Conservation International is a global team of more than 1,600 employees spread across over 30 countries. More than 97 percent of our staff are native to the countries in which they work.
Our Staff
Staff Leadership
Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
Chief Conservation Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer
Julius Court
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mike Sweeney
Executive Vice President and Chief Resource and Strategy Officer
Patricia Zurita
Executive Vice President and Chief Partnerships Officer
Len Costa
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Sally Lehnhardt
Chief Information and Technology Officer
Kelvin Alie
Senior Vice President and Acting Head of Conservation Programs
Lina Barrera
Senior Vice President, Center for Policy and Incentives
Rachel Biderman, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Field Officer, South America
Meizani Irmadhiany
Senior Vice President and Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia
Richard Jeo, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Field Officer, Asia-Pacific
John N. (“Jack”) Kittinger, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Center for Regenerative Economies
Olivier Langrand
Executive Director, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Herbert Lust
Chief of Public and Corporate Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Strategy
Ashleigh McGovern
Senior Vice President, Center for Oceans
Bambi Semroc
Deputy Senior Vice President, Center for Regenerative Economies
Cynthia Tapley
Chief Development Officer
Will Turner, Ph.D.
Senior Impact Advisor
Kristen Walker Painemilla
Senior Vice President, Community-Led Solutions Partnership
Stephanie Wear, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Solutions
Country Directors
Fabio Arjona
Vice President, Conservation International-Colombia
Curtis Bernard
Vice President, Conservation International-Guyana
Mauricio Bianco
Vice President, Conservation International-Brasil
Luis Espinel
Vice President, Conservation International-Peru
Eduardo Forno
Vice President, Conservation International-Bolivia
Mona Freundt
Director, Conservation International-Germany
Gina Griffith
Executive Director, Conservation International-Suriname
Leticia Gutiérrez Lorandi
Vice President, Conservation International-Mexico
Ana Guzman
Executive Director, Conservation International-Costa Rica
Jonathan Hall
Vice President, United Kingdom
Tarita Holm
Conservation Partnership Director, Palau
Wilson John Barbon
Executive Director, Conservation International-Philippines
Amelia Juhl
Country Director, Conservation International-Japan
Mere Lakeba
Country Director, Conservation International-Fiji
Julia Levin
Vice President, Southern Africa
Xiaohai Liu
Executive Director, Conservation International-China
Manuel Mendes
Country Director, Conservation International-Timor-Leste
Sony Oum
Country Director, Conservation International-Cambodia
Bruno Rajaspera
Country Director, Conservation International-Madagascar
Carolina Rosero
Vice President and Executive Director, Conservation International-Ecuador
Portia Segomelo
Country Lead, Conservation International-Botswana
Virginia Simpson
Senior Country Manager, Conservation International-Australia
Office of the CEO
Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
Interim 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
Conservation Programs
Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Conservation Officer
Kelvin Alie
Senior Vice President and Acting Head of Conservation Programs
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
Carolina Rosero
Vice President, Conservation International-Ecuador
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, Nature Finance
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, Southern 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
Virginia Gorsevski
Vice President, Nature Based Solutions
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, Center for 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
Partnerships
Patricia Zurita
Executive Vice President and Chief Partnerships Officer
Laure Katz
Executive Director, 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
Resources & Strategy
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
Len Costa
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
Operations
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