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
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
Dirck Byler - Ape Conservation Director and Rapid Rescue Fund Director
Anthony Rylands, Ph.D. - Primate Conservation Director
Mary Brown - Senior Manager of Africa Program
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 Manager
Mike Appleton - Director of Protected Area Management
Kelsey Neam - Species Priorities and Metrics Coordinator
Andrew Tilker, Dr. rer. nat. - Species Conservation Manager
Jim Sanderson, Ph.D. - Program Manager of Wild Cat Conservation
James Slade - Wildlife Crime Prevention Officer
Genevieve Campbell - Senior Associate
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
Christina Biggs - Lost Species Officer
Tobias Garstecki, Ph.D. - Director of Protected Area Planning and Management
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
Mark Burget - Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Claudia Rosa - Brazil Program Coordinator
Alicia Lopez - Kawari Fund Manager
Cara Martel - Manager of Conservation Breeding & Reintroduction
Gabriela Erazo - Program Partnerships Coordinator
Calla Sneller - Guardians Senior Program Officer
Johanna Carrion - Eastern Tropical Pacific Program Coordinator
Chouly Ou, , Ph.D. - Freshwater Fish Conservation Coordinator
Vanessa Jiménez - Director, Kawari Fund
Santiago Castillo - Colombia Program Officer
Marketing and Communications
Carrie Hutchison - Director of Marketing and Brand
Lindsay Renick Mayer - Director of Communications and Impact Campaigns
Devin Murphy - Associate Director of Media Relations
Milo Putnam - Communications Manager
Kyrsten Stringer - Brand Content Manager
Diana Whitcroft - Social Media Manager
Kayla Sebo - Marketing Manager
Operations
Reagan Steppe - Director of Finance
Ella Outlaw - Executive Assistant
Jill Lucena - Office Manager
Ana Denman - Philanthropy Associate
Jessica Argubright - Finance Manager
Sunni Fass - Director of Awards Administration and Partner Success
Rowena Madavaram - Awards Associate
Kelsey Tatum - Director of Philanthropy Operations
Elisha Mauck - Executive Assistant
Lisa Jackson - Senior Philanthropy Officer
Nicole Simonelli - Government Grants Manager
Lauren Womack - Operations Associate
Gwen Obermeyer - Director of Philanthropic Partnerships