2024 SeaChange Summer Party Program by Oceana Communications

Welcome to Oceana’s 17th Annual SeaChange Summer Party!

We are thrilled you are joining us tonight to celebrate the oceans and support Oceana’s campaigns to restore ocean health and abundance. Together, our SeaChange family has raised nearly $20 million to protect California’s waters and the oceans around the world. Thank you!

We are pleased to welcome back the host for this evening’s program: award-winning actor and Oceana Board Member Ted Danson. He will help us celebrate tonight’s honoree – former Oceana Board Member, Chair Emerita, and SeaChange CoFounder, Valarie Van Cleave. We will also hear from Oceana’s new CEO Jim Simon about the organization’s success in tackling the biggest threats facing our oceans around the world. And we will conclude the evening with a wonderful performance by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb.

When you head home from tonight’s event, we hope this one thing sticks with you: Oceana delivers results. In just the last year, we have achieved more than 25 victories that protect and restore the world’s oceans.

Here in California, we made great strides to protect whales from entanglements in the state’s commercial crab fishery. Oceana, along with our partner Earthjustice, also won a legal battle to require the federal government to rebuild the overfished Pacific sardine population.

We helped create new marine protected areas in Mexico, Chile, Canada, and Spain. We secured new laws in Delaware and Florida to curb plastic pollution. And this summer, we achieved a major victory when Amazon announced it replaced 95% of its plastic air pillows with 100% recycled paper filler in delivery packaging in North America. Following campaigning by Oceana, the company said this will avoid nearly 15 billion plastic air pillows annually.

This is a HUGE win for our environment!

In Europe, Oceana and our allies successfully campaigned for a new law that requires all European Union fishing vessels, including 49,000 small-scale vessels, to install and use tracking systems by 2030 at the latest. And in Belize, Oceana and our allies made history when a new law passed requiring any decision to open its ocean to oil and gas drilling to first be voted on by the Belizean people through a national referendum.

We’re excited to celebrate these and many more victories with you tonight. And we aren’t slowing down! With your partnership, Oceana will continue to make major progress for the oceans because a healthy ocean is every child’s rightful inheritance.

For the oceans,

Elizabeth Wahler

Oceana Board Member

SeaChange Co-Chair

Gabe Serrato-Buelna

SeaChange Co-Chair

SPECIAL GUESTS

Honoring — Valarie Van Cleave

Valarie Van Cleave is the CoFounder and Chair Emerita of the SeaChange Summer Party. She is a member and the immediate past Chair of the Oceana Board of Directors. Valarie has an abiding affinity for the earth’s most remote places. This lifelong attraction has informed her world perspective and keeps Valarie forever curious about our planet, both above and below sea level. She is most at home in wild places, with a love of scuba diving,

Master of Ceremonies — Ted Danson

To most, Ted Danson is known for TV and movie acting roles, but for those in the conservation movement, he is much more famous for his work as a passionate ocean advocate and Oceana spokesman.

The son of an archaeologist and anthropologist, Ted grew up understanding that cultures leave an imprint on the Earth and that some legacies are indelible, for better or for worse.

Despite growing up in landlocked Flagstaff, Arizona, Ted grew an affinity for the water through years of routine pilgrimages to visit family in California. His call to action came years later, during his tenure as Sam Malone on “Cheers,” when living in Santa Monica he saw a sign at the beach reading, “Water polluted, no swimming.” “Trying to explain that to my

hiking, wildlife photography, and history. Van Cleave has witnessed firsthand the often-shocking, adverse environmental impacts of humanity. These global experiences led Valarie to seek out an effective international organization that is making transformational improvements in mankind’s relationship with the natural world. Valarie’s 17 years of working with Oceana and co-founding SeaChange is the result of that search.

kid was hard,” he remembers, “It got me questioning a lot of things.”

Shortly thereafter, Ted met environmental lawyer Bob Sulnick and become involved in a movement to prevent digging for oil wells in Santa Monica. Buoyed up by the victory, Danson accelerated his involvement by helping create the American Oceans Campaign in 1987, which eventually became Oceana in 2001.

In the last two decades, Ted has been complemented by his staunch ocean advocacy, appearing in public service announcements, appealing to donors and testifying to the government on the condition of our oceans. He currently sits on Oceana’s Board of Directors where he and his wife, actress Mary Steenburgen, continue to fight on our oceans’ behalf.

Musical Guest — Lisa Loeb

Dallas native Lisa Loeb is a GRAMMY™ Award-winning singer songwriter, touring musician and philanthropist who started her career with the platinum-selling hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" from the film Reality Bites. A trailblazing independent artist, Lisa was the first pop musician to have a Number 1 single while not signed to a recording contract. She followed that remarkable feat with several hit singles and six albums, two of which were certified gold.

Lisa recently released her 15th album, A Simple Trick to Happiness, to stellar reviews from critics and fans, and followed the release of this album with the debut of her new musical, Together Apart, which she co-wrote and co-produced with over 100 of her

fellow Brown University alums to raise money for The Actors Fund. The musical received attention from prestigious outlets like The New York Times, Vanity Fair, People, and Playbill.

Other recent highlights and appearances include a collaboration with Ziggy Marley on the song and video for "Music Is In Everything," as well as her cover of Bright Eyes' "First Day of my Life," which was exclusively premiered through Rolling Stone magazine, and "Love Never Dies," an original song she wrote and recorded as a theme song to accompany acclaimed author James Patterson's latest novel, "Sophia, Princess Among Beasts."

Lisa is also well known to parents and kids for her five children's albums and two illustrated children's books with music.

She collaborated to develop and write the children's musical "Camp Kappawanna" which debuted at New York City's Atlantic Theater Company. Inspired by her own love of summer camp, in 2008, Lisa started The Camp Lisa Foundation, which sends underserved kids to summer camp. In 2015, The American Camp Association of New England named Lisa Loeb as their Camp Champions Honoree with a gala celebration at Fenway Park.

Over the last three years, Lisa has also released three children's albums that are exclusively available with Amazon. Her family friendly album, "Feel What U Feel," won the Grammy for Best Children's Album, along with rave reviews and The Parents Choice Award. Among other shows, Lisa provides voice talent for the animated series "Creative Galaxy" and

composes the original songs for the Emmy nominated, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" series. Her songs from the series make up a soundtrack album that was released in June of 2018 exclusively with Amazon.

Often recognized for her iconic cateyed glasses, Lisa redefines how women accessorize with her own eyewear line. As an entrepreneur, Lisa oversees the business and eyewear design of Lisa Loeb Eyewear. It's an ever-growing collection, available at optical shops as well as Costco, where women's styles and children's frames are available.

As an actor, Lisa's recent film and television appearances include Netflix's "Fuller House," GEICO's "Claims Audition," and John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight." You might have also heard her voice on commercials including Alfa Romeo, Uber Eats, CNN, and Chili's.

A recent personal honor for Lisa was being asked by editor, Will Shortz, to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of The New York Times crossword by creating an original puzzle with pro, Doug Peterson. She also released a cover version of "All the Young Dudes" for Howard Stern's David Bowie Special on Sirius XM, leading a kids' songwriting workshop in Sydney, Australia with AMP, and a two-week residency at the legendary Carlyle Hotel in New York.

When she is not at home in Los Angeles with her husband, Roey, and two children, Lyla and Emet, Lisa enjoys performing all over the world and entertaining audiences of all ages.

2024 COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs

Elizabeth Wahler

Gabe Serrato-Buelna

John Corbett

Bo Derek

Laura Dern

Lace Alexander

Julie Anderson-Leonardo

Patricia Berns

Shahrzad Bina

Jeff Blasingame

Kelly Brochu

Brent Cahill

January Jones

Diane Lane

Austin Nichols

Karen Cahill

Leslie Cancellieri

Mary Carrington

Renetta Caya

Judy Chang

Sally Crockett

Pamela George

The Abrahams Family Fund

Bruce and Analisa Albert

JoAnne Artman

Monique Bär

Herbert and Tamar Bedolfe

Dan Bennatt and Ashley Ellrich

Toni Berlinger

Michael and Patricia Berns

Dennis and Carol Berryman

Larry and Deborah Bridges

Marc and Patricia Brutten

Burgess Yachts

Bruce and Karen Cahill

Dino and Leslie Cancellieri

John and Mary Carrington

Renetta Caya

Lang and Alison Cottrell

Stephen and Iovanna Couig

Donnie Crevier and Laurie Kraus

Randy and Sally Crockett

Anne Earhart

Jim and Patricia Edwards

Linda Edwards

Mark and Bhadra Gordon

David Guichet and Jacinthe Paquette

Jim and Kelly Hallman

Joe and Jane Hanauer

Maralou Harrington

Jim Hedgecock and Alexis Self

Paul and Sara Heeschen

Peter and Julie Hill

James and Michelle Jaeger

Karen Jaffe

David and Kristen James

Michele Johnson

Fletcher and Annemarie Jones

Karen Jordan

Dave and Suzie Kaplan

Jena King

Vice-Chairs

Jeff Blasingame

Kelly Brochu

Host Committee

Oscar Nuñez

Christina Ochoa

Sally Pressman

Executive Committee

Diana Hasenbalg

Julie Hill

Suzie Kim Silvers

Robert Kollar

Eve Kornyei

Bonnie Lee

Slane Lightburne

Event Committee

Charlie and Lynda Kinstler

Scott and Melissa Knode

Eve Kornyei

Mike Lake and Yvonne

Schroeder

Ed and Amy Leasure

Jack and Sara Lowell

Greg and Barbara MacGillivray

Shawn Marschel

Twyla Martin

Richard and Lisa Merage

Robert and Britt Meyer

James Moore and Susanne Elstein

Sir Thomas Moore and Laurie Rodnick

Richard Munsen and Deidra Wager

Mark and Mariellen Murray

Lourdes Nark

Paul and Debbie Naudé

Chair Emeriti

Karen Cahill

Ted Danson

Julie Hill

Olivia Loscher

Sara Lowell

Eve Kornyei

Britt Meyer

Valarie Van Cleave

June Diane Raphael

Kate Walsh

Ursula Whittaker

Britt and Robert Meyer

Janet Nolet

Bradley Pivar

Stephanie Rogers

Gabe Serrato-Buelna

Kira Sousa

Hunter Tate

Julie Ann Ulcickas

Valarie Van Cleave

Ashley Wahler

Elizabeth Wahler

Jean Weiss

Carl and Janet Nolet

Christina Ochoa

Chase and Jena Offield

James and Sujo Offield

Dennis Panzer

Doug and Teresa Pasquale

Justin Pham and Bonnie Lee

Jeff and Elizabeth Phelan

Matt Puzio and Daria Blyskal

Steve and Shirley Quackenbush

Gena Reed

Sean Reily and Kathy Kristof

Stephen and Marisa Robbins

David and Susan Rockefeller

Louis and Laura Rohl

Harley and Kaira Rouda

Pamela Roy

Fred and Wendy Salter

Jim and Gretchen Sandler

Anton and Jennifer Segerstrom

Elizabeth Segerstrom

Cherilyn Sheets

Michael and Suzie Silvers

South Coast Plaza

Sandy and Charna Sugar

Cyd and Steven Swerdlow

Alicia Thompson

Michael and Nancy Thompson

Elizabeth Wahler

Valaree Wahler

Uwe Waizenegger and Valarie Van Cleave

Colin Watson and Janee Pennington

Mike and Wendy Wiley

Ray and Sandra Wirta

George and Susie Wood

Jean Wu

Linda Young

We thank our Partners for their generous support of Oceana’s 2024 SeaChange Summer Party. Proceeds from the event will help Oceana protect and restore the world's oceans.

Presenting Partner Biossance

Pacific Coast Partners

BMW and the SoCal BMW Centers

Robert WAN

Robert and Britt Meyer

Alec's Ice Cream

Anker

Michael and Patricia Berns

Bruce and Karen Cahill

CHANEL

Anne Earhart

LOEWE

Eric Albert and Julie Schmitz

Dennis and Carol Berryman

David and Linda Chou

Lourdes De Quillien

John and Shyne Mirella Fabros

Giorgio Armani Corporation

Peter and Julie Hill

ADAGIO

Beto and Tamar Bedolfe

Deborah and Larry J. Bridges

Brutten Family Foundation

Constance Callan

Dino and Leslie Cancellieri

Jin and Judy Chang

Nancy Christiano and Ambassador Mark Wittcoff

Jacob Loveless and Kelly Brochu

Greg and Barbara MacGillivray

Kaleim and Liz Manji

Monique Bär

Tim and Jean Weiss

Gena H. Reed

Louis and Laura Rohl

Fred and Wendy Salter

South Coast Plaza

Elizabeth Wahler

Valaree Wahler

Gabe Serrato-Buelna and Byron Rabin

Sheets, Paquette & Wu Dental Practice

Michael and Suzie Silvers

Michael Penn and Mayor Ashleigh Aitken

Justin Pham and Bonnie Lee

Steven and Shirley Quackenbush

Steve and Marisa Robbins

Kaira and Harley Rouda

Michael and DeAnna Colglazier

Donnie Crevier and Laurie Kraus

Randy and Sally Crockett

Michael and Hannah An Dreyer

Loretta Evensen

Dave Gibson & Anthony Higginbottom

Dr. Jim Hedgecock and Alexis Self

Karen Jordan

*As of July 29

Jim and Julie Ann Ulcickas

Uwe Waizenegger and Valarie Van Cleave

Tim and Linda Zeller

Andrea Zuckerman

Dave and Suzie Kaplan

Moroccanoil

Richard Munsen and Deidra Wager

Nautica

Virginia Pereira

Matthew Sawyer and Gabriella Vizcarra

Mike and Wendy Wiley

George and Susie Wood

Oceana is grateful for the generous support of these Sponsors and Underwriters

Presenting Partner

Pacific Coast Partners

Our Generous Underwriters

*As of July 29

Thank You to our Generous Auction Donors

Premier Donors

BMW and the SoCal BMW Centers

Robert Wan Donors

Andronis Arcadia

Aqua Expeditions

Baja Discovery

Bradford Portraits

Brazeau Tricot

Brunello Cucinelli

Chef Nancy Silverton

Diptyque

Elyzian Jewelry

Fred and Wendy Salter

Frette

Giorgio Armani

Gundari

Hidden Doorways Travel

Jeff Blasingame

Jil Sander

Kim Seybert

Kim's Piano

Lindblad Expeditions

LOEWE

Loro Piana

Mark Maryanovich

Mark Pomerantz

Mikimoto

Montage Laguna Beach

Naladhu Private Island Maldives Resort

NIZUC Resort & Spa

PacSun

Pizzeria Mozza

Post Ranch Inn

Sinegal Winery

Six Senses Douro Valley

South Coast Plaza

Ted Danson

Thatch Caye, a Muy'Ono Resort

The Park Club

The Ranch Laguna Beach

The Sea Ranch Lodge

Versace

WeberStrength

Westco Development, Inc.

Your Private Africa

*As of July 29

VICTORIES

TOGETHER WITH OUR ALLIES:

2024 Victories

• Florida Bans Balloon Releases, Protects Marine Life

• Canada protects 93% of Underwater Mountains off British Columbia with Support from First Nations

• European Union Adopts Nature Restoration Law, Including New Protections for Marine Habitats

• Amazon Eliminates Plastic Air Pillows in North America Following Campaigning by Oceana

• Brazil Establishes Science-Based Catch Limits for Lobster

• Oceana Wins Lawsuit, Court Requires Rebuilding of Collapsed US Pacific Sardine Fishery

• New Law in Oregon Safeguards Marine Reserves and Protected Areas

• California Funds Ropeless Fishing Gear to Save Whales and Turtles from Entanglements

• California Protects Endangered Whales by Reducing Harmful Fishing Gear and Delaying Dungeness Crab Season

• New Law in Peru Criminalizes Illegal Construction of Fishing Vessels

• New Law in Chile will Protect Kelp Forests and 50 Other Seafloor Species

• Mexico Creates Bajos del Norte National Park, New Protected Area in Gulf of Mexico

2023 Victories Since Last SeaChange

• Spain Designates Seven New Marine Protected Areas

• President Biden’s Five-Year Plan Protects US Waters from Expanded Offshore Drilling

• EU Sets Sustainable Catch Limits to Help Recover Fish Populations

• Spain Sanctions 25 Fishing Vessels for Disabling Public Tracking Devices

• New Law in Belize Gives People the Power to Protect Offshore Oil Moratorium

• Mediterranean Countries Can Now Penalize States who Fail to Tackle Overfishing and Illegal Fishing

• Delaware Bans Plastic Foam Food Containers, Limits Plastic Straws

• Chile Approves New Marine Protected Area in Iconic Humboldt Archipelago

• Philippines Requires Rebuilding of Sardine Fisheries

• Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Bottom Trawling in Rio Grande do Sul

• Public Database in the Philippines Increases Transparency at Sea

• New Law in Maine Sets Density Limits for Future Salmon Farms

• Newly Approved Innovative Fishing Gear Will Reduce Bycatch off US West Coast

• European Commission Releases Public Database Disclosing Activities of EU Vessels Fishing Outside of EU Waters

• Peru Passes New Law to Protect its Oceans and Artisanal Fishers

Sam Waterston, Chair Actor/Activist

María Eugenia Girón, Vice Chair Business Leader

Diana Thomson, Treasurer The Nikita Foundation

James Sandler, Secretary

The Sandler Foundation

Keith Addis, President Industry Entertainment Partners

Gary "Gaz" Alazraki

Alazraki Entertainment

Herbert M. Bedolfe, III Marisla Foundation

Ted Danson

Actor/Activist

Nicholas Davis

Fundación Punta de Lobos Euroamerica

Board of Directors

Patrice Etlin Advent International

Maya Gabeira Professional Big Wave Surfer

César Gaviria World Lecturer

Loic Gouzer Ocean Advocate

Dr. Christina Chemtai Hicks Lancaster University, UK

Jena King

Jena and Michael King Foundation

Ben Koerner Arcadia Fund

Sara Lowell Marisla Foundation

Dr. Kristian Parker Oak Philanthropy Limited

Mailing Information:

Oceana Board of Directors c/o Oceana (Office of the CEO)

Dr. Daniel Pauly The University of British Columbia

David Rockefeller, Jr. Sailor/Conservationist

Susan Rockefeller Documentary Filmmaker

Lex Sant

The Summit Foundation

Simon Sidamon-Eristoff

Kalbian Hagerty LLP

Dr. Rashid Sumaila

The University of British Columbia

Elizabeth Wahler

Entrepreneur

Antha Williams

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Jean Weiss Ocean Advocate

1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 USA

Phone: +1 (202) 467-1922

OCEANA’S BOARD AND STAFF

extend our deepest appreciation to the CAHILL FAMILY for their longstanding commitment to Oceana and generous support of the SeaChange Summer Party.

Photo credit: Cristofer Maximilian

OCEANS OF GRATITUDE

To our wonderful volunteers who spend countless hours ensuring that the SeaChange Summer Party is a success. Volunteering is a work of heart. We couldn’t do it without you!

Photo credit: Tim Wooliscroft

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For more than 20 years, Oceana and its allies have campaigned to protect the waters off Southern California and beyond from their biggest threats including overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution, and the killing of threatened ocean animals like whales, sea turtles, and sharks.

Just 22 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, the Channel Islands are home to a series of faults, banks, and underwater mountains — undersea geology unlike any other off the U.S. West Coast. This landscape, combined with a convergence of warm subtropical and cold nutrient-rich waters that upwell from the deep make this region a globally important epicenter for biodiversity supporting ocean life and habitats and have earned it the title, the “Galapagos of North America.”

Here, large whales — including endangered humpback whales migrate through while raising their young, California sea lions glide through dense kelp forests, and colorful cold-water corals create habitats for iconic species like giant seabass.

While this archipelago may appear picture-perfect, destructive fishing practices threaten this important area and the marine life that call it home.

Set gillnets, which can span the length of 20 football fields and are weighted to the seafloor, are allowed to be used in the waters surrounding the Channel Islands in an effort to target California halibut and white seabass. Unfortunately, this gear catches many other species in the process, and more than half of the animals

Oceana’s expedition leader

Geoff Shester films red gorgonian coral and California golden gorgonian coral off the Channel Islands.

caught are thrown overboard. Juvenile great white sharks are one of the victims, as this is a key nursery area for the species. (For more information about the threat of set gillnets, see the Spring 2024 issue of Oceana Magazine.)

The Channel Islands and Southern California’s waters have a lot to lose if action is not taken to protect this essential biodiversity. That’s why Oceana and partner Blancpain embarked on their first of three scientific expeditions to the area earlier this year.

During the five-day expedition aboard the vessel Peace, Oceana’s team of researchers conducted visual scuba diving surveys to identify many species, including thousands of individual fish, invertebrates like crabs and lobsters, and habitat-forming corals and kelp. Researchers also tested the potential for new remotely operated vehicle technologies to map rocky reefs and locate lost fishing gear.

The team also collected water samples at 18 shallow and deep-water sites for environmental (e)DNA analysis. The samples will be analyzed in a lab for DNA sequencing, which will allow researchers to identify virtually all ocean life (all plants, animals, and fungi) inhabiting and traversing these waters. By analyzing the DNA “footprint” left behind in the water column, Oceana expects to deliver a more comprehensive view of the area’s biodiversity at a range of ocean depths.

“The images and research gathered on the expedition will support Oceana’s campaign to protect ocean biodiversity and will paint a vivid picture for policymakers of just what’s at stake to lose if we don’t get bycatch from set gillnets under control,” said expedition leader Dr. Geoff Shester.

© Oceana/Geoff Shester

A horn shark between two rocks at Cat Rock off Anacapa Island.

© Oceana/Danny Ocampo

Red gorgonian coral and rockfish under a kelp forest in Santa Cruz Island.

New Victories Safeguarding California’s Ocean

U.S. government required to rebuild Pacific sardines

Following a legal challenge by Oceana and Earthjustice, a United States Federal District Court ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to meet its legal obligation to rebuild the West Coast Pacific sardine population, which has been mismanaged for more than a decade and remains well below healthy population levels. The Fisheries Service must now develop a new rebuilding plan and environmental analysis that includes science-based catch limits to prevent overfishing and recover the species. Pacific sardines are an essential food for marine mammals, Chinook salmon, and other commercially important fish. Sardine collapse can have wide ranging impacts on coastal communities and ocean ecosystems, and in California, has led to sea lions starving and reproductive failure among brown pelicans. Oceana will continue to campaign to recover the sardine population and ensure that a new, robust rebuilding plan is completed and implemented within one year.

New funding in California to prevent entanglements

The California Ocean Protection Council authorized new funding to help prevent whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing gear, following campaigning by Oceana and its allies. This includes up to $650,000 to advance innovative “ropeless fishing gear” in the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery. This investment helped support 20 Dungeness crab fishers who received approval to test the whale-safe gear this spring. Based on the successful test results, Oceana is pushing the state to authorize ropeless fishing gear by Spring 2025.

New measures in California crab fishery to protect whales

Following campaigning by Oceana and its allies, California first delayed the opening of the 2023-2024 commercial Dungeness crab fishery and then reduced the number of crab traps that can be deployed off the central and southern California coast by 50%. These measures were implemented to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in commercial crab fishing gear. They came in response to excessive whale entanglements and a high number of humpback whale sightings, plus the discovery of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle found entangled and drowned in commercial Dungeness crab gear.

© Oceana

Purple urchins and California golden gorgonian coral

© Oceana/Danny Ocampo

Garibaldi peeking out from a rock with a tunicate, red algae, sea cucumber, and rock scallop near Santa Cruz Island.

Giant spined sea star with red gorgonian corals off Santa Cruz Island.

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In Memoriam

Oceana extends our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Michael Berns.

As longtime and generous supporters of Oceana and SeaChange, Tricia and Michael have played an important role in Oceana’s success.

Among his many accomplishments, helping to restore the ocean’s abundance will forever be part of Michael’s legacy.

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2024 SeaChange Summer Party Program

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FIRST COURSE

ENTRÉE

ALTERNATING DESSERT

Welcome to Oceana’s 17th Annual SeaChange Summer Party!

SPECIAL GUESTS

Honoring — Valarie Van Cleave

Master of Ceremonies — Ted Danson

Musical Guest — Lisa Loeb

2024 COMMITTEE

Host Committee

Executive Committee

Event Committee

Presenting Partner Biossance

Pacific Coast Partners

Thank You to our Generous Auction Donors

VICTORIES

2024 Victories

2023 Victories Since Last SeaChange

Board of Directors

OCEANA’S BOARD AND STAFF

OCEANS OF GRATITUDE

New Victories Safeguarding California’s Ocean

U.S. government required to rebuild Pacific sardines

New funding in California to prevent entanglements

New measures in California crab fishery to protect whales

ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS.

THE FIRST-EVER, ALL-ELECTRIC BMW i5 M60.

ROBERT WAN: THE EMPEROR OF TAHITIAN PEARLS.

In Memoriam

WHERE TRADITION MEETS TOMORROW – SINCE 1972 –

The Andy Sharpless Ocean Innovation Fund

EXPERT PEDIATRICIANS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Where Land Meets Sea and Luxury Meets Sustainability.

THE MISSION: