Our Leadership
Senior Staff
Dr. James Deutsch Chief Executive Officer
Melissa Hohimer Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer
James Lewis Vice President, Conservation Linzey Powers Vice President, Philanthropy and Marketing
Board of Directors
Dr. Bernie Tershy Chair Dr. Cullen Geiselman Vice Chair Jeffrey Zack Secretary
( as of June 2025)
Sarah Gillman Treasurer Geoffrey Chen
( until June 2025)
Eric Goode
( until June 2025)
John Grandy
( as of June 2025)
Ann Kaupp Patricia Koval Secretary
( until June 2025)
Kim Lundgren
( until February 2026)
Edith McBean
( as of June 2025)
David Quammen Dr. Robert S. Ridgely Director and President Emeritus
Dr. Carlos Souza, Jr.
( as of June 2025)
Kimberly Stewart
Council Members
John Mitchell Advisory Council Chair Julie Bashford
( until February 2026)
Dr. Xavier Basurto
( as of June 2025)
Dr. Bruce Beehler Dominique Bikaba Dr. Gwen Brewer Callie Broaddus Dr. Thomas Brooks Dr. Nigel Collar Dr. Douglas Daly Dr. Chris Elliott Dr. Andrew Farnsworth Dr. Viviana Figueroa Robert Giles John Gwynne The Honorable Heather Hodges Dr. Seema Jayachandran Dr. Pantaleon M. B. Kasoma Dr. Sally Lahm Daniela Lerda
( as of June 2025)
Kim Lundgren
( as of February 2026)
Alan Martin
Dr. Russell A. Mittermeier Roger Pasquier Linda Perry-Lube Dr. Koh Lian Pin Dr. Manuel Piñuela
( as of February 2025)
Prof. Sir Ghillean Prance Jagdeesh Puppala Steven Quarles Dr. Jon Paul Rodriguez Nonette Royo
( as of June 2025)
Walter Sedgwick Jonathan Self Dr. Simon Stuart Dr. John Terborgh Aung Kyaw Thein
( as of February 2025)
Dr. Wayt Thomas Kristine McDivitt Tompkins Dr. Peter Umunay Curt Vander Meer Dr. George Wallace Dr. David S. Wilcove Roland Wirth Hyram Yarbro
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