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
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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