The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Leadership Council: 2010
In June 2010, the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative announced new leadership that would focus specifically on promoting the establishment and effective implementation of a comprehensive U.S. national ocean policy.
The bipartisan Joint Initiative Leadership Council is co-chaired by The Honorable William Ruckelshaus and The Honorable Norman Mineta. Former Joint Initiative co-chairs Leon Panetta and Admiral James D. Watkins, U.S. Navy (Retired) act as co-chairs emeritus. Members of the Joint Initiative Leadership Council include:
Co-chairs
- William Ruckelshaus – Strategic Director, Madrona Venture Group, former EPA Administrator
- Norman Mineta – Vice Chairman, Hill and Knowlton, Inc., former Secretary of Transportation and former Secretary of Commerce
Members
- Samuel Bodman – Former Secretary of Energy
- Lillian Borrone – Former Assistant Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney II (U.S. Navy, Ret.) – President, Monmouth University
- Robert Gagosian – President, Consortium for Ocean Leadership
- Sherri Goodman – Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of CNA
- Scott Gudes – Vice President of Legislative Affairs for Space Systems and Operations, Lockheed
- Denis Hayes – President and CEO, Bullitt Foundation
- Paul Kelly – Energy consultant, former Senior Vice President of Rowan Companies, Inc.
- Julie Packard – Executive Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium
- John Podesta – President and CEO, Center for American Progress, former White House Chief of Staff
- Pietro Parravano – President, Institute for Fisheries
- Diane Regas – Vice President for Oceans, Environmental Defense Fund
- Andrew Rosenberg – Senior Vice President for Science and Knowledge, Conservation International
- Patten White – Commissioner, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
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