Volunteers lend us a hand.

EMILY BERGLUND

Program Director

Emily’s mission is to enrich the long-term health and wellbeing of Earth and all its inhabitants by supporting environmental conservation movements worldwide.

In 2017 Emily graduated from UCSB with a multi-disciplinary background in economics and environmental science. In 2018, she  volunteered for the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales attending public meetings to represent the council’s interests in stopping the degradation of Kosciusko National Parks water resources. In the first half of 2019 she served with AmeriCorps, Montana Conservation Corps, and the United States Forest Service as a leader in conserving Custer Gallatin National Forest which borders the northern end of Yellowstone National Park. 

Emily is affectively applying her grant management, environmental policy, and  research skills to effectively guide organization expansion. She also serves as a mentor, assisting Hiers achieve their goal of reducing nutrient pollution on California’s coasts.

BRAD PEEBLER

CTO

Brad Peebler worked on products that started the desktop video revolution in the 90s and then started his own company in the early 2000s in the 3D graphics market. Today he directs a special projects group at Apple, Inc.

Brad has always been passionate about education and loves working with the youth of Heirs To Our Oceans, where he shares his expertise in VR creation, video editing, audio recording, photography, public speaking, and 3D graphics.

In 2016 Brad worked with the Heirs to produce a short VR film based on the poem “Swept Under the Waves”, the film went on to win Best Live Action Documentary at the 2017 Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.  At H2OO SEAL 2017 and 2018 he taught international groups of Heirs how to use GoPros, VR technology, and video editing software to make documentary films about human impacts on our oceans and waterways, so they could share their concerns and ideas with the world.