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Jean-Michel Cousteau
 Jean-Michel Cousteau is President of the Ocean Futures Society, created to continue the legacy of ocean exploration and conservation first inspired by his late father, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Jean-Michel travels the globe, meeting with world leaders and policymakers from the grassroots level to the highest echelons of government and business, educating of thousands of students every year, documenting stories of change and hope, and lending his reputation and support to help energize alliances for positive change.
He is currently Executive Producers of “Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Adventures,” a film series created in Partnership with KQED, a PBS-affiliate, and scheduled to air in 2005. He has produced more than 70 films and been awarded the Emmy, the Peabody Award, the 7 d'Or (the French equivalent of the Emmy), and the Cable Ace Award.
Jean-Michel is also the first recipient of the Ocean Hero Award from Oceana in 2003, was the first person to represent the Environment in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Games, and received the Environmental Hero Award at the White House National Oceans Conference, 1998.
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