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Project Personnel
Jeff Pantukhoff - President & Founder
Jeff Pantukhoff is an international award-winning marine life filmmaker and photographer, a whale researcher, and the President & Founder of The Whaleman Foundation. Jeff’s film credits include IMAX’s “Into the Deep”, Discovery Channel’s “The Ocean Acrobats”, PBS’s “Secrets of the Ocean Realm”, CBS’s “Survivor”, "Whale Dreamers”, and the academy award winning documentary film “The Cove”.
Hayden Panettiere - International Spokesperson
Hayden Panettiere is an actress and activist. Born in Palisades, New York, Hayden began her acting career at the very young age of 11 months appearing in a Playschool commercial. Since, she has appeared in over 20 feature films including "Remember the Titans, "Message in a Bottle", "A Bug's Life" and Racing Stripes. Hayden currently stars as cheerleader "Claire Bennet" on the hit TV show Heroes.
Dr. Roger Payne - Science Advisor
Dr. Roger Payne has been studying whales for over 40 years. He is best known for his discovery with Scott McVay that humpback whales sing songs and for his theory that the sounds of fin and blue whales can be heard across oceans. He has studied the behavior of whales since 1967 and is founder and President of the Ocean Alliance. His BA degree is from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. from Cornell.