Bambi Semroc
Senior Vice-President, Sustainable Lands + Waters
The Center promotes sustainable production and innovative financing models to protect nature and improve human well-being in critical ecosystems around the world.
Ms. Semroc has worked at Conservation International for more than 15 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 and innovative sourcing programs and landscape initiatives. Over the past decade she led CI’s coffee program and started up the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product. Ms. Semroc works to ensure companies have the information and tools necessary to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem service considerations into their decision-making processes. She has collaborated with the Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company and others.
Ms. Semroc 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, Ms. 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 promotes sustainable production and innovative financing models to protect nature and improve human well-being in critical ecosystems around the world.
Ms. Semroc has worked at Conservation International for more than 15 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 and innovative sourcing programs and landscape initiatives. Over the past decade she led CI’s coffee program and started up the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a sector-wide effort to make coffee the world’s first sustainable agricultural product. Ms. Semroc works to ensure companies have the information and tools necessary to integrate biodiversity and ecosystem service considerations into their decision-making processes. She has collaborated with the Starbucks Coffee Company, Walmart, McDonald's, Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company and others.
Ms. Semroc 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, Ms. 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.