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| Year | Scientist | Where now? |
| 2024 | Mary McElroy | Postdoc |
| 2024 | Ignacia Rivera | Postdoc |
| 2024 | Julia Lawson | Postdoc |
| 2024 | Stephen Whitaker | Marine Ecologist | Channel Islands National Park |
| 2023 | Phoebe Racine | Project Director | TNC California |
| 2023 | Erin Winslow | Knaus Marine Policy Fellow | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| 2022 | Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez | Postdoc | Stanford University |
| 2022 | Karly Miller | Lecturer | UC Santa Barbara |
| 2021 | Jade Sainz | Research Scientist Scholar | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2021 | Jessica Couture | Postdoc | Conservation International |
| 2020 | Alexa Fredston-Hermann | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Cruz |
| 2020 | Molly Wilson | Lead Scientist | Elkhorn Marine Conservancy |
| 2019 | Owen Liu | Postdoc | NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
| 2018 | Dan Ovando | Senior Quantitative Scientist | IATTC |
| 2018 | April Ridlon | Director of Science | Monterey Bay Aquarium |
| 2018 | Nick Schooler | Researcher & Adjunct Professor | Ventura College |
| 2018 | Daniel Viana | Postdoc | Harvard University |
| 2017 | Eréndira Aceves Bueno | Assistant Professor | University of Washington |
| 2017 | Becca Gentry | Postdoc | Florida State University |
| 2017 | Becky Twohey | Vice President | KERAMIDA Inc. |
| 2016 | Lindsey Peavey | Project Coordinator | NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries |
| 2016 | Sarah Teck | Postdoc | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California |
| 2016 | Darcy Bradley | Co-Director | UC Santa Barbara |
| 2016 | Jorge Cornejo-Donoso | Marine Science Head | IFOP |
| 2016 | Kathryn Davis | Research Scientist | UC Santa Barbara |
| 2016 | Peter Carlson | Associate Specialist | UC Santa Barbara |
| 2015 | Laura Dee | Assistant Professor | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2015 | Ashley Larsen | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Barbara |
| 2015 | Becca Selden | Assistant Professor | Wellesley College |
| 2013 | Shaun Walbridge | Oceans Engineer | ESRI |
| 2013 | Lisa Needles | Lecturer | California Polytechnic State University |
| 2013 | Katherine Emery (co-chair) | Executive Director | Santa Barbara Audubon Society |
| 2012 | Stephen Gosnell | Associate Professor | Baruch College |
| 2012 | Kristin Carden | Associate Director | COMPASS |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Hoaglund | Biologist & Educator | France |
| 2009 | Robin Pelc (co-chair) | Marine Scientist | California State University, Monterey |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Madin (co-chair) | NSF CAREER Fellow | University of Hawaii |
| 2007 | Sarah Lester | Associate Professor | Florida State University |
| 2007 | Brian Kinlan (deceased) | Marine Spatial Ecologist | NOAA |
| 2006 | Katherine Smith | Associate Dean of Biology | Brown University |
| 2005 | Michael Behrens | Chair – Biology Department | Pacific Lutheran University |
| 2005 | Kim Selkoe | Co-Founder & CEO | Get Hooked Seafood |
| 2004 | Bernardo Broitman | Full Professor | Universidad Adolfo Ibañez |
| 2004 | Julie Kellner | Principal Investigator | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| 2002 | Danielle Zacherl | Associate Professor | California State University Fullerton |
| 2002 | Nicole Phillips | Senior Lecturer | Wellington University |
| 2001 | Carol Thornber | Professor | University of Rhode Island |
| 2001 | Rafe Sagarin (deceased) | Duke University |
| 1999 | Andrew Brooks | Project Scientist | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1999 | Ginny Eckert | Professor | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| 1996 | Sally Hacker | Professor | Oregon State University |
| 1994 | Patricia Halpin | Lecturer | UCLA |
| 1994 | Alice Brown | Mentoring Coordinator | Shelburne Community School |