Prince Albert II of Monaco
President, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
In June 2006, H.S.H. the Prince set up the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation dedicated to environmental protection. It promotes the sustainable and equitable management of natural resources and places mankind at the heart of its projects. The Foundation supports the implementation of innovative and ethical solutions in three main areas: climate change, biodiversity and water. H.S.H. Prince Albert II is also an associate member of the Marine Academy.  Prince Albert II is also the chair of the Mediterranean Science Commission. Its objectives are to promote multilateral international research and facilitate the exchange of information, in particular between countries on the north and south sides of the Mediterranean Sea.

Lloyd Axworthy
President and Vice Chancellor, University of Winnipeg
Dr. Axworthy is currently President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Previously, he was Director and CEO of the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Axworthy served six years in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly and twenty-one years in the Federal Parliament. He has held several Cabinet positions, notably Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women. Minister Axworthy became internationally known for his advancement of the human security concept, in particular, the Ottawa Treaty-a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines for which he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Frances Beinecke
President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Ms. Beinecke is president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental action group that works to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. From 1998 to 2005, she served as NRDC's executive director and has been with the group for more than 30 years. She has also held leadership roles in many other environmental organizations, including the World Resources Institute, the Energy Future Coalition, Conservation International's Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development, and the American Conservation Association. In addition, she co-chairs the Leadership Council of the Yale School of Forestry.

Patricia Cochran
Executive Director, Alaska Native Science Commission
Ms. Cochran is an Inupiaq Eskimo born and raised in Nome, Alaska. Ms. Cochran serves as Executive Director of the Alaska Native Science Commission, an organization created to bring together research and science in partnership with Alaska Native communities. She also is Chair of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change and former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, an international organization representing 155,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Russia and Greenland. Ms. Cochran is also former Chair of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat to the Arctic Council.

Sylvia Earle
Explorer in Residence, National Geographic
Dr. Earle is explorer in residence at the National Geographic Society and a marine scientist long active in deep ocean exploration and scientific expeditions around the world. An outspoken advocate of undersea research whose books and films have raised public awareness of environmental degradation and pollution damage to the aquasphere, she has spent thousands of hours under water. She is the founder of two companies that design and build undersea vehicles, and she has also served as chief scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, where she was responsible for monitoring the health of the nation's waters.

David Lawrence
Executive VP, Exploration and Commercial, Upstream Americas, Shell
Mr. Lawrence is Executive VP, Exploration and Commercial, Upstream Americas, at Shell. In this role he is responsible for Exploration, Commercial, Midstream, New Business Development, LNG, and Wind. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President Exploration, Executive Vice President Group Investor Relations, and Vice President Corporate Strategy, and Vice President Exploration and Development for Shell Exploration and Production Company in the US. Mr. Lawrence began his career with Shell in Houston in 1984 in the Global Geology research section. Before he joined Shell, Lawrence evaluated coal resources for the US Geological Survey in Wyoming, explored for uranium with Plateau Resources in Colorado and Utah, and taught at Yavapai College in Arizona. He currently serves on the Board of the National Ocean Industry Association and is a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award from the American Petroleum Institute and the 1992 the Wallace Pratt Memorial Award for best paper in the AAPG bulletin.

James Leape
Director General, WWF - International
Mr. Leape began his career as an environmental lawyer, working on environmental protection cases in the United States, advising the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and co-authoring a leading American text on environmental law. Leape joined WWF-US in 1989 and for ten years directed its international conservation programs, serving as Executive Vice-President. In that role, he helped shape the global strategy of the WWF network and represented WWF in numerous international fora. Since 2001, he has directed the conservation and science initiatives of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic associations in the United States.

Sven-Olof Lindblad
Founder and President, Lindblad Expeditions
Mr. Lindblad is president and founder of Lindblad Expeditions, an expedition travel company proving voyages in the Galapagos, Antarctica, Baja California, Alaska, the Arctic, and beyond. Sven Lindblad has received international recognition, including the 2007 Global Tourism Business Award, 2007 Seafood Champion Award, U.N. Programme Global 500 Award, and recognition from HRH Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg for his dedication to the conservation and environmental stewardship of the Galapagos archipelago. The company has also been named #1 Small-Ship Cruise Line (Travel + Leisure's World's Best Value Awards 2006); "The Best Ships in the World" and "The Best Itineraries" (Conde Nast Traveler: Truth in Travel Awards 2006).

Thomas E. Lovejoy
Biodiversity Chair, The Heinz Center
Dr. Lovejoy is Biodiversity Chair for The Heinz Center, and formerly its President. He is also the former Chief Biodiversity Advisor and Lead Specialist for Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Bank, and Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations Foundation. Dr. Lovejoy has been Assistant Secretary and Counselor to the Secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, and Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Dr. Lovejoy served on science and environmental councils or committees under the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Lee McIntire
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CH2M HILL
Mr. McIntire is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CH2M HILL, a global leader in full-service engineering, consulting, construction, and operations. He is responsible for the energy, management solutions, oil and gas, power, federal, water, electronics, and infrastructure business lines as well as consulting, engineering, design-build, program management, and operations projects in 44 countries. Previously, he was an executive at Bechtel. He also has project management and business development experience in the design and construction divisions of Arabian American Oil Company and Ashland Oil, where he concentrated on oil and gas, communications, and defense projects in the Middle East and Europe.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Inuit Advocate
Ms. Watt-Cloutier is a political spokesperson for the Inuit and past chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). She also co-wrote, produced, and co-directed the youth awareness video, "Capturing Spirit: The Inuit Journey." Previously, she was corporate secretary of the Makivik Corporation, managing Inuit heritage funds, and spokesperson for a coalition of Northern indigenous peoples in the global negotiations that led to banning organic pollutants from the Arctic food web. She has also contributed to ICC Canada projects on economic development and training in remote Northern communities and has defended Inuit human rights against the impact of climate change. She is at work on a book currently titled "The Right to Be Cold: The Global Significance of Arctic Climate Change."

Vladimir Golitsyn
Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Professor of International Law, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Judge Golitsyn, a national of the Russian Federation, has been active in the field of International Law and the Law of the Sea for over three decades. At the Government level, he has served as Head of the Division of Public International Law in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the former USSR and as head or a member of delegations at various negotiations on fishery, navigation and maritime boundary matters, as well as the Arctic and Antarctica. In July 2007, he acted as Chief Legal Counsel of the delegation/team of the Russian Federation in the proceedings in two prompt release cases brought by Japan against the Russian Federation before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. At the United Nations, he has worked for 25 years in the Office of the Legal Counsel and as Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, where he has been involved in a wide range of legal issues. Judge Golitsyn is also Professor of International Law at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and the Diplomatic Academy, where he also completed his Ph.D. on the legal regime of Antarctica. Judge Golitsyn also has an extensive list of publications on various issues of the Law of the Sea.

Jane Lubchenco
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA Administrator
Dr. Lubchenco currently serves as the ninth and first woman Administrator of NOAA. She has studied marine ecosystems around the world and championed the importance of science and its relevance to policy making and human well-being. She is the former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the International Council for Science and the Ecological Society of America, she served 10 years on the National Science Board (Board of Directors for the National Science Foundation). She has a special interest in Arctic ecosystems, with recent work in Svalbard, Greenland and the Alaskan arctic.