John Englander, President and CEO
International SeaKeepers Society

John Englander was appointed CEO of the International SeaKeepers Society in January of this year and brings a diverse background of environmental not-for-profit and entrepreneurial success. SeaKeepers was started in 1998 with the mission of using luxury yachts as innovative ocean monitoring systems. After three full years of operation, the SeaKeepers weather and ocean monitoring system now functions in roughly 50 locations, including cruise ships, freighters, sea buoys, a ferryboat and a lighthouse. Originally, Mr. Englander comes from the diving industry. He developed the world’s largest sport dive operation in the Bahamas, where he was based for 27 years. Prior environmental and non profit experience includes the CEO position at Ocean Futures and The Cousteau Society.