Experts
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Nikhil Advani
Director, Climate, Communities and Wildlife -
Elena Agarkova Belov
Senior Program Officer, Arctic Program -
Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui
Director, Forest Carbon Science -
Gabby Ahmadia
Director, Marine Conservation Science, Oceans
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Crawford Allan
Senior Director, TRAFFIC -
Dave Aplin
Director of Education and Outreach, Arctic Field Program -
Ryan Bartlett
Lead, Climate Risk Management -
Eric Becker
Conservation Engineer, Wildlife Conservation Program
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Nirmal Bhagabati
Lead Natural Capital Scientist, Forest Team, Natural Capital -
Kristy Bly
Senior Wildlife Conservation Biologist, Northern Great Plains Program -
Josefina Braña Varela
Vice President and Deputy Lead, Forests -
Karla Canavan
Vice President, Commodity Trade and Finance, Markets
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Stephanie Cappa
Deputy Director, Policy and Government Affairs -
Kerry Cesareo
Senior Vice President, Forests -
Dekila Chungyalpa
WWF Fellow, Sacred Earth Initiative -
Jason Clay
Senior Vice President, Markets | Executive Director, Markets Institute
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Kevin Ellison
Grasslands Ecologist, Northern Great Plains -
Christo Fabricius
Global Wildlife Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Bill Fox
Vice President, Fisheries -
Anne Gage
Director of Conservation Programs, Northern Great Plains Program
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Lloyd Gamble
Director, Forests and Climate -
Will Gartshore
Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy -
Louise Glew
Lead Scientist, Global Conservation Evidence Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Ginette Hemley
Senior Vice President , Wildlife Conservation
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Leigh Henry
Director, Wildlife Policy, Wildlife Conservation -
Christopher Holtz
Vice President, Earth for Life, -
Tao Hu
Director, China Program -
Bas Huijbregts
African Species Director, Wildlife Conservation Program
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Nilanga Jayasinghe
Senior Program Officer, Asian Species -
Dennis Jorgensen
Bison Initiative Coordinator, Program Officer, Northern Great Plains -
Martha Kauffman
Managing Director, Northern Great Plains -
Rachel Kramer
Deputy Chief of Party, Targeting Natural Resource Corruption
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Elisabeth Kruger
Senior Program Officer, Arctic Wildlife -
Michele Kuruc
Vice President, Ocean Policy -
Nancy Labbe
Manager, Sustainable Ranching Initiative, Ranching and Conservation -
Patrick Lendrum
Senior Science Specialist, Northern Great Plains
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Colby Loucks
Vice President, Wildlife Conservation Program -
Shaun Martin
Senior Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience -
James Mazzarella
Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs -
Aaron McNevin
Global Network Lead, Aquaculture
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Robin Naidoo
Senior Conservation Scientist and Lead Wildlife Scientist, -
Kate Newman
Vice President, Forest and Freshwater Public Sector Initiatives -
Sarah Olimb
GIS Specialist, -
Nasser Olwero
Director of Information Science, Global Science
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Jeff Opperman
Global Freshwater Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Pablo Pacheco
Global Forests Lead Scientist, Global Science -
Mariana Panuncio-Feldman
Senior Director, International Climate Cooperation -
Pete Pearson
Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste
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Carter Roberts
President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund -
Jim Sano
Vice President, Travel, Tourism and Conservation -
Brad Schallert
Deputy Director, International Climate Coordination -
Rebecca Shaw
Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President,
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Erin Simon
Head, Plastic Waste and Business -
Amy Smith
Deputy Director, Forests -
Marty Spitzer
Senior Director, Climate and Renewable Energy -
Lauren Spurrier
Vice President, Ocean Conservation
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Elan Strait
Director, U.S. Climate Campaigns -
Meg Symington
Managing Director, Amazon -
Dave Thau
Global Data and Technology Lead Scientist, , Global Science -
Michele Thieme
Lead Conservation Scientist, Fresh Water
