eXXpedition Core Team
Emily Penn
Co-Founder and Mission Director
Emily is Co-Founder and Director of eXXpedition. She has spent the last 8 years leading global expeditions – taking everyday individuals to the most remote parts of the planet, to connect with the challenges facing our ocean, primarily focusing on ocean plastics.
Janavi Kramer
Digital Content & Communications
Janavi is passionate about using visual storytelling to engage and inspire others and to spread awareness about the threats impacting our ocean. With experience working in events and media she supports the Director across communications projects and manages the social media platforms and community engagement for eXXpedition and SHiFT.
Outside of her role, Janavi is an ocean advocate and has channelled her energy into Ocean Art and Marine Scientific Illustration.
Emily Graham
Executive Assistant
Emily has years of experience across outdoor industry publishing and operations. She supports Emily Penn with eXXpedition, SHiFT and everything that Emily is involved in.
Larissa Clark
Communications Specialist
Larissa leads high impact PR, media and communications campaigns for mission-driven organisations through This Chapter PR. With a background in sustainable development and adventure travel she’s worked with eXXpedition since the beginning to drive awareness, action and powerful collaborations back on land.
eXXpedition Advisors
Lucy Gilliam
Co-founder and Advisor
Lucy is a professional changemaker with a Degree in Biology and Phd in Molecular Microbiology. Her career has spanned academia, government, grassroots activism and supranational policy making. Lucy has a life-long passion for tackling climate change and toxic pollution. Currently, she works for Brussels based NGO, Transport & Environment, tackling climate impacts and pollution from shipping and aviation. She has sailed on three eXXpedition voyages and continues to support the project as a technical advisor and ambassador for the cause.
Want to join our team?
eXXpedition is run by a small team, supported by passionate volunteers. Any available positions in our core team will be listed below. Please click on the role for more details.
- No open opportunities
If you don’t see a suitable role, but would like to volunteer, please email us on [email protected] with more information about your skills and areas of interest.
