BRING BACK  THE BLUE : TEAM

"Society and the planet needs our messages, our solutions, our energy more than ever before.  We have the power to create our own path, to choose the destiny of our species in this choose your own adventure book.  Lets choose the right path!"
- Andrea Neal, PhD

ANDREA NEAL, PHD
BOARD MEMBER

Explorer, Scientist, and Entrepreneur, Dr. Neal has been at the forefront of Blue economy business and technology development for the last 20 years.  ​Dr. Neal has been a senior executive and founder of four companies​.

GORDON NEAL, PHD
BOARD MEMBER

Dr. Gordon Neal has over 45 years experience in the areas of Avionics and  Aerospace including commercial and military businesses. He has been a Vice President of Engineering at two companies, a chief Technical Officer, and Director of Avionics. 

AMY TOWNSEND, PHD
​SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR

Dr. Amy Townsend founded Sustainable Development International in 1993. She wrote the first book on how to green the workplace and has authored several books on corporate environmental sustainability, business ecology, and biofuels and taught sustainability-related courses at the George Washington University and James Madison University.  ​

​DARRELL PARK 
ECONOMIC
​ADVISOR

Darrell worked in the White House Office of Management and Budget for nearly a decade.   He is a clean energy expert and the author of the book Better Than We Found It, and is focused on how governments can better meet the needs of their communities, especially disadvantaged and low-income populations.  He is a graduate of Georgetown University's Graduate Public Policy Program and Stanford Business School.  ​
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FARAH POWELL
​CLIMATE & OCEAN
​ADVISOR

Farah Powell is a PhD student in a joint doctoral program with UCSB and SDSU where she focuses on climate change impacts on fisheries. Her research is motivated by a desire to improve the sustainability of critical marine ecosystems and to build resilience of vulnerable coastal communities. ​

“There is a lot that can be translated from avionics to solutions for our environment.  
The future for our children and their children depend on our ability to come together 
from mutliple disciplines to create possitive change. ”​ - Dr. Gordon Neal

GRADY O'REAR
​BLUE DEVELOPMENTS
ADVISOR

Grady O’Rear is founding President/CEO of Green Advantage, Inc., an international non-profit organization that credentials building-related practitioners in state-of-the-art sustainable and resilient building means, methods, materials and best practices. Launched with US EPA funds, it is the longest standing green building construction personnel credentialing body in the US.  

Michelaina Johnson
ENVIRONMENTAL
​Justice ​ADVISOR

Michelaina is a Ph.D. student in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  Michelaina has worked for ten years as a freelance reporter writing on a range of environmental topics. Michelaina studies collaborative resources governance, addressing access gap(s).  She holds a BA in History and a double minor in Conservation and Resource Studies and Spanish from the University of California, Berkeley. 

OLIVIA BENALLOUL
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

Olivia is a graduate of The George Washington University School of Business.  She has worked in Global Sourcing and Distribution Brokering of PPE.   She specializes in development of operations including; streamline operations, improve Salesforce utilization for vendor/contract tracking, develop compliance guidelines, management of operating budget F&B and supply reduction, structural changes, offsite events and initiatives to drive continued company growth.