Founding members
FOUNDING MEMBER & 2004-2018 PRESIDENT
Dr. Cécile Gaspar
- Veterinarian and Doctor in marine ecology
FOUNDING MEMBER & PRESIDENT
Richard Bailey
- General Manager of the Pacific Beachcomber Group
BOARD MEMBERS
PRESIDENT
Richard Bailey
- Co-founder of Te mana o te moana
- General Manager of Pacific Beachcomber Group
SECRETARY
Sylvie Pithon
- Retired Head of college and teacher
- Secretary of the Polynesian Environmental Association Federation (Fape / Te ora naho)
TREASURER
Isabelle Honorez
- Secretary General of Pacific Beachcomber Group, in charge of compliance
PERMANENT TEAM
GENERAL MANAGER
Hélène Duran
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Dr. Cécile Gaspar
DIRECTOR, ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION & PEDAGOGY
Vie Stabile
SEA TURTLE CARE CENTER TECHNICIAN
Ke'ali'i Roé
SEA TURTLE CARE CENTER TECHNICIAN
Tehinarii Vairau
ADMINISTRATION & COMMUNICATION OFFICER
Heiani CORNELOUP
VOLUNTEER
Heimen ITAIA
VOLUNTEER
Jehdia TEIKIOTIU
FREE-LANCE COLLABORATORS
Moorea
MARINE BIOLOGIST
Orava ATIU
- Performing a coordination mission at the Moorea Sea turtle care center
Tetiaroa
MARINE BIOLOGIST
Jade GOUIN
- Coordinating Te mana o te moana's scientific programs on Tetiaroa focusing on green sea turtle nesting sites and coconut crab population monitoring
MARINE BIOLOGIST
Ngnahina MOUA
- Coordinating Te mana o te moana's scientific programs on Tetiaroa focusing on green sea turtle nesting sites and coconut crab population monitoring
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
View the List of Board members.
PATRONS AND AMBASSADORS
Jean-Michel Cousteau
- Patron of Te mana o te moana since October 2008
- President of the Association Ocean Futures Society
- Collaboration for the implementation of educational projects on coral reefs
Jean-Francois Clervoy
- Patron of Te mana o te moana since 2009
- Astronaut at the European Space Agency (ESA) since 1992 (3 missions in space)
- Invited to French Polynesia in 2009 for the Year of astronomy and the World Ocean Day
- Regularly participates in conferences focusing on ocean's protection and more generally earth's protection
Mehiata Riaria
- Patron of Te mana o te moana since 2013
- Miss Tahiti 2013 and first runner-up for Miss France 2014
- Very implicated in the protection of French Polynesia's environment, especially in terms of educational activities
- Communication officer for Polynésienne des Eaux
Maud Fontenoy
- Patron of Te mana o te moana
- World-renowned navigator who travels the ocean to convey the message of the urgent need to preserve our beautiful planet earth
- Collaboration on the creation of the "Water Kit" for schoolchildren
- Founder of the Fondation Maud Fontenoy
