Chloe Harvey
Executive Director
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Favourite marine critter: The Wunderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus)
Chloe has been leading Reef-World’s fundraising efforts, international strategy and conservation programmes since 2008. She has a First Class degree with honours in Marine Biology from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2005) and has been a keen diver since the age of 12. She is a qualified BSAC Assistant Instructor and spent most of her teenage years enjoying the sights and sounds of the underwater world around the UK coast.
Alongside JJ (her husband and Reef-World Director), Chloe has led the international development of Green Fins since 2008 under the direction of UNEP. Following in the footsteps of Reef-World’s founder Anne Paranjoti, Chloe has absorbed the Reef-World “to inspire and empower” philosophy and blended this with her scientific nature to drive the Green Fins management and training systems towards the practical approach it is today delivering tangible results across SE Asia.
She has been involved in establishing, capacity building, and the implementation of Green Fins within the government and private sectors in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Maldives and Vietnam.
Chloe believes that education is her most powerful tool to save our coral reefs. She feels that we all choose to do things because of how we've been brought up, the experiences we've had and the lessons we've been taught. The Reef-World recipe is simple; provide people with knowledge to inspire change and match this with simple tools and guidance to practical solutions to instigate behavioural changes, the result; people taking meaningful and lasting action for environmental protection.
Chloe can be contacted directly at chloe@reef-world.org
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James J. Harvey
operations Director
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Favourite marine critter: Blue Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
As Director at Reef-World, JJ has led the development of Green Fins across 14 South East Asian, Middle Eastern, Pacific, and Caribbean countries since 2008 training national governments and NGO's to manage the initiative. Today, Green Fins is a globally recognised approach for managing sustainable diving activities internationally with a proven conservation impact.
He is also a marine biologist and Divemaster with over 16 years’ experience working in tropical marine environments in over 20 countries. This combined background provides a scientific and balanced approach to training, helping to educate those in a position to act and explain how and why it is important to reduce threats to marine ecosystems. JJ has worked closely with national governments, the private sector and international agencies to achieve successful outcomes that are meaningful to all stakeholders.
JJ enjoys the everyday challenges of his work, specifically working alongside complex social and industry dynamics and the varied environments and cultures that he’s exposed to. He believes that nobody wants to harm the very environment we rely on to survive, and that by investing in the education of key people, Reef-World can achieve conservation impact on the ground and on the reefs.
He also brings to the team a knowledge of the opportunities of IT and the power the online community can bring to Reef-World, its projects and partners and continues to make our work more accessible to everyone, everywhere.
JJ can be contacted at jj@reef-world.org
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Naomi McClure
Development Manager
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Naomi joins The Reef-World Foundation with a broad base of experience spanning 25 years spent in conservation, project management and fundraising. Her career began after studying for a BSc Environmental Biology and MSc Conservation Biology when she headed to Africa to work in large carnivore conservation. Nearly two years spent in Namibia working mainly in the field, radio collaring leopards embedded a deep appreciation for the importance of science for informing practical conservation actions.
When it came time to return home, Naomi took up an HQ position at the Zoological Society of London, helping to coordinate overseas projects for the Carnivores and People Programme. This was where she first got involved in fundraising and partnership management through coordinating a Europe-wide zoo campaign to raise money for tiger conservation.
She then moved to Bristol, spending a few years concentrating on raising a young family before returning to work for a sustainable travel charity. Finally, eight years ago Naomi took up a post working for Bristol Zoological Society where she gained valuable experience in all types of fundraising - managing grants, corporate partnerships and individual donors.
At The Reef-World Foundation, Naomi is responsible for income generation and partnership development. Being a new role, there is great scope to be creative and generate some well-needed funds for this incredibly impactful charity.
Naomi can be contacted at naomi@reef-world.org
Dev Albao
Programmes Manager
(They/Them/Theirs)
Favourite marine critter: Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Dev brings into Reef-World their interdisciplinary approach to marine conservation, with a decade of management experience in the intersections of nature interpretation, sustainable tourism, environmental education, and behaviour change communications.
Prior to joining Reef-World, Dev was Executive Director of a local conservation NGO developing and implementing programs for public and private sectors in experiential learning, natural resource management, and circular economy. They also managed an ecotourism site with a unique model, which was under the care of the same nonprofit.
Dev has completed a Professional Fellowship on Environmental Sustainability in the United States with the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative in 2016, and the Swedish Institute Management Programme on Sustainable Business and Responsible Leadership in 2020. In 2021, Dev was recognised in their province as a Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awardee, and by Tatler Asia as a Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow for their work on nature conservancy.
Dev is experienced in journalism - as a newspaper columnist, documentary filmmaker, radio and podcast host - with the themes of ecology and sustainability. Their 2023 talk “What the wilderness tells us about our future” is available on the TEDx YouTube channel. Presently calling Siquijor Island in the Philippines as their home, Dev has interests and practices in precolonial, indigenous and Eastern spirituality.
Dev is also a Trustee of the Association of Young Environmental Journalists (AYEJ), Experiential Education and Conservation Organization (EECO), and Sagup Negros Food Waste Mitigation Initiative.
Dev can be contacted directly at dev@reef-world.org
Erin Larissa Canto
Programmes Officer (digital community)
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Favourite marine critter: Porcelain Nudibranch (Ardeadoris egretta)
Erin is a marine conservationist and a freediving enthusiast. She studied Computer Engineering Technology and worked in the industry for a while, then traded her pair of shoes for a pair of fins. Her love for the ocean led her to study for a Bachelor's in Marine Biology. While studying, she got actively involved in marine conservation, climate change and plastic pollution issues. Through her advocacy work, she got the chance to be an academic fellow at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) under the Environmental Issues and Natural Resource Management programme hosted at East-West Center, Hawaii.
Before joining Reef-World, Erin worked for an NGO that focuses on projects on localising circular economy and stopping plastic pollution at the source. She loves to volunteer in different organisations ranging from disaster risk management, water safety, youth programs, animal welfare, terrestrial and marine conservation through experiential learning. The ocean has always been her comfort zone, and for her, it feels like coming home on every dive.
Erin can be contacted directly at erin@reef-world.org
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EMMA LEVY
PROGRAMMES OFFICER (Operations)
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Favourite marine critter: Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)
Emma is a marine conservationist and dive instructor. She studied Journalism at Goldsmiths University London before spending several years working within the charity sector. In 2017, Emma decided to leave the city life behind and pursue a career in marine conservation.
Before joining The Reef-World Foundation, she worked for several small NGOs and is skilled in community and government liaison, educational outreach and coral reef monitoring and rehabilitation. She always felt at home in the ocean, so naturally fell in love with diving when she did her open water course at 18 years old. She’s a coral fanatic and still gets mesmerised by the incredible variety of coral species on a dive.
Deciding that she wanted to use her skills to communicate the importance of environmental sustainability around the world, she sees herself helping to bridge the gap between the realm of science and the communities to which it serves.
She can be contacted at emma@reef-world.org
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Sam Wilson
Programmes Officer (Data Analyst)
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Favourite marine critter: The Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)
Sam is a marine biologist and scuba diving instructor with a Masters in Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems who has been working in marine conservation since 2014.
Sam’s early career as a project scientist actually began on land, monitoring terrestrial habitats in the UK, Costa Rica, and eventually in Mexico, where he found his passion for diving. From there, he began monitoring marine ecosystems and developed a keen interest in the importance and challenges of conserving coral reefs.
Over the years, he has used his knowledge to develop and support impactful conservation projects that benefit local communities while educating people on the importance of marine habitats and how they can help them. And now Sam will be using his knowledge of the underwater world and skills in data analysis to maximise the impact of Reef-World’s conservation efforts.
Sam can be contacted directly at sam.wilson@reef-world.org
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TERESA MOH
Senior COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
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Favourite marine critter: Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)
Teresa is a scuba diving professional and has had years of working in the design and creative field. Ever since the first time she went diving in 2013, she has been hooked on blowing bubbles underwater and fallen completely in love with the ocean. Deciding to leave her job as a graphic designer in the corporate world, she went on to pursue a new career as a dive instructor and eventually took on the position as a dive resort manager for an eco-resort.
After a dive career spanning nearly a decade and over 5,000 dives as a professional, she’s witnessed the beauty and destruction underwater and knew she had to do something to stop the destruction. She left the dive tourism industry in pursuit of her newfound passion for marine conservation. Teresa believes her experiences, knowledge and skills could be put to work for a better planet. Combining creative communication and conservation to help spread the message to protect and preserve the ocean for future generations.
Teresa can be contacted directly at teresa@reef-world.org
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Samantha Craven
Programmes Consultant
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Favourite marine critter: Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta)
Sam read marine biology at the University of Plymouth, graduating with a First class honours degree (2006) and achieving a distinction in her Masters in Applied Marine Science (2007). Working as a field biologist and project manager, Sam got years of experience leading teams and teaching biology and conservation issues from ridge to reef in Singapore and Malaysia. In 2011, Sam decided to pursue a career more tightly focused on marine conservation and moved to her mother’s homeland, the Philippines. Sam found her professional home in Reef-World in 2012 and continues to seek professional development. In 2016, she was selected as a Kinship Conservation Fellow.
Having witnessed first-hand the degradation of marine resources and dived some of the best coral reefs in the Philippines and neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region, she stands firm in her belief that with the right information and tools, communities all over the world can have significant, positive effects on their coastal habitats to sustain their livelihoods. Sam is committed to continued growth both personally and professionally to achieve that goal and has built a substantial following of her marine biology and conservation awareness blog, Mad as a Marine Biologist.
Sam can be contacted directly at sam@reef-world.org
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Juliana Corrales
Creative Consultant
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Favourite marine critter: Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Jula has been working with Reef-World since mid 2015, she started as an intern for 6 months where she was trained as a Green Fins assessor with a main focus on Communications and Design - one of the biggest projects during that time was the overhaul of Reef-World’s brand. After the internship she was hired as the Communications Manager, managing social media, article development, stakeholder engagement, material development, etc. During those 4 years she was based in Dumaguete, Philippines working hand in hand with the industry and with the Reef-World team. She assisted different dive conferences such as ADEX and DEMA, developing all the necessary materials. Jula supported Green Fins implementation in the Philippines, Palau and Costa Rica.
From mid-2019 to early 2023, she moved on to a consultancy service and moved out of Asia, working 2 days a week solely on graphic design work. She also supported the implementation of Green Fins in Costa Rica - her home country.
Jula is very creative; her background is mostly in graphic design but she has developed many skills around communication and behaviour change. She loves the ocean and will always aim to focus her energies and work on bringing people closer to the ocean.
Alongside the Reef-World team, she’s worked to develop a behavioural design approach to marine conservation, uniting creativity with conservation.
Juliana can be contacted directly at juliana@reef-world.org
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Holly Smith
Virtual Assistant
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Holly is a Virtual Assistant and owner of 20eleven Virtual Assistant. She has extensive PA, Admin and Project Management experience and enjoys using her skills to help her clients.
Holly is focussing on working with purpose-led businesses, those who have a passion for making a positive environmental and social impact. She is keen to use her skills to support businesses to have the biggest impact they can in these areas.