Jeanne Everett is Director of Programs and Operations of the Oceania Collective for OneReef, a program to scale indigenous community driven ocean stewardship across the Pacific. Prior to joining OneReef, Jeanne directed the Blue Climate Initiative, a global program that originated out of French Polynesia accelerating ocean-based solutions to climate change while protecting the ocean and engaging in policy advocacy.
Jeanne has civil engineering and MBA degrees, with 20 years’ experience in community development, environmental stewardship and advocacy, infrastructure, climate change, economic and rural development living and working in over 15 countries in 5 continents.