Luminaries 'Go Deep' For The Ocean And Raise Over $800,000 At The Second Annual Ocean Gala

December 9, 2016 Coco Zaza

*The Ocean Gala Committee and Sir Richard Branson. From left to right: Gigi Brisson, John Dill, Susi Mai, Bill Tai, Colette K Young, Sir Richard Branson, Daniela Colton and Maria Serafica-Stermer.*

The Second Annual Ocean Gala presented by MaiTai Global and OceanElders raised over $800,000 for ocean conservation efforts with special guests: Sir Richard Branson, Jackson Browne, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Bertrand Piccard, Bob Weir, Sean Stone, Jessica Stam, Rob Stewart, Gerry Lopez, Captain Don Walsh and Wade Davis...

Converse X Ocean Gala

November 28, 2016 Coco Zaza

Artists and Entrepreneurs come together to create one-of-a-kind Converse ‘Chucks’ and raise awareness for Ocean Conservation. Sir Richard Branson, Patrick Dempsey, Domingo Zapata, Emilio Perez, Dee & Ricky, Alison Mosshart, Andre Saraiva, Jose Pasillas, Uri Dotan, Leo Fitzpatrick, Sam Synder, to participate in creation of shoes auctioned off at The Ocean Gala.

MaiTai Necker Island X XTC 2015

February 10, 2015 Coco Zaza

There are holidays and then there are holidays.

This holiday was the latter. I spent a great deal of time thinking about how I was going to put the words together to try and explain my trip to you all, but the simple answer is- I would be grossly misrepresenting my holiday by slapping together words that could never depict the sparkle that it actually had.