| Management Team
 David Jourdan, President
Mr. Jourdan is the founder and president of Nauticos LLC, a company devoted to the exploration of the deep oceans. His career has concentrated in the areas of deep ocean remote sensing, underwater navigation, and ocean technology development. He has served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, as a physicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and for over 17 years as the leader of Nauticos.
Nauticos conducts ocean search and survey operations in support of scientific, archaeological, and military programs. Mr. Jourdan has played a key role in the development of the company's renavigation process, a major reason that Nauticos has been successful in deep ocean explorations. Key projects include the successful search for the I-52, a WWII Japanese submarine found in the mid Atlantic at a depth of 17,000 feet; discovery of the DAKAR, an Israeli submarine found in the Mediterranean at a depth of 10,000 feet; and discovery of a 2,300-year-old Greek trading vessel nearly two miles beneath the Mediterranean.
In 1999 Mr. Jourdan was honored as Maryland's Small Business Person
of the Year and awarded Ernest and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year
in Science and Technology.
 Dr. Sylvia Earle, President Emeritus
Dr. Earle is one of the most internationally famous scientists of the sea. She led the critical advances in the Women in the Sea Programs and the development of deep, non-military submersibles, diving suits, and unmanned vehicles. She continues to be a leader and visionary in oceanographic environmental conservation and preservation and plays a vigorous international role in environmentally sustainable development of ocean resources.
Since 1998, Dr. Earle has been the National Geographic Society
explorer-in-residence. She also serves as project director of the
Sustainable Seas Expeditions — a five-year project of the
National Geographic Society and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. Dr. Earle was honored as one of the Ford Motor Company's
Heroes for the Planet in 2000 and was named by Discover Magazine
as one of the 50 most important women in science in 2002.
 Dr. John P. Craven, Chief Science Advisor
Dr. Craven brings to the team more than 40 years of experience in the innovation, development, design, construction, and operational deployment of major oceanic systems and technology worldwide. With a Ph.D. in ocean engineering, he served as a troubleshooting scientist/technologist with the United States Navy (USN) and has at-sea experience with minesweeping and the development of the submarines Albacore, Nautilus, and Sea Wolf. He received two distinguished Civilian Service Awards from the USN in connection with these developments.
Dr. Craven served as chief scientist of the Navy Special Projects Office for the development of the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine System. In the aftermath of the loss of the submarine Thresher he was chosen to be the project manager of the USN Deep Submergence Program. He was responsible for the direction and management of the USN Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, the NR-1 nuclear powered research submersible, Sea Labs II and III, the initial suite of intelligence submarines, and the USN Large Object Salvage System.
Upon completion of these assignments he turned his attention to civilian applications of ocean technology and came to Hawai'i as dean of marine programs at the University of Hawai'i and marine affairs coordinator of the State of Hawai'i. In the latter capacity he was instrumental in the establishment of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i (NELHA), the initiation of Mini-OTEC, and the development and initial operation of the Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory. As an attorney, Dr. Craven was also managing director of the International Law of the Sea Institute. In 1991 he founded the Common Heritage Corporation.
 Randall
K. Schmitt, Chief Counsel
A partner in the Honolulu law firm McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon,
Randall K. Schmitt has extensive credentials in ocean engineering,
maritime law, and international affairs. He was appointed to the
United States Naval Academy by US Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii and
graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of science degree in Ocean Engineering.
Following active service in the US Navy, Mr. Schmitt entered the
William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii
where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review for
two years.
Following his law school graduation in 1984, Mr. Schmitt began
practicing law in Honolulu with concentration in the areas of construction
litigation, admiralty and maritime matters, insurance defense, commercial
litigation, technology, and products liability. Because of his background
as an engineer, he has worked on a wide variety of construction
litigation and product liability matters.
Mr. Schmitt served as a Captain in the US Naval Reserve Judge Advocate
General’s Corps and for 12 years was counsel to the Commander-in-Chief
Pacific regarding Law of the Sea and International Legal Affairs.
He recently retired with the rank of Commander. Following his representation
of entities involved in the development and commercial marketing
of ocean resources, energy (OTEC, wave energy, sea water cooling,
etc.) and aquaculture enterprises, Mr. Schmitt received the Ocean
Service Award from the Pacific Congress for Science and Technology
in 1997.
 Ke Kai Kealoha-Stephens, Project Manager
Ms. Kealoha-Stephens brings to CHC a cross-section of knowledge and experience in the construction, marketing, and real estate arenas. She has extensive experience in project planning, interpersonal development, and organizational development. Prior to joining CHC, she served as assistant director of operations for Centerline Erectors, Inc., in San Dimas, California, and was vice president and director of operations of construction management for ML Corporation. Previous positions include that of senior account executive and director of management training for Lordon Management, a property management firm in Covina, California, and senior account executive for Loomis & Pollock, an advertising firm in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ms. Kealoha-Stephens has managed multi-million dollar material handling and construction defect restoration projects, including supervision of the installation of storage systems for the Volkswagen of America new parts and accessories distribution centers in Ontario, California, Fort Worth, Texas, Cranberry, New Jersey, and Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. In addition, she was the project manager for a two-year job, which replaced foundations, structures, roofs, electrical, plumbing and landscaping defects for 250 single-family homes in Pomona, California.
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