The apex of the Shark Angels ecosystem, Jamie keeps the team swimming. She supervises all aspects of the organization from campaigning to fundraising to managing staff. Her background is in advertising & marketing, graphic design and advocacy. She has empowered children and adults worldwide to care about sharks. Jamie Pollack is an avid and passionate SCUBA diver for over 30 years now. Besides loving to travel and scuba dive, she truly enjoys taking pictures underwater. She also enjoys good coffee, dark chocolate and yes ice cream!

The original Shark Angel. An amazing free diver and passionate shark advocate, her enthusiasm is contagious. Putting her marketing and media skills to work for sharks, she’s the brain behind Fin Free, Shark Free, Remove the Nets, Say No to Shark Fin and several other global campaigns. Her love for sharks began at an early age when she went SCUBA diving with her dad. Seeing Sharkwater was the catalyst for her to create Shark Angels to help save these amazing animals. Few people leave successful careers to pursue a passion for the planet.

Our resident “Shark Nerd”. Responsible for managing events, advocacy programs and random shark facts. She loves talking sharks and her knowledge of these toothy creatures exceeds the deepest dive of a whale shark (6,000 feet!). Her recent presentation about Sharks and Sex will have you chomping at the bait for more. Go ahead – ask her anything!

Hank is a visionary architect, artist and author with a unique character and calming demeanor focused on the inspirational and humane aspects of design. 30 years of experience as the Principal Architect and lead designer in the Park City area. Hank has been principal of 15.15 Architects and Form Fifteen. He was a biennial visiting studio critic at the University of Utah until founding the DesignBuildBluff program in 2000, which teaches graduate students of architecture design/build, empathetic, team, and sustainability skills, among others. He is an avid diver, loves to travel and never misses a our shark conservation trips.

Liz is an expert free diver, athlete, and stuntwoman. Having spent countless hours in the ocean with sharks, she wants to use her firsthand knowledge to challenge the misinformation surrounding these beautiful animals. Liz worked as a Dive Instructor around the world before moving to the Bahamas to work at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, where she gained experience in film, television, and conservation. She now resides in Los Angeles, California, working as a Stunt Woman. Liz has participated in water-themed films like Avatar: The Way of Water, Wakanda Forever, and Thai Cave Rescue. Water has played a key role in her life, leading to many adventures and connections.

Troy is an experienced investment professional with over 25-years of managing institutional and retail client assets. He is an expert in public company valuation, financial modeling, in-depth due diligence and product development. Further skilled in marketing and client service, Dayton helped raise over $2B in client assets for his predecessor companies. Troy’s goal is to bring his love of sharks and diving to the world of finance.

Marc is a recognized leader in the dive industry and an ardent shark advocate whose career has spanned two decades.  Having a passion for all things water related, he is active in progressing ocean conservation initiatives with a focus on developing the next generation of industry leaders.  He is the Executive Vice President of Palau Sea Ventures as well as the Director of the Sales and Marketing at Sam’s Tours, a position he has held since arriving in Palau in 2008. In this capacity, he oversees a global network of over 95 partners and multiple sales offices. Turning his passion into a business, Marc has worked on numerous television and film documentaries before turning his focus to the business side of the diving industry.  He is an entrepreneur/investor and involved in a host of other dive-related investments.

Steve developed a love for the ocean and surfing growing up in Southern California. He’s a retired Executive at Paramount Pictures. In 2017, he earned his Open Water certification and began exploring the world of diving. His passion for the ocean deepened after a Shark Angels trip to Tiger Beach in the Bahamas in 2023, where he encountered tiger sharks and hammerheads. He is excited to join shark angels board and contribute to its growth and evolution.

Todd grew up vacationing on the west coast of Canada, where his love of the ocean and environment started to grow. After watching Jaws as a child, he fell in love with sharks and has been fascinated with them ever since. Being land locked in Canada his education took him in the direction of environmental sciences where he still can make an impact on the environment. He has been scuba diving all over the world for the last 13 years, and some of his highlights include: white sharks in Guadalupe, oceanic white tips in the Red Sea, and whale sharks in the Maldives. Having returned earlier this year from a trip to the Philippines and not seeing any sharks he felt it was time to let his voice be heard. He watched an Ocean Story on Liz Parkinson where she welcomed people to reach out to her which he did. She got him connected with Shark Angels. Now its time to make a splash on shark conservation.

Her diving started in 2008 and has had a lifelong fascination and love for sharks. She did every report she could on sharks throughout school. Michelle started her diving career mainly out of Wilmington North Carolina, where she has spent every summer diving with the sand tiger sharks, and an occasional sandbar shark. What started out as a bucket list item to get certified and go to the Caribbean once, has turned into Michelle’s passion. Michelle is a PADI Divemaster.  Her day job is as an attorney who specializes in Social Security Disability, but she’s also worked in criminal law, both in NC and CA. She has a certificate in Entertainment Law: Business and Legal Affairs from UCLA and hopes to be involved in some creative content combining her love of sharks and the ocean, in order to bring more awareness of conservation.

Passionate SCUBA and shark diver. A wicked and true Bostonian. You’ll hear her a mile away, usually chatting about sharks but always making people laugh and smile. She’s great at finding interesting & informative posts to engage and educate our followers. Jodi loves to educate people about how they can help sharks.