The Founder, Executive Director

Martin Armstrong, Landscape Architect

Marty created myOCEAN in 1998 after an extended period of time in the Sacramento area of California and witnessing the effects of an El Nino winter on the San Francisco Bay. One of the largest watersheds in California had dumped thousands of tons of unnatural debris throughout the Bay and subsequently into the Pacific Ocean, hindering spawning for an already depleated salmon fishery and inhibiting restoration projects throughout the region. As a landscape architect and permanent California resident, he knew this progression needed drastic change. Thus began myOCEAN, a network of volunteers with expertise ranging from farmers to civil engineers and from urbans planners to marine biologists. Every microsytem within the watershed has a volunteer specialist capable of analyzing a problematic situation and providing a solution to restore it back to a more natural, sustainable state.

Board of Directors

Brad Pollock, PE

Brad is a native Californian residing in the Bay area and enjoys the Big Blue when he's not too busy with his family and his professional endeavors as a Civil Engineer.

Clint Crowell, Geologist

Clint has developed and managed fortune 500 businesses and has become an avid educational expert traveling throughout the backcountry of Colorado and California studying the vast ecosystems.

Jason Stetler, Landscape Architect

Jason Stetler Jason was born and raised in Ventura and has known the Scarlett family since he was a child. He graduated from Buena HS and Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Landscape Architecture. Jason has worked for various Landscape Architecture firms in the Ventura area. Jason joined the team at Scarlett’s Landscape, Inc in April 2010 after freelancing for Scarlett’s for years. He’s a Licensed Landscape Architect and takes creative credit for most all of the projects they complete. Jason is married to his college sweetheart Carmel and lives in Ventura with his son Jackson and daughter Olivia.

Instructors

John James Audubon, Environmentalist

JJ has become an integral part of the myOCEAN team. His legacy as the founding father of environmentalism speaks for itself and his lifetime of journies exploring nature...are what we want to teach our next generation.

Jacques Cousteau, Marine Biologist

Dr Cousteau, aka Mr Deep Blue, brought ocean protection to the world aboard his vessel the Calypso. One of the most notable underwater explorers who spent more hours under the water's surface than above...at least it appeared that way.

John Muir, Naturalist

John went on so many hikes, his trails left behind created the largest network of systems in the Sierras and established himself as the savior of such places as Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park...quite the legacy for simply going out for a walk!!

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