Teri is a former software industry sales/marketing executive (Apple, HP & startups) with strong ties to her South American network of community and business leaders which she nurtured over several decades starting in 1970. After retiring from her Silicon Valley consulting projects she has focused her energy on geotourism development as a means of enabling […]

With 27 years of experience in international conservation, Olivier is an expert on environmental policy and governmental sector engagement as well as the implementation and coordination of on-the-ground conservation projects. Olivier joined the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in 2015 as executive director. CEPF is a fund dedicated to conserve the most biologically, yet threatened, ecosystems – […]

John Mitchell, Honorary Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany John Mitchell, a former Island Conservation Board member, is an Adjunct Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden and Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at the Rainforest Trust and is on the Board […]

Jon, a former Island Conservation Board member, leads the Greenway as Executive Director, working with the Board of Directors, staff, and partners to collaboratively conserve the Mountains to Sound Greenway landscape. Jon brings to the Greenway a unique blend of scientific understanding, strategic problem solving and communication skills. Before joining the Greenway Trust, he served […]

David Hartwell is an advisor/board member to/of many businesses, nonprofit organizations and foundations.  Prior to this, he was for 26 years the President of Bellcomb, Inc., a global supplier of composite panels.  He has served on many nonprofit boards, often in leadership positions including the National Audubon (Vice Chair and Treasurer), Belwin Conservancy (Chair) Conservation […]

When John isn’t diving, he divides his time between Palo Alto and his family land in Vermont. John is a retired entrepreneur who has helped to create several successful startup companies. He has spent the past 20 years serving as a board member and donor for various leading-edge nonprofits, including Island Conservation, Sustainable Conservation, DRev, […]

Walter C. Sedgwick has a long-standing interest in conservation and has served on the Boards of a diverse range of conservation NGO’s, including Island Conservation, the National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy – Florida, Bat Conservation International, Lighthawk, Tall Timbers Research and Land Conservancy, The International Rivers Network, the Turtle Survival Alliance, the Pacific Forest […]