Our Experts

Peter Seligmann

Founder + Chairman of the Board

• Expertise: sustainability, natural resources, land use
• Location: Americas | Pacific Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Sanjayan

Chief Executive Officer

• Expertise: nature, leadership, growth
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Sebastian Troëng

Executive Vice President, Conservation Partnerships

• Expertise: development, impact investing, international business
• Location: Europe | Central European Time Zone
• Languages: English, Spanish, Swedish

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Agustin Silvani

Senior Vice President, Conservation Finance

• Expertise: finance, natural resources and capital, land use
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English, Spanish

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Johan Rockström

Chief Scientist

• Expertise: climate science, natural climate solutions, sustainability
• Location: Europe | Central European Time Zone
• Languages: English, Swedish

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Will Turner

Senior Scientist and Senior Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions

• Expertise: climate, nature-based solutions, innovation, technology, biodiversity, sustainability
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Bronson Griscom

Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions

• Expertise: nature, carbon sequestration, forests and agriculture
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Emily Nyrop

Vice President, Climate Change

• Expertise: nature-based climate mitigation and adaptation solutions, innovations, and funding mechanisms
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Stephanie Wear

Senior Vice President, Moore Center for Science

• Expertise: oceans, land and water protections, coalition-building
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Emily Pidgeon

Vice President, Ocean Science and Innovation

• Expertise: oceans, blue carbon, marine climate change, coastal engineering
• Location: Americas | Pacific Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Jen Howard

Vice President, Blue Carbon

• Expertise: blue carbon, carbon marketplace, oceans and wetlands
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

John Buchanan

Vice President, Sustainable Production

• Expertise: sustainable agriculture and supply chains, business, agroforestry
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Bambi Semroc

Senior Vice President, Sustainable Lands + Waters

• Expertise: sustainable production, green financing, agriculture
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Lee Hannah

Senior Scientist, Climate Change Biology

• Expertise: climate change biology, biodiversity hotspots, wilderness management
• Location: Americas | Pacific Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Lina Barrera

Senior Vice President of International Policy

• Expertise: climate policies (Paris Agreement/UNFCCC and related national level policies), carbon markets, UN negotiations (Sustainable Development Goals, Convention on Biological Diversity, High Seas treaty)
• Location: Americas | Mountain Time Zone
• Languages: English, Spanish, French

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Neil Vora

Pandemic Prevention Fellow

• Expertise: zoonotic diseases, One Health, medicine
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: English

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Suzanne Ngo-Eyok

Senior Vice President, Africa Field Division (AfFD)

• Expertise: biodiversity, sustainable food systems, African-based programs
• Location: Africa | East Africa Time Zone
• Languages: French, English

Meizani Irmadhiany

Senior Vice President, Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia

• Expertise: sustainable land use, environmental and social safeguards, sustainable finance (seascape and landscape), biodiversity
• Location: Asia-Pacific | West Indonesian Time Zone
• Languages: Indonesia, English

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Ana Guzman

Executive Director, Conservation International-Costa Rica

• Expertise: marine protections, forest management, green financing
• Location: Americas | Central Time Zone
• Languages: Spanish, English

Fabio Arjona

Vice President, Conservation International-Colombia

• Expertise: natural resource management, IPLC partnerships, mangrove forests
• Location: Americas | Eastern Time Zone
• Languages: Spanish, English

Mauricio Bianco

Vice President, Conservation International-Brazil

• Expertise: Amazonia, IPLC partnerships, restoration
• Location: Americas | Brasilia Time Zone
• Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English

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Miguel Moraes

Senior Director, Conservation International-Brazil

• Expertise: IPLC partnerships, Amazonia, sustainable resource use
• Location: Americas | Brasilia Time Zone
• Languages: Portuguese, English