Bambi Semroc
Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Lands + Waters
The center works with local communities and the private sector to promote sustainable production and nature conservation as a way of improving human well-being in critical landscapes around the world.
Semroc has worked at Conservation International for more than 20 years, with a focus on sustainable agriculture. During her tenure she has worked with retail and consumer goods companies to craft next generation sustainability commitments, innovative sourcing programs and landscape initiatives. Before stepping into this role, she led Conservation International’s coffee program and started up the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product. Semroc works to ensure communities and companies have the information, tools and resources necessary to more sustainably manage and steward the lands and waters they depend on. She has collaborated with the Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company and others.
Semroc is an active board member of the Global Coffee Platform and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
She has been featured for her expertise in sustainable agriculture in media outlets including Men’s Journal, Food Tank, Chicago Tribune, Mongabay and Daily Coffee News.
Prior to Conservation International, Semroc 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 works with local communities and the private sector to promote sustainable production and nature conservation as a way of improving human well-being in critical landscapes around the world.
Semroc has worked at Conservation International for more than 20 years, with a focus on sustainable agriculture. During her tenure she has worked with retail and consumer goods companies to craft next generation sustainability commitments, innovative sourcing programs and landscape initiatives. Before stepping into this role, she led Conservation International’s coffee program and started up the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product. Semroc works to ensure communities and companies have the information, tools and resources necessary to more sustainably manage and steward the lands and waters they depend on. She has collaborated with the Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company and others.
Semroc is an active board member of the Global Coffee Platform and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
She has been featured for her expertise in sustainable agriculture in media outlets including Men’s Journal, Food Tank, Chicago Tribune, Mongabay and Daily Coffee News.
Prior to Conservation International, Semroc 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.