{"id":2711,"date":"2017-05-11T17:16:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2711"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:43:41","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2711","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTimes Board of Directors and Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Musgrave visiting Florida classroom, sharing secrets of the deep sea.<\/p><\/div>\n

WhaleTimes’ Board of Directors share their love and fascination of with the ocean through writing, researching, and teaching.<\/p>\n

RUTH A. MUSGRAVE,<\/strong> WhaleTimes Director: Ruth created WhaleTimes, Inc. in 1995 with a goal of connecting kids to the ocean. Today Ruth is still the driving force behind WhaleTimes’ creative team. In her usual unusual approach to science, WhaleTimes continues to achieve its goals of connecting kids with ocean animals, research, and the researchers while raising awareness of conservation issues through programs such the wildly popular Hagfish Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musgrave is also an award-winning\u00a0 nonfiction writer known for her \"\"<\/a>entertaining and creative approach. Ruth is the author of 65-plus children’s books. Her latest books include several in the fantastic DK Super Readers series such as BIOLUMINESCENT ANIMALS,\u00a0 DEEP-SEA CREATURES, GREAT WHITE SHARKS, and PREDATOR PREY.\u00a0 Her other books include BBC Earth Do You Know: UNDERWATER PREDATORS (Ladybird);\u00a0 MISSION SHARK RESCUE (National Geographic Children’s Books<\/em>) and EVERYTHING SHARKS (National Geographic Children’s Books). \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Musgrave is also the contributing writer for National Geographic Little Kids<\/em> Magazine<\/em> — an exciting magazine for 3 to 5 year olds.\u00a0 (www.ruthamusgrave.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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CHRISTY PETERSON:<\/strong> Christy Peterson helped create curriculum for Creep into the DEEPEND<\/a> and Journey into Midnight: Light and Life Below the Twilight Zone<\/a> (NOAA-OER). She is actively involved in participating in WhaleTimes programs such as school visits, teacher training \"\"<\/a>workshops, and special events like World Ocean’s Day at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Christy also writes nonfiction for children and young adults.\u00a0 Peterson has also written more than 30 books and articles for young readers, as well as \u201cNanoland,\u201d a museum exhibit for Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and resources for parents and teachers. Christy is the author of WhaleTimes’ first book in print, SEASONS IN THE SEA: A YEAR IN THE GULF OF ALASKA<\/a>.\u00a0 Peterson’s other books have earned starred reviews: INTO THE DEEP: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE QUEST TO SAVE THE OCEAN (April 2020) from Twenty First Century Books received a starred review from School Library Journal, as well as positive feedback from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist. EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: STANDING UP FOR EARTH! (March 2020) also published by Twenty First Century Books earned a starred review from Kirkus, as well as buzz from School Library Journal and Booklist.\u00a0 Her latest book, SEASONS IN THE SEA:\u00a0 A YEAR IN THE GULF OF ALASKA is a WhaleTimes Publication that highlights the research of Dr. Petra Lenz (University of Hawaii-Manoa). (www.christypeterson.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Marsh Myers<\/strong> is an educator, remote content creator, writer, artist, \"\"<\/a>videographer, photographer, and social media expert based out of Corvallis, Oregon.
\nMarsh has extensive experience working with non-profit areas of public education, community outreach, and conservation. He has had the honor to work with such prestigious organizations at the Arizona-Sonora
\nDesert Museum, Humane Society of Southern Arizona, Animal Cruelty Taskforce of Southern Arizona, and Oregon Coast Aquarium.\u00a0 Marsh was the innovator and administrator of the aquarium\u2019s Oceanscape Network (www.oceanscape-aquarium.org), a distance-learning platform for teens and young adults. Under his supervision, Oceanscape partnered with WhaleTimes, Inc., on numerous projects including a year-long public awareness program about the vaquita.
\nMarsh is the author of many fantastic young adult novels including HIS LIFE ABIDING (2013), THE MEN IN THE TREES (2014),\u00a0 MY SUMMER (WITH ROBOTS) (2018) and a historical memoir entitled THE RIVER YEARS: A MEMOIR FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF LEE’S FERRY (2022). His third book in the Quinton’s Curious Mind Series<\/em>, MY SUMMER (AND THE SONG OF CICADAS) is out now!\u00a0 (https:\/\/www.marshmyers.com\/)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>WhaleTimes’ newest team member, Teresa Klepinger, <\/strong>is an author and educator. She wrote the mini-books and fact sheets for Discovering Deep-Sea Coral Virtual Research Mission. And recently visited schools in Florida \u00a0 and Hawaii to share the same exciting research. Teresa is the author of fourteen animal science nonfiction picture books, including the ten volume Animal Showdowns<\/em> series. Tereesa is also the author of two writing prompt books to help teachers jumpstart their students’ storytelling imaginations.<\/p>\n

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Our amazing artist, Paul J. Lopez, helps create beautiful fact sheets and books. Paul followed his childhood love of nature and marine life into a career as an artist and illustrator. His creativity, talent, and skill have produced projects ranging from
\nposters, picture books, resources for teachers, and wildlife paintings. He happily lives inSan Diego with his wife and two daughters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WhaleTimes’ Board of Directors share their love and fascination of with the ocean through writing, researching, and teaching. RUTH A. MUSGRAVE, WhaleTimes Director: Ruth created WhaleTimes, Inc. in 1995 with a goal of connecting kids to the ocean. Today Ruth is still the driving force behind WhaleTimes’ creative team. In her usual unusual approach to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4275,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2711\/revisions\/4275"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}