Board Bios
George Breed is currently on the boards
of the Hydrocephalus Association, the San Francisco Police
Activities League and the St. Francis (Hospital) Foundation.
He was the General Counsel and Sr. Vice President of PMI Group
Inc. and PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.
Bill Buck is a multimedia producer currently
filming the series Bay Wild, an environmental documentary
highlighting wildlife in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Zeke Grader is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations which represents working men and women in the West coast commercial fishing fleet.
Dr. Terrance Gosliner is the Senior Curator for Invertebrate
Zoology and Geology at the California Academy of Sciences.
Brian Hurley is a founding partner of the
advertising agency Grant, Scott and Hurley in San Francisco.
Francesca Koe is a multi-agency SCUBA instructor,
freediver and co-founder of the tsunami relief project, Paavima.org.
When not in the water she chairs programming for SFMOMA's
Contemporary Extension, is a senior editor for Deeperblue.net,
and directs strategy at Underground Ads, a mission-based creative
firm dedicated to making our world a better place.
Susan McComb is a partner with BAR Architects, an 80 person firm in San Francisco. She specializes in sustainable building design and has volunteered with the GFNMS and FMSA for over a decade.
George Orbelian is author of Essential Surfing and former Surfboard Design Editor for Surfing Magazine. He also sits on the board of the Center for Functional Research.
Judy Rodgers is the co-owner/Executive Chef at Zuni Café. A James Beard Award winning restaurant with a clientele as diverse as San Francisco, Zuni’s menu changes daily with dishes inspired by traditional Italian and French recipes. Nearly all of the produce, meat, and fish served at Zuni is farmed and harvested in a sustainable manner.
Allan Schreiber recently retired from a career in teaching and education and now works as a voice actor. His credits include voiceovers for FMSA public service announcements. He is a SEALS and Beach Watch volunteer.
Penny Wells is a marine enthusiast and sea kayaking expert who has traveled the globe on various paddling adventures.
Bob Wilson retired as a lawyer with the
Federal Government. He is now actively involved with various
non-profit conservation organizations, including: The Marine
Mammal Center and Polar Bears International.
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1995: The Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association (FMSA) is created to direct community resources and provide financial and programmatic support to the GFNMS and the areas it manages
1996: FMSA takes over coordination of Beach Watch Program, which is cited in the Congressional Record as a significant volunteer program of the DOC
1996: Beach Watch and its volunteers are also recognized as vital in the response and clean up of the Cape Mohican oil spill
1997: The SEALS program is established to document the impact of human activity on harbor seals in Tomales Bay and Bolinas Lagoon
1998: The first National Marine Sanctuary visitor center is established in the Presidio, in just five months there are 4,500 visitors
1998: Beach Watch responds to the Command oil spill off of San Mateo County and Fine funds are obtained by GFNMS for itself and Monterey Bay NMS
1999: FMSA Coordinates 150 volunteers contributing 38,500 hours, the equivalent of 19 full-time employees
1999: Beach Watch assesses natural resource damages for the Point Reyes National Seashore oil spill
1999: SEALS volunteers eliminate disturbance of harbor seals by clam diggers on Clam and Seal islands in Bolinas Bay
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