Joshua is an engineer, entrepreneur, athlete, and visionary leader.

He is a founding member of Global Renewable Energy Systems (GRES), a cleantech startup focused on the development of renewable energy projects around the world. Proficient in Spanish, Joshua has led internal teams, cultivated strategic partners, and helped transition the company from technology incubation to commercial-ready project development. As a result, GRES was acquired by a multi-sector holding company in early 2011.

Before joining GRES fulltime, Joshua worked in both an engineering and managerial capacity under an R&D group at Northrop Grumman. Focused on UAV development, he steered projects from in-house conceptual design to airborne flight testing. He was also the Co-founder of TheGreekLife.com, a niche social networking website that serviced the Greek System present in numerous college campuses across the country.

In May of 2011, Joshua was conferred a Certificate in Civic Leadership from Leadership Manhattan Beach. After completing a yearlong development program, he spearheaded a wellness initiative alongside Healthways Vitality City and led a team to design and install over 45 new bike racks throughout the City of Manhattan Beach – more than doubling its current capacity. Recognized for his outstanding achievement and leadership, Joshua was awarded laurels by California State Senator Ted W. Lieu, California State Assemblymember Betsy Butler, County of Los Angeles Board Supervisor Don Knabe, and Manhattan Beach Mayor Richard P. Montgomery.

Joshua is also an active member of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, a graduate of the Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program, and a founding member of the RVLDP Advisory Board on which he currently serves. Joshua received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He reads extensively about thought leadership and the venture capital and social venture landscapes. Joshua enjoys traveling, diving, cinema, health & fitness, and the opportunity to invoke meaningful and sustainable change. He is passionate about the environment and committed to saving our reefs and oceans.

Dr. Craig Shuman began working with Reef Check while he was a graduate student at UCLA where he focused his research on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the marine aquarium trade in the Philippines.  Following the completion of his degree, Craig joined Heal the Bay to work on marine science and policy issues in southern California.  After several years at Heal the Bay, Craig returned to Reef Check to develop the Reef Check California Program, affording him the opportunity to regularly dive along California’s spectacular coastline and interact with Reef Check’s highly dedicated volunteers.  Craig is a founding partner of Strategic Earth Consulting and currently serves as the Marine Advisor to the California Fish and Game Commission.  He has been a Reef Check Board member since 2002.

Eric Swenson has worked in sales, management, training and marketing for 25 years.

His firm, RSJ/Swenson, works with businesses throughout the United States and Canada to develop talent, train and improve management through consulting, speaking, teaching and writing.

He has applied this knowledge and the lessons learned as a business owner into two books - "Managing People in the 21st Century" (2004) and - coming in 2010 - "The Destination Employer," co-authored with reknowned ethicist Michael Josephson.

He was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Arcadia. In 1979, he was honored with the Eagle Scout award from the Boy Scouts of America. He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where he was Student Body President at the College of the Pacific. He has served on the boards of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Auxilliary), and the Los Angeles Opera League. He is a Past President of the Jonathan Club.

Other than his family and work, Eric's passion is the environment. He spent his formative summers at the beach and on the ocean and thus has a strong and life-long commitment to saving and sustaining marine life throughout the world.