Bambi Semroc
Interim Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Lands + Waters
The Center develops sustainable production and innovative financing models to improve human well-being through nature-based development in 16 critical ecosystems around the world. She also leads the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product.
Bambi has been at Conservation International for more than 15 years, always focusing on sustainable agriculture. She engages leading retailers and consumer goods companies on sustainable agriculture programs designed to maintain critical natural capital, mitigate climate change and increase farmers’ resilience to shocks while maintaining productivity. Bambi works to ensure that these companies have the information and tools necessary to integrate natural capital and ecosystem service considerations into decision-making processes. She has collaborated with Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle and The Coca-Cola Company.
Prior to Conservation International, Bambi worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Togo. She holds a master's degree in International Development from American University and a bachelor's degree in English and French from Indiana University.
The Center develops sustainable production and innovative financing models to improve human well-being through nature-based development in 16 critical ecosystems around the world. She also leads the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product.
Bambi has been at Conservation International for more than 15 years, always focusing on sustainable agriculture. She engages leading retailers and consumer goods companies on sustainable agriculture programs designed to maintain critical natural capital, mitigate climate change and increase farmers’ resilience to shocks while maintaining productivity. Bambi works to ensure that these companies have the information and tools necessary to integrate natural capital and ecosystem service considerations into decision-making processes. She has collaborated with Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle and The Coca-Cola Company.
Prior to Conservation International, Bambi worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in northern Togo. She holds a master's degree in International Development from American University and a bachelor's degree in English and French from Indiana University.