, Patagonia, and New York Magazine. She is a proud member of the Board of Directors of Naretoi.
Kelsey holds an M.A. in News and Documentary Journalism from New York University and a B.A. in Film and Digital Media from the University of California. She’s lived in Buenos Aires, Brooklyn, and London. Currently, she is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and works as a Senior Digital Content Producer at Stanford University.

Iliana Hayes

Program Coordinator

Contact

iliana@onepeopleonereef.org

About Iliana

Undergraduate Researcher in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz
Expected graduation from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a B.S. (Biology) in June 2022
Alumni of Cabrillo College Bio 450 Applied Research Programs where she learned to sequence the genes of Micronesian fishes, sea cucumbers, & corals as well as monitor the phytoplankton composition of the Monterey Bay.