John Slattery Joins Ocean Conservancy Campaign
The Mad Men actor was announced as the first actor to join Ocean Conservancy's Protect Where We Play campaign as a Team Ocean Captain.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in People
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Emmy-nominated actor John Slattery, best known for playing Roger Sterling in Mad Men, joined Ocean Conservancy's Protect Where We Play campaign as a Team Ocean Captain. The announcement was made at a New York City Climate Week event on September 24, 2025.
Why it matters
The campaign uses athletes, artists, and entertainers to encourage fans to support ocean conservation, and Slattery's involvement is intended to bring a new voice to the effort and extend its reach to entertainment audiences.
The announcement was made on September 24, 2025, at the annual Climate Week gathering in New York City. Details of Slattery's specific responsibilities and any measurable campaign outcomes were not disclosed in the source material.
The players
John Slattery
An Emmy-nominated American actor best known for his role as advertising executive Roger Sterling in the AMC drama Mad Men.
Ocean Conservancy
A nonprofit environmental organization focused on ocean conservation, which runs the Protect Where We Play campaign and executive-produced the documentary Kuleana.
The details
Ocean Conservancy announced that Slattery joined Protect Where We Play, a campaign that works with athletes, artists, and entertainers to encourage fans to support ocean conservation. The announcement was made at a New York City Climate Week event, where Ocean Conservancy also previewed the documentary Kuleana about Hawaii's ocean plastics crisis.
Timeline
September 24, 2025: Slattery's appointment announced at a New York City Climate Week event.
Market Landscape
Protect Where We Play has built a roster of Team Ocean Captains spanning professional sports and the performing arts, and adding an Emmy-nominated actor broadens that model into entertainment. The campaign's supporters include the Seattle Seahawks, the Cleveland Monsters, the United States SailGP Team, and Team USA Artistic Swimming.
Readers who follow Mad Men or Slattery's work may encounter his ocean conservation advocacy through the campaign's public-facing efforts. The campaign is aimed at encouraging fans to take action in support of ocean conservation.
The takeaway
Celebrity involvement can broaden the audience for environmental causes by bringing public figures' followings into conversations about ocean health. Readers interested in the issue can look to campaigns like Protect Where We Play as one way to engage with ocean conservation.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by The Times of India.
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