+ Board of Directors +
Will Henry, Founder
Originally a freelance photographer and journalist, Will founded Save The Waves Coalition during his battle to protect the surf spots on Madeira from destruction. Since the...
Ted Witt, Board President
Ted started his professional career in Chile, where he founded a web-based translation company in the early 1990's. Born and raised in Dana Point, California, he later ...
Ryan Seelbach, Board Secretary
Since 2001, Ryan has been working as an Environmental Remediation Project Manager for the Presidio Trust, a federal government corporation created to administer and manage ...
Greg Benoit, Board Treasurer
Greg has over 14 years integrating coastal and marine planning and policy with science and technology. Having served as a NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Management Fe...
Peter Reich, Board of Directors
Pete is currently an inspector for the Environmental Protection Agency's Oil Pollution Prevention Program. Prior to his position at the EPA, which he has held sin...
Chad Nelsen, Board of Directors
Chad Nelsen is the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation where he has worked since 1998. At Surfrider, Chad is responsible for strategic guidance regarding env...
Fernando Aguerre, Board of Directors
Fernando Aguerre was born and raised in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, Argentina where, along with his brother and lifelong friend, Santiago, he got involved with surfi...
Jeff Mendelsohn, Board of Directors
Jeff Mendelsohn is founder and CEO of New Leaf Paper, a company he created with the mission of driving a fundamental shift toward sustainability in the paper industry. Jeff...
Chris Evans, Board of Directors
From 13 to 17 years old Chris lived in Costa Rica where his passion for surfing burgeoned synchronously with a powerful awakening to real poverty, reckless deforestation an...
Save The Waves Coalition Members:
Surfrider Foundation + Wildcoast + Ocean Revolution + Pro Peninsula + Proplaya + Surfers' Environmental Alliance + Quercus + Save Our Shores + Groundswell Society + Ocean Magazine + Surfbreak Protection Society + California Public Ocean Awareness (NOAA) + Surfers Against Sewage + Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA) + Waterkeeper Alliance