Our Staff

Office of the CEO

M Sanjayan
Chief Executive Officer

Elise Larkin
Chief of Staff

Kelly Thalman
Vice President, Strategic Engagements

Office of the COO

Julius Court
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer Probst
Vice President, Policy, Risk and Operations

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

Kelvin Alie
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Delivery and Field Partnerships

Kavita Chambery 
Vice President, Project Delivery and Monitoring

Jessica Leas 
Vice President, Design

Richard Jeo, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Field Officer, Asia-Pacific

Rachel Biderman
Senior Vice President and Chief Field Officer, South America

Jimmiel Mandima
Chief Field Officer, Africa

Americas Field Division

Lisa Famolare
Deputy Officer and Vice President Nature for Climate

Carmen Delgadillo
Vice President, Operations

Marco Quesada
Vice President, Oceans

Fabio Arjona
Vice President, Conservation International-Colombia

Scott Henderson
Managing Director, Galapagos Program

Luis Espinel
Vice President, Conservation International-Peru

Mauricio Bianco
Vice President, Conservation International-Brasil

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

Asia-Pacific Field Division

Meizani Irmadhiany
Senior Vice President and Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia

Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese 
Vice President, Pacific

Robert Baigrie
Vice President, Climate Finance

Debby Ferdiany
Vice President, Operations, Asia-Pacific Field Division

Jan Yoshioka
Vice President, Sustainable Finance, Asia-Pacific

Ketut Putra
Asia Transboundary Oceans Senior Advisor

Amelia Juhl
Country Director, Conservation International-Japan

Xiaohai Liu 
Executive Director, Conservation International-China

Virginia Simpson
Senior Country Manager, Conservation International-Australia

Mere Lakeba
Country Director, Conservation International-Fiji

Wilson John Barbon
Executive Director, Conservation International-Philippines

Manuel Mendes 
Country Director, Conservation International-Timor-Leste

Tarita Holm
Conservation Partnership Director, Palau

Sony Oum
Country Director, Conservation International-Cambodia

Fitri Hasibuan
Vice President, Indonesia program

Africa Field Division

Tim Bromfield
Vice President, Africa

Seif Hamisi
Managing Director, East Africa

Valentine Ebua
Managing Director, West and Central Africa

Julia Levin
Vice President, Conservation South Africa

Bruno Rajaspera
Country Director, Conservation International-Madagascar

Maria Loa
Project Executive Director, Angola

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

Jen Howard
Vice President, Blue Carbon Program

Bronson Griscom
Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions

Guy Pinjuv
Senior Technical Advisor

Center for Oceans

Ashleigh McGovern
Senior Vice President, Center for Oceans

Emily Pidgeon
Vice President, Ocean Science and Innovation

Global Policy and Government Affairs

Lina Barrera
Senior Vice President, Policy and Incentives

Pasha Majdi
Vice President, US Government Policy and Strategy

Center for Regenerative Economies

Jack Kittinger
Senior Vice President, Center for Regenerative Economies

Bambi Semroc
Deputy Senior Vice President, Center for Regenerative Economies

John Buchanan
Vice President, Sustainable Production

John Lotspeich
Vice President, Global Restoration Program

Patricia Zurita
Executive Vice President and Chief Partnerships Officer

Laure Katz
Vice President, Blue Nature Alliance

Will Turner, Ph.D.
Senior Impact Advisor

Jos Williams
Vice President, Finance and Operations

Community-Led Solutions Partnership

Kristen Walker Painemilla
Senior Vice President, Community-Led Solutions Partnership

Luis Barquin
Vice President, Communities and Innovation

Global Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Center

Francisco Souza
Senior Vice President, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Johnson Cerda
Vice President, IPLC Engagement and Partnerships

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

Green Climate Fund Implementing Agency

Steve Panfil
Vice President, CI-GCF Agency

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)

Olivier Langrand 
Executive Director, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Jack Tordoff
Vice President

Mike Sweeney
Executive Vice President and Chief Resource and Strategy Officer

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

Judith Reyes
Vice President, NFD Legal

Nikola Alexandre
Vice President, Nature Fund Advisory

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

Brand + Communications

Miro Korenha 
Interim Chief Communications and Marketing Officer

Corporate Relations

Jamie Cross
Vice President

Europe and Global Public Partnerships

Herbert Lust 
Chief of Public and Corporate Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Strategy

Jonathan Hall
Vice President, Conservation International-United Kingdom

Naomi Kingston
Vice President, Global Resource Mobilisation

Amanda Sennert
Vice President, Outreach and Partnership Development

Jean-Denis Langlois
Vice President, People and Operations

Wendy Mathia
Vice President, Grants Management and Delivery

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

Lea Blubaugh
Vice President, External Grants and Contracts Unit

General Counsel's Office

Rick Nash
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

Patricia Petty
Vice President and Chief Privacy / Data Ethics Officer

Global Information Technology

Sally Lehnhardt
Chief Information and Technology Officer

Julie Siron
Vice President, IT Business Solutions

People & Culture

Francesca Cantarella
Deputy Chief People Officer

Gray Chesson 
Vice President, Global Human Resources