He is a meta-connector specializing in bringing together activist and industry leaders around environmental issues. He spearheaded the Ocean Plastics Leadership Summit in May of 2019, which took 165 corporate and NGO leaders into the heart of the Atlantic Garbage Patch, leading to the creation of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (OPLN).

During a transformative two years traveling the world, Dave spent ten nights in a hut in the Amazon with no electricity or running water, which deepened his connection to the natural world. He then toured mountains of waste in India and confronted both the world’s (and his own) consumption habits head-on. After watching glaciers collapse into the sea, Dave had found his calling and began his work leading sustainability efforts.<pP

He works to galvanize the world’s leading organizations into taking immediate action on the planet’s most significant environmental crises.

Jason is an entrepreneurial marketer and operator with deep experience in public relations, product/service development, social media and content marketing. He believes in deep learning and is passionate about addressing environmental challenges through industry collaboration, education and accelerating action towards scalable solutions.

Jason is based in Marin County, California and spends as much of his time with his wife and three kids exploring the outdoors.

His first non-suburban confrontation with nature led him to become a rafting guide in Glacier, Montana, driving his deep love of the natural world and a passion to preserve it.

A seasoned entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years of expertise in operational strategy, sales, and finance, Rick was the founder and CEO of ELM Exchange, a multi-disciplinary educational platform operating in the healthcare sector. In 2016, Rick began the OPLN journey.