Amy Levine
Conservation Impact Director
Who We Are
Meet the people behind Island Conservation.
Our Staff
Angie Carrion
Island Restoration Specialist
Anthoni Muñoz
Island Restoration Specialist
Baudouin Monstiers
Project Manager
Bren Ram
Projects Communications Manager
Cameron Diver
Vice President Conservation Programs
Carleigh McDonald
Managing Director IOCC
Carolina Trueba
International Legal & Admin Manager
Chad Hanson
Deputy Vice President Conservation
Cielo Figuerola
Island Restoration Specialist
Coral Wolf
Conservation Science Program Manager
David Will
Director of Impact & Innovation
Doug Gillings
Innovation Manager
Elke Windschitl
Conservation Impact Data Specialist
Grace Young-Grey
Predator Free Pacific Coordinator
Heath Packard
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Helen Fairlamb
Conservation Impact Monitoring Specialist
Jennifer Sachs
Senior Development Officer – Major Gifts
Jesse Friedlander
Project Manager
Jose Luis Cabello
Head of Operations – Latin America
Jose Luis Herrera-Giraldo
Project Manager
Julie Alach
Community Liaison
Julie Sullivan
Project Manager
Justin Lacy
Finance Manager
Kara Frisina
Development Officer Major Gifts
Ken Mullins
Philanthropy & Salesforce Administrator
Klouldil Singeo
Pacific Partnership Officer
Loyola Darius
Program Manager
Maddy Pott
Senior Institutional Gifts Officer
Madison Lotierzo
Board & Philanthropy Admin Assistant
María José Vilches
Project Manager
Maximiliano Bello
Senior Partnerships Liaison
Monica McLenigan
External Communications Manager
Patty Baiao
Director of Partnerships
Paul Jacques
Project Manager
Paula Castaño
Native Species Manager
Penny Becker
CEO
Priscilla Memi
Island Restoration Specialist
Richard Fehler
Controller
Richard Griffiths
Head of Operations – Pacific
Ricky Pinela
Social Media Fellow
Sally Esposito
Strategic Communications Director
Sandra Sottomano
Director of Human Resources & Administration
Sara de Rodt
Island Restoration Specialist
Sierra Moore
Conservation Innovation & GIS Specialist
Solange Goldsworthy
Project Manager
Tommy Hall
Project Manager
Tutii Chilton
Operations Manager
Ulf Hardter
Development Officer Institutional Gifts
Valeria Tamayo-Canadas
Partnership Officer – Latin America and Caribbean
Wes Jolley
Head of Operations – US
Our Board
Lynne Hale
Board Chair
Angus Parker
Board Alumni
Beth Summers
Board Alumni
Chris Carr
Board Alumni
David Hartwell
Board Alumni
Eleanor Sterling
Board Alumni
Ingrid Parker
Board Alumni
James Sandler
Board Alumni
Jerrod Schreck
Board Alumni
John Dawson
Board Alumni
John Mitchell
Board Alumni
Jon Hoekstra
Board Alumni
Kerri Folmer
Board Alumni
Kristin Lindblad
Advisory Council Alumni
Mark Hauber
Board Alumni
Mike Sweeney
Board Alumni
Olivier Langrand
Board Alumni
Richard McCombs
Board Alumni
Sergio Knaebel
Board Alumni
Stephanie McAuliffe
Board Alumni
Teri Graf-Pulvino
Board Alumni
Walter Sedgwick
Board Alumni
Will Murray
Board Alumni
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Field Notes
Get first-hand accounts from our field staff.
Restoring the Marshall Islands: Three Essential Projects
Three Island-Ocean Connection Challenge projects in the Republic of the Marshall Islands bring hope for low-lying coral atolls!
Restoring Desecheo: Social Attraction Success for the Audubon’s Shearwater
A new article in Caribbean Ornithology heralds the success of one of our most exciting restoration projects: Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico!
An Endemic Way of Life, Part 2: Reconnecting with Nature as an Act of Climate Resilience
Part 2 of filmmaker Cece King's reflection on her time on Juan Fernandez Island in Chile, learning about conservation and community!
Marine Monitoring: Expect the Unexpected and Other Experiences from Islands Lost in Time
Read about Nathaniel Hanna Holloway's experience doing marine monitoring in the Galápagos!
An Endemic Way of Life, Part 1: Coming to Juan Fernandez
Part 1 of filmmaker Cece King's reflection on her time on Juan Fernandez Island in Chile, learning about conservation and community!
Social Attraction on Kamaka: Notes from the Field
Read the account of citizen scientist Jim Torgerson's journey to Kamaka to help save Polynesian Storm-petrels!
Notes from the Field: Restoring Tepuka and Funafuti Atoll
A restoration effort on Tuvalu brings new hope for a low-lying atoll plagued by invasive rats.
My Experience on Floreana Island: GIS, Conservation and Community
Island Conservation's GIS Data Science Specialist shares how her experience on Floreana has been shaped by community.
Tequila Sunrise? Or Floreana Sunrise?
Carolina Torres describes how the project to restore and rewild Floreana Island signals hope for a future where people and nature can thrive together in the Galápagos.
Living and Working on a Coral Atoll
By: Paul Jacques, Island Restoration Specialist In March this year I first set foot on the coral sand beach of Nadikdik Atoll, the southernmost atoll of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), a place that was to be home…
Reinvigorated by Nature: A Journey to Late Island, Tonga
By: Amy Levine, Conservation Impact Director at Island Conservation Our world today, dominated by technology and tireless commitments, can present rare opportunities for direct engagement with nature. My recent assignment to Late Island, Tonga, allowed me to explore this biodiversity-rich…
Gough Island: Preventing the extinction of the Tristan albatross
The Gough Island Restoration Programme (GIRP) is arguably the most significant eradication project to be implemented in 2021. Island Conservation was honored to serve as a supporting partner to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RPSB) and the…
Birding in Quarantine: One Man’s Sparrow is Another Man’s Albatross!
Island Conservation project manager Wes Jolley shares his birding experience from a hotel in South Africa where he is quarantining before traveling for Gough Island. This is my first time in South Africa, and one of my hopes to keep…
Island Journey: Dive Into the Restoration of Floreana Island, Galapagos
Take a trek through Floreana Island, Galapagos to meet the community, learn about the project, and explore the challenges that lie ahead. Today we are traveling to Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, but did you miss our first or…
Island Journey: Connecting Islands and Marine Ecosystems
Island Conservation’s Coral Wolf is joined by a few special guests to share how restoring islands can benefit marine ecosystems. Did you see our first edition of the Island Journey series? If not, you can still check it out. You…