The Ocean Health Index team develops scientific methods and calculates scores, manages current operations and directs future development, and communicates results to governments, marine managers, scientists, and the public.
Ben Halpern has been with the project since planning began in 2008.
The team gratefully acknowledges the individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations listed as Contributors and Sustaining Partners. This project would not exist without them.
Ben Halpern
Lead Scientist
Melanie Frazier
Senior Scientist
Gage Clawson
Lead Analyst
Julia Stewart Lowndes
OHI+ Education
Dustin Duncan
2024 OHI Fellow
Sophia Lecuona
2024 OHI Fellow
Anna Ramji
2024 OHI Fellow
Thomas Thelen, Robyn Thiessen-Bock
Jamie Afflerbach, Benjamin Best, Catherine Longo, Casey O'Hara, Daniel Pauly, Courtney Scarborough, Lydia Tey, Juliette Verstaen, Dan Yocum, Dirk Zeller
Neils Crone, John Francis, Stone Gossard, Robert G. Haskell, Steve Katona, Sarah Laskin, Steven McCormick, Julie Packard, Howard 'Bud' Ris, Bart Sayle, Peter Seligmann, Greg Stone, Brandon Tidwell, Theodore 'Ted' Waitt, William 'Beau' Wrigley Jr., Heather Ann Wrigley
Ashleigh McGovern, Emily Pidgeon, 'Aulani Wilhelm
Jennifer Assily, Mark Bauman, Glynnis Breen, Kevin Connor, Valerie Craig, Ginny Farmer, Meigan Goodyer Henry, Tony LaCasse, Keith Lawrence, Tina Lee, John Martin, Kim McCabe, Lucy McNeil, Savanna Nilsen, Tim Noviello, Victor Ramos, Erin O’Reilly, Sebastian Perry, Paula Seriff, Vittoria Somaschini, Peter Stonier, Karen Villeda, Jane Wolfson
Ellie Campbell, Camila Vargas, Iwen Su, Gage Clawson, Molly Williams, Laura Ingulsrud, Sara Orofino, Madeline Berger, Juliet Cohen, Peter Menzies, Cullen Molitor, Carlo Broderick, Erika Egg, Adelaide Robinson
Carolyn Hicks, Nancy Ludlow, Julia Niessen
Carolyn Barnwell, Laura Bowling, Barbara W. Burst, Ann Conanan, Martha Conboy, Cindy d'Agostino, Keith Ellenbogen, Laura Fravel, Arthur Hurley, Samira Kordestani, Cyndee Lord, Lindsay Mosher, Matthew Oldfield, Jamie Pickell, Bridgette Polmar, Christopher Scarffe, Douglas Spiro, Tim Voight, Cory Wilson, Ken Yagoda, Wynette Yao
Conservation International, Esri, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia, University of California at Santa Barbara, Darden Foundation, National Geographic, New England Aquarium, RadicalMedia
Laure Katz, Director, Victor Ramos, International Projects Manager, Ben Halpern, Director, Melanie Frazier, Lead Scientist, Julia Stewart Lowndes, Project Scientist, Gage Clawson, Fellows Coordinator and Analyst
Lydia Bergen, Jacqueline Bort, Daniel Brumbaugh, Kenneth Casey, F. Stuart 'Terry' Chapin, Michelle Cho, Roger Cooke, Chris Costello, Larry B. Crowder, Kendra L. Daly, Andrew Dickson, Scott Doney, Sylvia Earle, Cristiane Elfes, Baruch Fischoff, Amber Fisher, Michael J. Fogarty, Steven D. Gaines, Andrea Ghermandi, Darren Hardy, Kelsey Jacobson, Regen Jamieson, Meghan Jeans, Ning Jiang, Stacy Jupiter, Leah B. Karrer, Les Kaufman, Kristin Kleisner, Danielle Knip, Kara Lavender Law, Heather M. Leslie, Sarah Lester, Larry Madini, Rod Mast, Karen McLeod, Ning Jian Mendes, Elizabeth Neeley, Paulo Nunes, David Obura, Jennifer O'Leary, Laura Onofri, Erich Pacheco, Emily Pidgeon, Stephen Polasky, Johanna Polsenberg, Marla Ranelletti, Nalini Rao, Jim Regetz, Alex Rogers, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Steve Running, Enric Sala, Jameal Samhouri, Eva Schemmel, Elizabeth Selig, Kimberly Selkoe, Lisa Speer, Kevin St. Martin, Rashid Sumaila, Heather Tallis, Heather Tausig, Bryan Wallace, Kyrstn Zylich