Paul Anderson, President, is the Director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program and President of the National Sea Grant Association.

Phyllis Wyeth is the Founder of Herring Gut Learning Center and 2002 recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce Environmental Hero Award.

Elaine Jones is Education Director for the Maine Department of Marine Resources.

Tacy Ranney, Treasurer, is a Certified Public Accountant with the Williams Group in Rockport, Maine.

Mary Hope Katsoursos is a Herring Gut Learning Center Founding Trustee and the director of Merrell Katsouros, LLP and Fish for the Future Foundation in Washington, DC.

Sandy Sage is the former Executive Director and CEO of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.