Craig Matkin

Craig is a founding member and director of the North Gulf Oceanic Society. He completed his M.S. in Zoology in 1980 at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and has worked with marine mammals for 25 years.

Eva Saulitis

Eva is a writer, biologist, and teacher having received both an M.S. in Zoology and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She has worked with the Alaskan killer whales for 11 years.

Lance Barrett-Lennard

Lance completed his Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of British Columbia where he also received an M.S. in Zoology. He is an NGOS director and has specialized in killer whale acoustics and genetics.

Graeme Ellis

Graeme is a marine mammal technician at the Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, B.C. His work with killer whales spans 30 years.

Harald Yurk

Harald is a Ph.D. candidated at the University of British Columbia and specializing in cetacean acoustics. He is conducting analysis and interpretation of killer whale acoustic data collected over the 13 years in Prince William Sound/Kenai Fjords fromvessels and remote hydrophones.

Dena Matkin

Dena is a naturalist at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. She has studied killer whales in southeastern Alaska since 1987 and anchors NGOS efforts in that region.

John Ford

John Ford is a marine mammal scientist at the Pacific Biological Station, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, B.C. and an adjunct professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia.

Dan Olsen

Dan Olsen has been volunteering with NGOS for several years, driving the Natoa, collecting audio recordings, and organizing a whale sightings network, AlaskaWhaleSightings.com. Dan works as a seasonal boat Captain and Naturalist for Kenai Fjords Tours in Seward.