Our Advisory Council

Stan Rowland

Stan Rowland is Chairman and President of Tetiaroa Society, an environmental NGO based on the atoll of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia. Tetiaroa Society sponsors scientific research on issues ranging from ocean acidification and coral bleaching to shark research and mosquito control, manages island and ocean conservation projects, and runs an educational program for local schoolchildren about sustainability, modern science, traditional wisdom and Polynesian culture.

Stan also works as an adviser to Pacific Beachcomber S.C., which owns and manages several operations in French Polynesia including The Brando resort on Tetiaroa which has established new standards in sustainability with deep sea water air conditioning, carbon neutral operations and innovative environmental programs that it seeks to promote world-wide.

Before focusing his work in French Polynesia, Stan was a partner in the San Francisco-based law firms Allen Matkins and Pillsbury and the Managing Partner of the Hong Kong offices of both Pillsbury and Thelen. Stan is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (Economics) and Cornell Law School.