Our Staff
Conservation International is a global team of more than 1,600 employees spread across over 30 countries. More than 95 percent of our staff are native to the countries in which they work.
M. Sanjayan, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Julius Court
Chief Operating Officer
Patricia Zurita
Chief Strategy Officer
Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Field Programs
Sebastian Troeng, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Conservation Partnerships
Melanie Janin
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Sally Lehnhardt
Chief Information and Technology Officer
Rick Nash
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Kelvin Alie
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Delivery and Field Partnerships
Lina Barrera
Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Government Affairs
Rachel Biderman, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Field Officer, Americas
Meizani Irmadhiany
Senior Vice President & Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia
Richard Jeo, Ph.D.
Chief Field Officer, Asia-Pacific
Jack Kittinger
Senior Vice President, Center for Sustainable Production
Olivier Langrand
Executive Director, CEPF, SVP CI
Herbert Lust
Senior Vice President, Global Public Partnerships and Managing Director, Europe
Cynthia McKee
Senior Vice President, Strategic Gifts
Bambi Semroc
Senior Vice President, Center for Sustainable Lands and Waters
Deborah Spalding
Global Head, Nature Finance
Bjorn Stauch
Senior Vice President, Nature Finance
Cynthia Tapley
Chief Development Officer
Will Turner, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions
Kristen Walker Painemilla
Managing Director, Senior Vice President of Center for Communities and Conservation
Stephanie Wear, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Moore Center for Science
Fabio Arjona
Vice President, Colombia
Curtis Bernard
Vice President, Guyana
Mauricio Bianco
Vice-President, Brazil
Geraldine Chin
Country Director, Singapore
Mark Erdmann
Vice-President, Aotearoa
Luis Espinel
Vice-President, Peru
Eduardo Forno
Vice President, Bolivia
Gina Griffith
Executive Director, Suriname
Leticia Gutierrez
Vice-President, Mexico
Ana Guzman
Executive Director, Costa Rica
Tarita Holm
Conservation Partnership Director, Palau
Ruud Jansen
Country Director, Botswana
Wilson John Barbon
Executive Director, The Philippines
Amelia Juhl
Country Director, Japan
Mere Lakeba
Senior Director, Fiji
Julia Levin
Vice-President, South Africa
Xiaohai Liu
Executive Director, China
Manuel Mendes
Country Director, Timor Leste
Sony Oum
Country Director, Cambodia
Bruno Rajaspera
Country Director, Madagascar
Virginia Simpson
Senior Country Manager, Australia
Luis Suarez
Vice President, Ecuador
Sabrina Virly
Conservation Partnership Director, New Caledonia
Executive Leadership
Office of the CEO
M Sanjayan
Chief Executive Officer
Elise Larken
Chief of Staff
Kelly Thalman
Vice President, Strategic Engagements
Office of the COO
Julius Court
Chief Operating Officer
Jennifer Probst
Vice President, Global Operations Strategy and Policies
Strategy
Patricia Zurita
Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President of Global Programs
Jos Williams
Vice President, Finance and Operations
Field Programs
Daniela Raik, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Kelvin Alie
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Delivery and Field Partnerships
Kavita Chambery
Vice President, Project Delivery and Monitoring
Jessica Leas
Vice President, Design
Americas Field Division
Rachel Biderman
Senior Vice President, Americas
Lisa Famolare
Deputy Officer & Vice President Nature for Climate
Carmen Delgadillo
Vice President, Operations
Marco Quesada
Vice
President, Oceans, Americas Field Division
Fabio Arjona
Vice President, Conservation International-Colombia
Luis Suarez
Vice President, Conservation International-Ecuador
Scott Henderson
Managing Director, Galapagos Program
Luis Espinel
Vice President, Conservation International-Peru
Mauricio Bianco
Vice President, Conservation International-Brazil
Eduardo Forno
Executive Director, Conservation International-Bolivia
Curtis Bernard
Executive Director, Conservation International-Guyana
Ana Gloria Guzman Mora
Executive Director, Conservation International-Costa Rica
Leticia Gutierrez
Vice President, Conservation International-Mexico
Gina Griffith
Executive Director, Conservation International-Suriname
Africa Field Division
Julia Levin
Vice President, Conservation International-South Africa
Ruud Jansen
Country Director, Conservation International-Botswana
Bruno Rajaspera
Country Director, Conservation International-Madagascar
Asia-Pacific Field Division
Richard Jeo, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
Meizani Irmadhiany
Senior Vice President & Executive Chair of Konservasi Indonesia
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
Mark Erdmann
Vice-President, Aotearoa
Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese
Senior Director, Pacific Region
Amelia Juhl
Country Director, Japan
Xiaohai Liu
Executive Director, Conservation International-China
Virginia Simpson
Senior Country Manager, Australia
Mere Lakeba
Country Director, Fiji
Geraldine Chin
Country Director, Singapore
Wilson John Barbon
Executive Director, The Philippines
Manuel Mendes
Country Director, Timor-Leste
Tarita Holm
Conservation Partnership Director, Palau
Sony Oum
Country Director, Cambodia
Fitri Hasibuan
Vice President, Indonesia program
Centers for Excellence
The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science
Johan Rockström, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Stephanie Wear, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
David Hole
Vice President, Global Solutions
Center for Natural Climate Solutions
Will Turner, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Bronson Griscom
Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions
Jen Howard
Vice President, Blue Carbon Program
John Lotspeich
Vice President, Global Restoration Program
Emily Nyrop
Vice President, Climate Change
Guy Pinjuv
Senior Technical Advisor
Center for Oceans
Ashleigh McGovern
Senior Vice President, Center for Oceans
Laure Katz
Vice President,
Blue Nature
Emily Pidgeon
Vice
President, Ocean Science and Innovation
Center for Sustainable Production
Jack Kittinger
Senior Vice President
Bambi Semroc
Senior Vice President, Food and Agriculture / Deputy SVP, Center for Regenerative Economies
John Buchanan
Vice
President, Sustainable Production
Community-Led Solutions Partnership
Kristen Walker Painemilla
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
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
Nature Finance Division
Deborah Spalding
Global Head, Nature Finance
Bjorn Stauch
Senior Vice President, Nature Finance
Chris Stone
Vice President, Long-Term Finance
Romas Garbaliauskas
Vice President, Nature Finance Innovation and Replication
Chris Zink
Vice President, Nature Finance
Judith Reyes
Vice President, NFD Legal
Global Policy and Government Affairs
Lina Barrera
Senior
Vice President, Global Policy and Government Affairs
Pasha Majdi
Vice President,
US Government Policy and Strategy
Global Support
Brand + Communications
Melanie Janin
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Jenny Parker
Vice President of Integrated Media
Melina Formisano
Vice President, Brand Marketing
People & Culture
Francesca Cantarella
Vice President, People & Culture and Acting Chief People Officer
Wanjiru Gathira
Vice President, Global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Gray Chesson
Vice President, Global Human Resources
Brand Partnerships
Jamie Cross
Vice President
Global Information Technology
Sally Lehnhardt
Chief
Information and Technology Officer
Julie Siron
Vice President, IT Business Solutions
General Counsel's Office
Rick Nash
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Patricia Petty
Vice President and Chief Privacy / Data Ethics Officer
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
Olivier Langrand
Senior Vice President
Jack Tordoff
Vice President
Development
Cynthia Tapley
Chief Development Officer
Erin Carmany
Vice President, Development & Campaign Director
Cynthia McKee
Senior Vice President, Strategic Gifts
Julia Upham
Vice President, Individual Giving
Judy Agnew
Vice President, Philanthropy
Europe and Global Public Partnerships
Herbert Lust
Senior Vice President
Jonathan Hall
Vice President, CI United Kingdom
Naomi Kingston
Vice President, European Partnerships and Strategy
Amanda Sennert
Vice President, Outreach and Partnership Development
Jean-Denis Langlois
Vice President, Operations & HRBP
Wendy Mathia
Vice President, Grants Management & Delivery
Global Environment Facility Project Agency and Green Climate Fund Implementing Agency
Orissa Samaroo
Vice President, GEF Policy and Portfolio Management
Free de Koning
Vice President, Project Development and Impact
Steve Panfil
Vice President, CI-GCF Agency
Susana Escudero
Vice President, Grants Management
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