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
TREASURER / SECRETARY
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
SEA TURTLE CARE CENTER TECHNICIAN
Tehinarii VAIRAU
ADMINISTRATION & COMMUNICATION OFFICER
Heiani CORNELOUP
VOLUNTEER
Heimen ITAIA
VOLUNTEER
Jehdia TEIKIOTIU
FREE-LANCE COLLABORATORS
Moorea
MARINE BIOLOGIST
Jade GOUIN
- Coordination of the sea turtle care center
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
