Raul Figueroa was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he grew up working on the 15-acre family coffee farm that his father bought to “make sure we would never grow too far away from the land.” He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. While in college he receivedContinue reading “Raul Figueroa”
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Maria Basilico
Born in Argentina. Maria Basilico graduated as a translator from the University of Buenos Aires and lived in the United States and Canada for six years. When she returned to Argentina, Maria worked as a translator and in the Human Resources department of a legal firm. She completed postgraduate studies on Civil Society and Non-ProfitContinue reading “Maria Basilico”
Yingyi Zhang
Yingyi is a conservation biologist in Fauna and Flora International (FFI) specializing in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management of protected areas in southern China. She has been working in this area for 7 years, having established a wide network of collaborators and partners ranging from local NGOs, government agencies and institutes to central governmentContinue reading “Yingyi Zhang”
John Willmer
John is currently employed as a policy analyst for the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council (SeaFIC) covering a broad sustainable development portfolio comprising fisheries and aquaculture management, environmental policy and industry development. John’s role sees him working with a wide range of industry interests and external stakeholders, including government and environmental NGOs on strategic andContinue reading “John Willmer”
Wendy Wempe
On paper, Wendy is a hydrogeophysicist, however, she is also an adjunct professor teaching Groundwater Law and Hydrology in the law schools at the University of Colorado and Denver University. She is the founder of Hydro Info, a consulting company that provides public short courses and in-house training programs to water and environmental lawyers, policyContinue reading “Wendy Wempe”
Maria Teresa Vargas
Maria Teresa Vargas has a Masters in Forest Policy from Yale University and a Masters in International Relations from Costa Rica´s National University. Teresa grew up in the city of Santa Cruz where she worked for 10 years as a journalist and environmental activist. Teresa has worked with the Center for International Forestry Research andContinue reading “Maria Teresa Vargas”
Yusuf Petenya
Yusuf is a community-based conservationist working at the grassroots level in East Africa. He has been to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Tanzania advocating for the same. He specializes in Community-Based Natural Resource Management with an emphasis on wildlife conservation and ecotourism as a means of diversifying the economic resource base of the ruralContinue reading “Yusuf Petenya”
Scott McCaulou
Scott is a Senior Program Officer at the Deschutes River Conservancy (DRC) in Bend, Oregon. His work focuses on restoring streamflows in the Deschutes River and its tributaries by implementing market-based, incentive-oriented transactions with irrigation districts and private landowners that reallocate water rights to instream uses. Scott has been with the DRC for six yearsContinue reading “Scott McCaulou”
Katie McCann
Katie McCann serves as a Program Associate for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. She works on some of the Foundation’s environmental grant investigation efforts. A New England native, Katie was born in New York City and grew up in Providence, RI. She attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges, earning a degree in psychology withContinue reading “Katie McCann”
Javed Kahn
Javed is the country leader of the Snow Leopard Conservation Program Pakistan Chapter, a joint initiative of the International Snow Leopard Trust and WWF-Pakistan. Working undercover, he has learned a great deal about black-market trade routes involving the Snow Leopard and made them public through published reports in collaboration with TRAFFIC. A trained veterinarian andContinue reading “Javed Kahn”