Staff
Leadership
Wes Sechrest, Ph.D. - CEO and Board Chair
Penny Langhammer, Ph.D. - Executive Vice President
Russell Mittermeier, Ph.D. - Chief Conservation Officer
Alejandro Quintero - Chief Operating Officer
Robin D. Moore, Ph.D. - Vice President of Communications & Marketing
Laura Stewart - Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships
Field and Science Programs
Barney Long, Ph.D. - Senior Director of Conservation Strategies
Nina Paige Hadley - Senior Director of Guardians
Peter Paul van Dijk, Ph.D. - Senior Director, Wildlife Trade
Jenny Daltry, Ph.D, F.RG.S. - Caribbean Alliance Director
Chris Jordan, Ph.D. - Latin America Director
Karl Campbell - Director of Latin American Islands
Matt Foster - Director of Conservation Priorities
Jeff Holland - Director of Conservation Breeding
Dirck Byler - Ape Conservation Director and Rapid Rescue Fund Director
Anthony Rylands, Ph.D. - Primate Conservation Director
Mary Brown - Senior Manager of Africa Program and Conservation Partnerships
Jennifer Luedtke Swandby - Manager of Species Partnerships
Andrew Snyder, Ph.D. - Key Biodiversity Area Coordinator
Carrie Stengel - Data and Metrics Manager
Lina M. Valencia, Ph.D. - Andean Countries Coordinator
Mike Appleton - Director of Protected Area Management
Kelsey Neam - Species Priorities and Metrics Coordinator
Andrew Tilker - Species Conservation Coordinator
Harmony Patricio, Ph.D. - Freshwater Fish Conservation Program Manager
Jim Sanderson, Ph.D. - Program Manager of Wild Cat Conservation
James Slade - Wildlife Crime Prevention Officer
Genevieve Campbell - Senior Associate
Patricia Leon - Bezos Earth Fund / Re: wild Program Manager for Eastern Tropical Pacific
Byron Swift - Senior Advisor to Wildlands
Rodrigo Medeiros, Ph.D. - Senior Brazil Lead
Esteban Brenes-Mora - Senior Mesoamerica Associate
Tatyana Humle, Ph.D. - Senior Associate
Joaquin Carrizosa, Ph.D. - Andean Countries Officer – Colombia
Christina Biggs - Lost Species Officer
Tobias Garstecki, Ph.D. - Director of Protected Area Planning and Management
Minnie Degawan - Director, Kawari Fund
Ana María González - Peru Program Officer
Maegan Fitzgerald Ph.D. - Ape Conservation and Rapid RESCUE Fund Coordinator / Senior Researcher for ARRC Task Force
Ashley Brooks, Ph.D. - Asia Director
Tim Davenport, Ph.D. - Africa Director
Janice Chanson - Senior Associate, Amphibian and Australian Conservation
Justin Springer - Caribbean Program Officer
Padu Franco - Bezos Earth Fund Program Manager for the Tropical Andes
Mark Burget - Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Claudia Rosa - Brazil Program Coordinator
Alicia Lopez - Kawari Fund Manager
Marketing and Communications
Carrie Hutchison - Director of Marketing and Brand
Arnelle Lozada - Sr. Manager, Digital Media: Content and Influencer Marketing
Lindsay Renick Mayer - Director of Communications
Devin Murphy - Senior Communications Specialist
Milo Putnam - Communications Specialist
Kyrsten Stringer - Brand Content Manager
Diana Whitcroft - Social Media Manager
Operations
Reagan Steppe - Director of Finance
Laura J. Kay - Director of Outreach and Events
Ella Outlaw - Executive Assistant
Jill Lucena - Office Manager
Ana Denman - Operations Assistant
Jessica Argubright - Operations Associate
Sunni Fass - Director of Awards Administration and Partner Success
Rowena Madavaram - Awards Associate
Kelsey Tatum - Director of Development Operations
Elisha Mauck - Executive Assistant