Leadership Council

ALAN CHUNG

Alan is a serial entrepreneur with nearly thirty years’ experience creating software companies. He’s currently founder and CEO of Perka, a mobile loyalty app that helps businesses turn occasional visitors into loyal regulars. He was formerly the CEO of Zenbe, an email suite that reinvented web-based email, which was acquired by Facebook in 2010. Zenbe also produced a successful task list app, Zenbe Lists, one of the first 500 apps in the Apple app Store. Prior to Zenbe, Alan founded and led iAmaze to develop cutting edge Javascript applications. iAmaze was acquired by AOL in 2000. Alan has dual degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining the WildAid board, Alan and his wife, Buffy Redsecker, have been a long time supporters of WildAid. And they are both keen wildlife photographers. They both accompanied WildAid on its annual whale shark trip in 2011 and are excited to play a more active role with WildAid in the coming years.

STEVE MORGAN

Steve Morgan is a principal at AllianceBernstein. Steve works extensively with entrepreneurs and founders of early stage companies in advance of an exit. He has a particular focus on advanced wealth transfer and tax strategies. Steve has been a wildlife supporter for many years and joined the WildAid Board because it provides an extraordinary opportunity to impact the survival of many of our most iconic species. He holds a BA, cum laude, in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

MARY O'MALLEY

After earning an undergraduate degree in business administration and a graduate degree in international business studies, Mary O’Malley’s professional experience included market analysis, systems design, project management, large enterprise sales, and international sales management with responsibility for building and managing worldwide distribution networks. Since retiring from business in 2005, she dove with and photographed manta rays and over 30 different species of sharks throughout the world. Mary volunteers her time to shark and manta ray conservation, including acting as co-project lead for the Manta Ray of Hope project that addresses the urgent threat to manta and mobula rays. In this capacity, she co-wrote the WildAid/Shark Savers report, “The Global Threat to Manta and Mobula Rays,” was lead author of “The Direct Economic Impact of Manta Ray Watching Tourism,” which was published in the peer-reviewed PlosONE scientific journal. She also contributed to the drafting of the proposal to include both manta ray species on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as well as documents supporting legal protection for manta rays in their range countries. O’Malley has also worked on numerous shark conservation initiatives, including the Raja Ampat Shark and Ray Sanctuary, the I’m FINished with FINS campaign, protection for lemon, hammerhead and tiger sharks in Florida, and US state shark fin bans. She continues to actively support WildAid’s shark and manta ray programs. Mary previously served on the board of directors of Shark Savers, is an associate director of The Manta Trust, and serves on the steering committee for The Blue Book Building and Construction Network.

JASON OKAZAKI

Jason is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Assembly Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company developing innovative antiviral therapeutics targeting serious viral diseases, including high-recurrence genital herpes, transplant-related herpesviruses, chronic hepatitis delta virus infection and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Prior to joining Assembly, he served as Senior Vice President, Legal, and Assistant Secretary for Gilead Sciences, focusing on strategic transactions, corporate governance and SEC matters as well as heading the Asian and Latin American legal organizations. He started his career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, where he represented companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance matters. Jason received his B.A. from Stanford University and J.D. from U.C. Hastings College of the Law. He also serves on the board of the International League of Conservation Photographers, the advisory board of the Stanford Medicine Center for Asian Health Research and Education and a member of the Stanford LEAD Council. He and his wife, Marielena, are passionate photographers (both above and underwater) and conservationists who spend their free time exploring the world and working on Marielena’s travel, photography and conservation blog, Epic 7 Travel.

ELLIE PHIPPS PRICE

Ellie is an active supporter of many environmental, wildlife and animal welfare causes, but elephants have always had her heart. While working and traveling in Africa for a malaria prevention project, she became aware of the tragedy unfolding for elephants. She is dedicated to making a difference for wildlife by joining WildAid. An avid equestrian, Ellie lives in Sonoma and is the owner of Durell Vineyard and founder of Dunstan Wines. She attended the University of California at Berkeley.