Experts
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climate
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Shaun Martin
Vice President, Ecological and Social Resilience -
Anita van Breda
Senior Director, Environment and Disaster Management -
Mariana Panuncio-Feldman
Senior Director, International Climate Cooperation -
Marty Spitzer
Senior Director, Climate and Renewable Energy -
Nikhil Advani
Director, Climate, Communities and Wildlife - View All climate Experts
Communities
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Richard Caines
Director, Environmental and Social Safeguards Appointment -
Libby Khumalo
Senior Program Manager, Tribal Sustainable Financing Coordinator, Northern Great Plains -
Althea Skinner
Lead Specialist, Socially Inclusive Conservation -
Shauna Mahajan
Lead Social Scientist, Global Science -
Brent Nordstrom
Senior Director, Integration and Performance Education
Food
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Melissa D. Ho
Senior Vice President, Freshwater and Food -
Jason Clay
Senior Vice President, Markets | Executive Director, Markets Institute -
Aaron McNevin
Global Network Lead, Aquaculture -
Martha Kauffman
Vice President, Northern Great Plains -
Pete Pearson
Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste - View All food Experts
Forests
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Kerry Cesareo
Senior Vice President, Forests -
Pablo Pacheco
Global Forests Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Josefina Braña Varela
Vice President and Deputy Lead, Forests -
Christopher Holtz
Vice President, Earth for Life -
Kate Newman
Vice President, Sustainable Infrastructure and Public Sector Initiatives - View All forests Experts
Freshwater
Michele Thieme
Sarah Davidson
Evan FreundOceans
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Michele Kuruc
Vice President, Ocean Policy -
Margaret Williams
Managing Director, Arctic Program -
Gabby Ahmadia
Director, Marine Conservation Science, Oceans -
Stephanie Bradley
Director, Fisheries in Transition -
Dave Aplin
Former Director of Education and Outreach, Arctic Field Program - View All oceans Experts
Policy
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Stephanie Cappa
Deputy Director, Policy and Government Affairs -
Will Gartshore
Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy -
Alejandro Pérez
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs -
Sara Thomas
Senior Director, Integrated Marketing and Activism -
Gina De Ferrari
Senior Advisor, US Government Partnerships - View All policy Experts
Science
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Rebecca Shaw
Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President, Global Science -
Pablo Pacheco
Global Forests Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Dave Thau
Global Data and Technology Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Brent Loken
Global Food Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Jeff Opperman
Global Freshwater Lead Scientist, Global Science - View All science Experts
Sustainability
Jim Sano
Alice Ruhweza
Tao Hu
Erin SimonWildlife
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Ginette Hemley
Senior Vice President, Wildlife Conservation -
Colby Loucks
Vice President, Wildlife Conservation Program -
Crawford Allan
Senior Director, TRAFFIC -
Bas Huijbregts
African Species Director, Wildlife Conservation Program -
Nilanga Jayasinghe
Manager, Wildlife Conservation - View All wildlife Experts