Our Leadership
Senior Staff
Dr . James C . Deutsch Chief Executive Officer Melissa Hohimer Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer Jodi Hubble Vice President , Philanthropy and Marketing James Lewis Vice President , Conservation
Board of Directors
Dr . Eric Veach Chair
( until June 2024 )
Dr . Bernie Tershy Chair
( as of June 2024 )
Dr . Cullen Geiselman Vice Chair
( as of May 2023 )
Sarah Gillman Treasurer Patrica A . Koval Secretary
( as of May 2023 )
Dr . Luiz André Barroso Director
( deceased September 2023 )
Geoffrey Chen Director
Sally F . Davidson Director
( until June 2024 )
Eric Goode Director Ann Kaupp Director
Kim Lundgren Director
( as of June 2024 )
Edith McBean Director
( Vice Chair until June 2023 )
John D . Mitchell Director and Chair Emeritus David Quammen Director Dr . Robert Ridgely Director and President Emeritus Kimberly Stewart Director
Jeffrey Zack Director
( as of June 2024 )
Council Members
Julie Bashford
( as of February 2023 )
Dr . Bruce Beehler
Dominique Bikaba
( as of February 2024 )
Dr . Gwen Brewer Callie Broaddus Dr . Thomas Brooks Dr . Nigel Collar Dr . Douglas Daly
( as of September 2023 )
Dr . Chris Elliott Ramón Escobar
( until March 2023 )
Dr . Andrew Farnsworth Dr . Viviana Figueroa
( as of February 2024 )
Robert Giles John Gwynne The Honorable Heather Hodges Dr . Seema Jayachandran
( as of June 2024 )
Dr . Pantaleon M . B . Kasoma Dr . Sally Lahm Alan Martin Curt Vander Meer John D . Mitchell Chair
( as of June 2024 )
Dr . Russell A . Mittermeier Roger Pasquier Linda Perry-Lube
Dr . Koh Lian Pin
( as of June 2024 )
Sir Ghillean Prance
Jagdeesh Puppala
( as of June 2024 )
Steven Quarles Dr . Jon Paul Rodríguez Walter Sedgwick Jonathan Self
( as of May 2023 )
Dr . Simon Stuart Dr . John Terborgh Bernie Tershy
( until May 2023 )
Dr . Wayt Thomas
( Board Secretary as of September 2023 )
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins
( as of February 2024 )
Peter Umunay
( as of May 2023 )
Dr . George Wallace
( as of September 2023 )
Dr . David S . Wilcove Ronald Wirth Hyram Yarbro Jeffrey Zack
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Rainforest Trust 2023 Annual Report 3