Leadership
As a nonprofit organization, WWF deeply values the trust that has been placed in us. Partners trust us to carry out joint projects; governments and private entities trust our science and ability to create solutions that serve nature and people; and donors trust us to use their funds to advance conservation. To safeguard this critical trust, WWF is committed to best practices in governance, accountability and transparency. This commitment exists at all levels of the organization.

“People look to WWF and its leadership to bring imagination and perseverance to the important work of conservation, and to build bridges between government, civil society and business in devising solutions at the scale of the challenges we face. The world demands no less of us."
Carter Roberts President & CEO
Senior Management Team
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Loren Mayor
Chief Operating Officer -
Nik Sekhran
Chief Conservation Officer -
Margaret Ackerley
Senior Vice President and General Counsel -
Valerie Blain-Smith
Vice President of Human Resources -
Sheila Bonini
Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement -
Kerry Cesareo
Senior Vice President, Forests -
Jason Clay
Senior Vice President, Markets | Executive Director, Markets Institute -
Ginette Hemley
Senior Vice President, Wildlife Conservation -
Melissa D. Ho
Senior Vice President, Fresh Water and Food -
Terry Macko
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications -
David McCauley
Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships and Multilateral Engagement -
Julie Miller
Senior Vice President, Development -
Marcene Mitchell
Senior Vice President, Climate Change -
Mike Pejcic
Chief Financial Officer -
Alejandro Pérez
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs -
Rebecca Shaw
Chief Scientist -
Roberto Troya
Senior Vice President, US Country Offices and LAC Secretariat
Board of Directors
Board Policy Statement
Composed of leaders from the scientific, conservation and business communities, the WWF board of directors exercises overall responsibility for the policies, programs and direction of World Wildlife Fund and provides advice and counsel on a broad range of policy and operational matters. The composition of the board, whose members are elected for three-year terms, is chosen to reflect a broad range of scientific and other expertise, with all members having a strong and demonstrated commitment to nature conservation. Board members observe and annually sign WWF's conflict of interest policy.
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President
Carter Roberts
President and CEO Washington, DC -
Chair
Pamela Matson
Goldman Professor in Environmental Studies and Senior Fellow at Woods Institute Stanford University Stanford, CA -
Vice Chair
Tammy Crown
Former Vice President of Strategy Charles Schwab and Company San Francisco, CA -
Vice Chair
Robert Litterman
Founding Partner Kepos Capital New York, NY -
Vice Chair
John Sall
Executive Vice President and co-founder SAS Institute Cary, NC -
Vice Chair
Roger W. Sant
Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder The AES Corporation Washington, DC -
Secretary
Neville Isdell
Former Chairman Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, GA -
TREASURER
Elizabeth L. Littlefield
Senior Counselor Albright Stonebridge Group Washington, DC -
Virginia Busch
CEO Endangered Wolf Center St. Louis, MO -
Brenda S. Davis
Bozeman, MT -
Ruth DeFries
Professor of Ecology and Sustainable Development Columbia University New York, NY -
Jared Diamond
Professor, Geography University of California Los Angeles, CA -
Leonardo DiCaprio
Founder Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Los Angeles, CA -
Christopher B. Field
Director Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford, CA -
Matthew Harris
Founding Partner Global Infrastructure Partners New York, NY -
Urs Hölzle
Senior Vice President, Technical Infrastructure Google Mountain View, CA -
Yolanda Kakabadse
Former President World Wildlife Fund International Quito, Ecuador -
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman Emeritus Ogilvy & Mather New York, NY -
Lawrence H. Linden
Founder and Trustee Linden Trust for Conservation New York, NY -
Stephen J. Luczo
Managing Partner Crosspoint Capital Partners Los Gatos, CA -
Sanjeev Mehra
Co-Founder and Managing Partner Periphas Capital LP New York, NY -
Iris Mwanza
Director The Community Health Roadmap New York, NY -
Vincent S. Pérez, Jr.
Former Philippine Energy Secretary; Chairman, Alternergy Manila, Philippines -
Wang Shi
Founder and Honorary Chairman China Vanke Co., Ltd. Shenzhen, China -
Jeffrey Ubben
Founder & Managing Partner Inclusive Capital Partners San Francisco, CA -
Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck
The Kingdom of Bhutan -
Sharon Youngblood
Dallas, TX
Honorary Directors
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Chairman Emeritus
William K. Reilly
San Francisco, CA -
Director Emeritus
Bruce Babbitt
Washington, DC -
Director Emeritus
Edward P. Bass
Founding Trustee Philecology Trust and Philecology Foundation Fort Worth, TX -
Director Emeritus
Marshall Field
Chairman The Field Corporation -
Director Emerita
Kathryn S. Fuller
Washington, DC -
Director Emerita
Adrienne Mars
Trustee and Director Mars Foundation Jackson, WY -
Director Emeritus
Gordon Orians
Professor Emeritus University of Washington Seattle, WA -
Director Emerita
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff
Chairwoman Emerita American Museum of Natural History New York, NY
In Memoriam
WWF remembers its founder and chairman emeritus, Russell E. Train, who passed away on Sept. 17, 2012. Train was one of the most influential and well-known leaders in American conservation.

National Council
The National Council of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was established by a Board amendment to the Bylaws on September 18, 1984, as an advisory group to the Board. The Council is composed of distinguished scientific, business, political and philanthropic leaders from across the country. Council members form a national network to promote WWF’s conservation programs and help raise funds.
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Chair
Virginia Busch
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Vice Chair
Gail Evans Eyler
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Vice Chair
Victor Parker
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Ashley Melisse Abess
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Vignesh Aier
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Fabiola Arredondo
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Mary Barley
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Barbara Beck
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Carey Winn Benham
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Eric Berman
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Kiran Bhatraju
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Erik Blachford
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The Honorable Robert Blake
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Laura Holson Boswerger
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Barbara Bowman
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Antoinette Brewster
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Amanda Brotman
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Carmen Busquets
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Nick Butcher
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Kevin Butt
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Julia Cardozo
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Lacy Caruthers
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Megan Reilly Cayten
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Richard Chow
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J. H. Cullum Clark
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Leslie Coolidge
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Philippe Cousteau
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Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
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Melissa Shackleton Dann
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Josie Elizabeth Davis
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The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd
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Santiago Dunn
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Barbara Durham
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Cynthia Eisenberg
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Exequiel Ezcurra
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Lara Fitch
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John B. Ford
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Lloyd Gerry
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Abigail Field Gerry
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Alice Gillaroo
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Hanne Grantham
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Jeremy Grantham
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Michael Grealish
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Katherine Eckert Grunder
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Jason Haggins
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Jennifer Sykes Harris
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Susan Cook Hoganson
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Lixin Huang
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James Iker
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Susan K. Ing
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Pamela Anne Isdell
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Jeremy Jackson
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Susan Jorgensen
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Donald Kanak
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Jamee Field Kane
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Don Karl
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Karen Garver Karl
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Charles Katz Jr.
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Anne Keiser
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William T. Lake
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Winnie Lam
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Frans Lanting
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Ted Lazarus
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Wendy Lee
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Thomas Lovejoy
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Kevin Malone
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Barbara Manocherian
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Laurie McBride
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Thomas McInerney
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Elisabeth Meeker
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Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov
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Jacqueline Morby
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Jeffrey Morby
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Diane Denman Moxness
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Jocelyn Nebenzahl
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Cheryl Olseth
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Gilman Ordway
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Julie Packard
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Perk Perkins
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Kyle Philipp
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Michael Philipp
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Trent Philipp
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Shari Sant Plummer
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Julia Popowitz
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Mayari Pritzker
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Joe Proto
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Smita Proto
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Singer Rankin
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Elizabeth B. Reilly
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Dame Alison Richard
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Marie Ridder
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Rick Ridgeway
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Margaret Nebenzahl Rose
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Emily Train Rowan
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Elizabeth Sall
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Virginia Sall
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English Grey Sall
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Dan Sarles
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Julie Scardina
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Gia Schneider
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Alan Seelenfreund
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Susan Sherman
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Aniket Shah
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Brian Skerry
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Scott Smith
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The Honorable Abraham Sofaer
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Sue Scott Stanley
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Louise Stephens
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Linda Stone
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Gregory L. Summe
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Sarah (Sally) Timpson
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C. Bowdoin Train
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Errol C. Train
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Joel Treisman
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Jennifer Vogel
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Donald Wagoner
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Karen W. Wagoner
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Judith A. Waterman
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Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
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David S. Wilcove
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Justin Winters
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Julie Ann Wrigley
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Irene Wurtzel