The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Capital Campaign Leadership Committee is a group of influential individuals, prominent public figures, and community leaders who aid the Steering Committee to obtain private funding for the Sanctuary Exploration Center project in Santa Cruz, CA.

Members of the Leadership Committee (as of 9/17/09):

Ted J. Balestreri, CEO - Cannery Row Company
Charles Canfield, CEO - Santa Cruz Seaside Company
Ceil Cirillo, Director (retired) – City of Santa Cruz Re-Development
Dan Haifley, Executive Director, O'Neill Sea Odyssey
Tom Honig, Sr. Executive, Armanasco Public Relations
Frans Lanting, National Geographic Wildlife Photographer - The Frans Lanting Studio
Cynthia Mathews, Mayor – City of Santa Cruz
Harriet Mitteldorf, President – Vital Spark Foundation
Bob Talbot, Acclaimed Film Producer - Talbot Productions
Jim Weisenstein, CEO – Graystone Consulting

The success of the Capital Campaign Leadership Committee will be judged solely on achieving the campaign goal of $3 million over the next 18 months. These monies will be used for the design, development and construction of the exhibits at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center to be located in Santa Cruz, CA.