Carlos Yaipen-Llanos, DVM
President, Science & Animal Welfare Director
Dixie Belcher
Vice-president, Ocean Beat Project Director
Elena Romero-Rojas
Treasurer
Silvia Kantor-Palant
Secretary General, Communications & PR Director
Marisol Alegre
Assembly Representant, Life Support & Facilities Director
Patricia Flowers
Education Director & Rescue Supervisor
Susana Alegre
International Participation Programs
Coordinator
Nicolas Rafael
Rescue & Animal Welfare Coordinator
Thomas Flowers
Volunteers & Interns Supervisor
CURRENT
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHERS:
Angela Plüss
(Switzerland)
Researcher for Veterinary Science
Claire Stepchew
(United States)
Researcher for Marine Biology
Mariah Matias
(United States)
Researcher for Ecology & Stellite Mapping
Marisol Dominguez-Orantes
(Mexico)
Researcher for Public Health
Narda Nava-Villanueva
(Peru)
Researcher for Strandings
Kaci Kruglewicz
(United States)
Researcher for Ethology
Mariana Sa Silva (Portugal)
Researcher for Veterinary Science
Morgan Dansby
(United States)
Researcher for Acoustics and Behavior
Piero Vidalon
(Peru)
Researcher for Dolphins and Human Impact
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM:
Interns - Prom of 2024
Stella Rengifo Espa
(Spain)
Universidad de Alicante - Marine Sciences.
Akasha Burguess
(United States)
Washington State University - Marine Biology.
Holly Heywood
(United Kingdom)
University of Leeds - Social Sciences.
Maria Alejandra Castro Diaz
(Colombia)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Veterinary Medicine.
Lou-Charlotte Gublin
(France)
Ecole Veterinaire d'Alfort (ENVA) Paris - Veterinary Medicine.
Penelope Danon
(France)
Ecole Veterinaire d'Alfort (ENVA) Paris - Veterinary Medicine.
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS 2024:
Amy Dinneen (Ireland)
Daniel De Wildt (United Kingdom)
LONG TERM VOLUNTEERS:
Nathan Flowers -
Animal Welfare Dpt.
Oliver Roca -
Animal Welfare Dpt.
Roberto Sampaio -
Animal Welfare Dpt.
Milena Solis - Animal
Welfare Dpt.
Andrea Garcia -
Animal Welfare Dpt.
Ursula Úbilluz -
Animal Welfare Dpt.
Camila Castro
- Animal Welfare Dpt.
Carla Arosquipa
- Animal Welfare Dpt.
Atena Rubini
- Animal Welfare Dpt.
TEMPORARY
SUPPORT PERSONNEL:
ORCA BETA Pod: Animal Welfare volunteers
specially dedicated to the handling,
care and assistance of the patients
admitted for rehabilitation. As a local
team, these group of volunteers work
together to bring the animals back to
health, and each one is efficiently
trained in the different protocols to assist animals according to the type of
affection and the severity of the case.
ORCA GAMMA Pod:
International Interns and Volunteers participating from around the world and joining us in Peru to get academic training and to actively participate in our research, rescue and conservation programs through first-hand experiences getting directly involved with research in the field, emergencies, and ocean activism.
ORCA "J" Pod:
The group
of ORCA Junior volunteers enrolled to participate in
education and
animal welfare activities every season,
under the authorization of their parents
and enrolled directly through a
partnership with the High School.
ORCA
"Rescue, Education, Science and
Conservation Saving Marine Life in
the Eastern South Pacific"
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