MBARI creates and globally scales the visionary technologies required to explore, map, and understand our changing ocean.
MBARI staff are driven by a curiosity to learn more about the ocean and a passion to protect its future.
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MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research center advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean.
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Julie Packard, ChairFounding Executive DirectorMonterey Bay Aquarium
Franklin M. Orr Jr., PhD, Vice ChairProfessor EmeritusEnergy Science and Engineering, Doerr School of SustainabilityStanford University
Edward W. BarnholtChairman, President, CEO (Retired)Agilent Technologies
Antje Boetius, PhD, President and Chief Executive OfficerMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Sally Benson, PhDPrecourt Family Professor, Energy Science and Engineering, Doerr School of SustainabilityStanford University
Joel S. Birnbaum, PhDSenior Vice-President, Research & Development Director, HP Laboratories (Retired)Hewlett-Packard Company
Christopher BurnettPresidentLong Ridge Foundation and Long Ridge Action Fund
Nancy BurnettHonorary Trustee EmeritusThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Curtis Collins, PhDProfessor EmeritusNaval Postgraduate School
Dona CrawfordAssociate Director for Computation (Retired)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jenny Gray, PhDNancy Burgermeister Chief Executive Officer Monterey Bay Aquarium
Susan Hackwood, PhDExecutive Director (Retired)California Council on Science and Technology
Eric O. Hartwig, PhDAssociate Director of Research (Retired)Naval Research Laboratory
G. Ross Heath, PhDDean Emeritus, College of Ocean and Fishery SciencesProfessor Emeritus, School of OceanographyUniversity of Washington
Susan Lozier, PhDDean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair, College of Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology
Larry Mayer, PhDDirector, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping University of New Hampshire
Craig NeymanChief Operations and Chief Financial Officer (Retired)The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Susan Roberts, PhDDirector, Ocean Studies BoardThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Richard (Rick) Spinrad, PhDNOAA Administrator and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, US Department of Commerce (2021–2025)Professor Emeritus, Oregon State University
Jyotika Virmani, PhDExecutive DirectorSchmidt Ocean Institute
Lisa D. White, PhDDirector of Education and Outreach, UC Museum of PaleontologyUniversity of California, Berkeley
Barbara P. Wright, SecretaryAttorney of CounselKohler Legacy Law Group, PC
John ZickerChief Technology OfficerAvant Health