Our Staff

Office of the CEO

Sebastian Troëng, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer

Elise Larkin
Chief of Staff

Kelly Thalman
Vice President, Strategic Engagements

Conservation – Field & Technical Programs

Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
President and Chief Conservation Officer

Kelvin Alie
Deputy Chief Conservation Officer

Kavita Chambery
Vice President, Delivery

Will Turner, Ph.D.
Senior Impact Advisor

Jessica Leas
Vice President, Design

Americas

Rachel Biderman
Chief Field Officer, Americas

Mauricio Bianco
Chief Field Officer, Brasil

Lisa Famolare
Deputy Officer and Vice President Nature for Climate

Carmen Delgadillo
Vice President, Operations

Marco Quesada
Vice President, Oceans

Carlos Costa
Vice President, Conservation International-Colombia

Scott Henderson
Managing Director, Galapagos Program

Luis Espinel
Vice President, Conservation International-Peru

Eduardo Forno
Vice President, Conservation International-Bolivia

Curtis Bernard
Vice President, Conservation International-Guyana

Ana Guzman
Executive Director, Conservation International-Costa Rica

Leticia Gutiérrez Lorandi
Vice President, Conservation International-Mexico

Gina Griffith
Executive Director, Conservation International-Suriname

Carolina Rosero
Vice President, Conservation International-Ecuador

Asia Pacific

Jackson Frechette
Chief Field Officer, Asia

Mere Lakeba
Chief Field Officer, Pacific

Meizani Irmadhiany
Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia

Amelia Juhl
Country Director, Conservation International-Japan

Xiaohai Liu
Executive Director, Conservation International-China

Virginia Simpson
Senior Country Manager, Conservation International-Australia

Wilson John Barbon
Executive Director, Conservation International-Philippines

Manuel Mendes
Country Director, Conservation International-Timor-Leste

Sony Oum
Country Director, Conservation International-Cambodia

Fitri Hasibuan
Vice President, Indonesia program

Tarita Holm
Conservation Partnership Director, Palau

Jan Yoshioka
Vice President, Nature Finance

Africa

Jimmiel Mandima
Chief Field Officer, Africa

Tim Bromfield
Vice President, Africa

Seif Hamisi
Managing Director, East Africa

Valentine Ebua
Managing Director, West and Central Africa

Michael Kemokai
Country Director, Liberia

Julia Levin
Vice President, Southern Africa

Maria Loa
Project Executive Director, Angola

Bruno Rajaspera
Country Director, Conservation International-Madagascar

Portia Segomelo
Country Lead, Botswana

Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Solutions

Johan Rockström, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist

Stephanie Wear, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Solutions

Kathleen Flower
Vice President, Biodiversity Science

Virginia Gorsevski
Vice President, Nature Based Solutions

Jen Howard
Vice President, Blue Carbon Program

Guy Pinjuv
Senior Technical Advisor

Alex Zvoleff
Vice President, Science for Impact

Center for Oceans

Ashleigh McGovern
Senior Vice President, Center for Oceans

Emily Pidgeon
Vice President, Ocean Science and Innovation

People & Culture

Francesca Cantarella
Deputy Chief People & Culture Officer

Gray Chesson
Vice President, Global Human Resources

Center for Regenerative Economies

Bambi Semroc
Senior Vice President, Center for Regenerative Economies

John Buchanan
Vice President, Regenerative Commodity Systems

John Lotspeich
Vice President, Global Restoration Program

Percy Summers
ASU-SCF

Debby Ferdiany
Vice President, Operations, Asia Pacific Field Division

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Olivier Langrand
Executive Director

Jack Tordoff
Vice President

Green Climate Fund Implementing Agency

Steve Panfil
Vice President, CI-GCF Agency

Global Environment Facility Project Agency

Orissa Samaroo
Vice President, GEF Policy and Portfolio Management

Free de Koning
Vice President, Project Development and Impact

Susana Escudero
Vice President, Grants Management

Blue Nature Alliance

Laure Katz
Executive Director

Seed Fund

Matteo Cantoro

Development

Cynthia Tapley
Chief Development Officer

Erin Carmany
Vice President, Development and Campaign Director

Cynthia McKee
Senior Vice President, Strategic Gifts

Julia Upham
Vice President, Individual Giving

Judy Agnew
Vice President, Philanthropy

External Grants and Contracts Unit

Lea Blubaugh
Vice President

Center for Policy and Incentives

Lina Barrera
Senior Vice President

Pasha Majdi
Vice President, US Government Policy and Strategy

Finance and Operations

Jos Williams
Vice President, Finance and Operations

Global Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Center

Francisco Souza
Senior Vice President

Johnson Cerda
Vice President, IPLC Engagement and Partnerships

Kristen Walker Painemilla
Senior Vice President, Center for Communities and Conservation

Luis Barquin
Vice President, Communities and Innovation

Nature Finance Division

Deborah Spalding, CFA
Global Head, Nature Finance

Bjorn Stauch
Senior Vice President, Nature Finance

Chris Stone
Vice President, Long-Term Finance

Jana Lessenich
Vice President, Sustainable Finance

Chris Zink
Vice President, Nature Finance

Nikola Alexandre
Vice President, Nature Fund Advisory

Robert Baigrie
Vice President, Climate Finance

Brand + Communications

Len Costa
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer

Finance, Award Management + Grants and Contracts

Barbara DiPietro
Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Mangkonkarn
Controller, Vice President

Matthew Wooliever
Vice President, Financial Information Management and Services

General Counsel’s Office

Rick Nash
General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer

Patricia Petty
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Judith Reyes
Vice President, Nature Finance Legal

Global Information Technology

Rodrigue Odom
Acting Chief Information and Technology Officer

Risk and Operations

Jennifer Probst
Vice President, Policy, Risk and Operations