Who is Windy McGill from Songs of the Humpback Whale and what is their importance?

Windy McGill is a marine biologist for the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Windy is a colleague of Oliver Jones who gladly enlists Oliver's help in the rescue of Mable a humpback whale beached near Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graciously gives all the credit for the rescue to Oliver allowing Oliver to make his appeal to his wife and child through the media.