Regional Managers

Spain

Gigi owns her own Dive Centre on the Eastern Coast of Mallorca and is representative of the scuba diving board for the Balearic Islands. She is one of our Sisters of the Sea – check out her bio here.

Gigi is the Head of European Operations. If you would like to know more about our work in the region, please contact her on: gigi@daughtersofthedeep.org

Portugal

Leonor is an 18-year-old woman who is passionate about the ocean and is dreaming of a career in the marine industry. She is currently studying Environmental Engineering at Nova School of Science and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal. As an Open Water Diver she is looking forward to take her diving experience to new levels because “escaping the surface to that beautiful melody of the deep silence”, is her biggest passions. During the summers she works as a guide and deck hand at a dive and cetaceans observation centre, in the Azores.

Whilst sailing and discovering new horizons, Leonor loves to write and create poems about the deep, in the hope to share her stories and inspire others to protect marine biodiversity. Through Daughters of the Deep she hopes to extend this passion to other young women and help them discover the amazing blue world.

UK

Maisie is a Marine Biologist and Humanitarian, having worked with several conservation and community NGOs across the globe. She specialises in the application of large data to the conservation of Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays), and received a Masters by Research from the University of Exeter, focussing on the genetic analysis of rays from the North Atlantic. Her recent work includes coordinating community projects for NGOs in Asia and the UK, where she grew her passion of working at the intersection between community development and conservation.

Previously Maisie was the Director of Operations for the Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute, where she manages their array of scientific research, community outreach, and conservation programmes. She has witnessed the disproportionate challenges facing women in Madagascar first- hand and firmly believes in the incredible difference DOTD can make in these communities!

USA

Leneita is the Executive Director of the Reef Institute in Florida. Whilst growing up in the woods of New England, Leneita spent her summers on the coast of Maine, fuelling a curiosity for the ocean that has followed her into her adult life. For over two decades, this love of the sea was used to help students in under resourced neighbourhoods discover new avenues of education and exploration.

Leneita has over 23 years experience in the non-profit world working in strategic planning, direction and growth and has been inspired by the Reef Institute to be a part of the solution to save our ocean.

Leneita has welcomed the Daughters of the Deep movement into her work in Florida, extending the movement to inspire young women of the region into marine careers.

USA

Chad is the Founder of non-profit Conservation Diver and currently the Lead Coral Scientist at the Reef Institute.

He originally started the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program in 2007, and has developed many of the courses that Conservation Diver teaches.

Chad’s has deep knowledge of the ocean and passion to protect it, as well as empowering the next generation of action orientated conservationists.

Thailand

Kirsty is the Program Director at New Heaven Reef Conservation Program on the island of Koh Tao. She is also one of our Sisters of the Sea – check out her bio here

Australia – Victoria

Kate is one the founder members of Daughters of the Deep – check out her bio here

Kate is Head of Operations for Oceania. If you would like to know more about our work in the region, please contact her on: kate@daughtersofthedeep.org

Australia – Western Australia

Elle is one the founder members of Daughters of the Deep – check out her bio here

Elle is based out of the University of Western Australia in Perth.

Madagascar

Llewellyn is the Director of Operations at the Madagscar Research and Conservation Institute. He is implementing different initiatives to support women in the region, giving them the right to education and providing them with career opportunities within marine industries. Llewellyn is working with local community groups to assess the needs of local women and strategising how best to provide support.