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John Reid,
Founder & President
John has worked in conservation since 1991, promoting the use of economics to address conservation challenges. He has pursued that goal through an innovative training program and practical, policy-relevant analyses on a number of themes in the Amazon, Central America and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. These include energy and transportation infrastructure, logging, ranching, environmental valuation and agriculture, among others. John founded Conservation Strategy Fund in 1998 after positions with Resources for the Future, Conservation International and Pacific Forest Trust. He designed CSF as an independent, service-oriented and technical organization with the aim of spreading economics skills among conservation professionals. The organization has evolved into an international team of 12 people, 12 university fellows and instructors and a network of over 800 training graduates. John’s work has appeared in many CSF publications, in Scientific American, Conservation Biology, Environment, the Journal of Political Economy, Megadiversidade and Ambio. He speaks Portuguese and Spanish, and holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.
john@conservation-strategy.org
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Kim Bonine
Training Director
Kim joined CSF in 2001 after three years with the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University. Her work with Stanford focused on ecological and economic research in the mangrove forests of Kosrae, Micronesia. She has also studied the impact of forest habitat fragmentation in Mexico and worked on community development strategies for poverty alleviation with the World Bank in Zimbabwe. Kim holds a Master of Science degree in Earth Systems and an undergraduate degree in Human Biology, both from Stanford University.
kim@conservation-strategy.org
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Holly Busse
Financial Director
Holly Busse joined CSF in 2006 as the Financial Director and is responsible for overall financial management, fiscal planning, budgeting, reporting and accounting. She has 15 years of experience with bookkeeping, accounting, and contract and project management. Holly has a BA in Accounting and recently completed her MBA at Humboldt State University.
holly@conservation-strategy.org
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| Doron Amiran
Development DirectorDoron joined CSF in 2008 after a 17-year career promoting and raising money for environmental causes and organizations in the
non-profit, for-profit and government sectors. He has held positions at the
Solar Living Institute, ZAP Electric Vehicles, and the Alameda County
Home Composting Education Program. Doron has lived or worked in England,
Iran,
Israel, Thailand, India, Nepal and Vietnam. He holds a BA
in Environmental Studies and Politics from UC Santa Cruz, and an MA in
Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley. doron@conservation-strategy.org |
| Courtney Lewis Cheng
Administrative AssistantCourtney joined CSF in 2009 as Administrative Assistant in our Sebastopol, California office after 5 years of working as Program Assistant in the Biology Department at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She holds a degree in Outdoor Experiential Education with a minor in Sustainable Development from Appalachian State University. She has many years of experience with computers and design, event planning, database management, and working for mad scientists. courtney@conservation-strategy.org |
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Cristian Vallejos
Latin America Director
Cristian
has over 20 years of experience working in tropical conservation and
sustainable development. He worked for Fundacion Amigos de la
Naturaleza (FAN) and Proyecto BOLFOR in his native Bolivia. Before
joining CSF, Cristian helped the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
-where he was regional director for the Americas- establish its network
of national initiatives in Latin America. He also served as Amazon
Conservation Association’s (ACA) first executive director for 4 years,
guiding this organization to regional prominence in the southwestern
Amazon. Cristian holds a degree in Social Anthropology from the
Universidad Catolica in Lima, Peru and received training in resource
economics and environmental policies at Duke University’s School of the
Environment and at Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory
and Policy Analysis.
cristian@conservation-strategy.org
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Marcos Amend
Brazil Executive Director
Marcos Amend is the Executive Director of CSF-Brazil. He holds a Masters degree in Economics and Forest Policy from UFPR (Federal University of Parana - Brasil) and has been working in conservation since 1987. Before joining CSF, Marcos was the president of the Speleological Studies Group, an organization dedicated to the study and conservation of Brazilian caves. Additionally, Marcos coordinated the development of a "Producing Forest Program" which gained national and international recognition, and managed the field Ecotourism Program for the Sustainable Development reserve of Mamirauá in the Amazon. More recently, was the coordinator of the MPE Ecotourism Program of Brazilian Biodiversity Fund. Marcos was a student in CSF's 2001 Brazil course and then attended CSF's first advanced course in the Pantanal Wetlands in 2002. He is originally from Paraná, in southern Brazil.
marcos@conservacaoestrategica.org.br
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| Cynthia Bomtempo Franco
Brazil Financial & Administrative ManagerCynthia
joined CSF-Brazil at the end of 2008 as the Financial and
Administrative Manager of the Brazil Program. She has a degree in
Systems Analysis from UNA/MG, a postgraduate degree in Direct Marketing
from ABEND/SP and MBAs in Business Management from FGV/MG and in
Controlling from UFMG/MG. She has several years of experience in direct
marketing and in administrate and financial management in international
NGOs. She is a native from Minas Gerais.
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| Mônica Rocha
Brazil Administrative AssistantMônica
joined CSF-Brazil in 2009 as the Administrative Assistant of the Brazil
Program. Mônica has a graduate degree in Accounting from FAESA/ES and a
posgraduate degree in Public Administration from FPL/MG. She has
several years of experience as a teacher, as a social projects
supervisor and in administrative and financial management in
international NGOs. She is a native from Minas Gerais.
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Leonardo Colombo Fleck
Brazil Economic Analyst
Leonardo has extensive experience in conservation economics, with several projects in Latin America related to protected areas, land use, biodiversity, natural resources, roads and tourism. Leo joined CSF-Brazil in 2005 after attaining his Master of Science degree in Conservation Biology from DICE at the University of Kent in England, where he researched natural resources economics and management. He has an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), and is finishing an MBA in Strategic Business Management at UNA/MG. Before joining CSF, Leo worked as a researcher for the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute in the Brazilian Amazon, and with ecotourism enterprises in the Pantanal Wetlands and in the Mamirauá Reserve. Leo first came to CSF as a participant in the 2003 Brazil course. He is a native of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, and speaks english and spanish.
leonardo@conservacaoestrategica.org.br
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| Denise Helena França Marques
Brazil Economic Analyst
Denise joined CSF-Brazil in 2009 as a research analyst of the Brazil Program. She has a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and is finishing her PhD in Demography at the Regional Development and Planning Center - CEDEPLAR (UFMG/MG). Before joining CSF, Denise worked as a research assistant at CEDEPLAR/UFMG, participating in projects on the sustainability and life conditions in Brazilian metropolitan regions and on diversity at school. She has also worked as an independent consultant of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on migratory issues in the Brazil/Paraguay border. Denise is a native of Minas Gerais.
denise@conservacaoestrategica.org.br
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Cecilia Ayala Aguirre
Bolivia Program Director
Cecilia joined CSF at the end of 2005 as Director of the Bolivia Program. She has a degree in Economics and a Masters in Public Policy and Development from the Universidad Católica Boliviana, and brings to CSF her experience applying economic analysis and environmental valuation techniques to Bolivia's environmental challenges. She has over ten years of professional experience working on sustainable development with indigenous communities, and for the past six years she has been working in collaboration with SERNAP, Bolivia's protected areas agency. Prior to joining CSF, Cecilia worked as a consultant on conservation issues with various national and international NGOs, private foundations, and public institutions. Cecilia participated in CSF's first Bolivia course in 2001 in Madidi National Park.
cecilia@conservation-strategy.org
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Alfonso Malky
Bolivia Economic Analyst
Alfonso has a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics from the Catholic University, Chile. He has extensive experience in the design, monitoring and evaluation of public policies, with emphasis on agriculture, forestry and the environment. Alfonso has participated in the design and evaluation of policies related to regulation of natural resource use, rural development, sustainable forest management and climate change, among others. He has experience with professional and theoretical issues in environmental economics, having participated in international courses related to economic tools for conservation, natural resource management and valuation of environmental goods and services. He is also experienced in designing proposals for economic development and poverty reduction in Bolivia.
alfonso@conservation-strategy.org
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Carol Fernandez
Bolivia Program Associate
Carol Fernandez is the Program Associate for the CSF Bolivia office. She holds a degree in agronomy from the Universidad Mayor de San Simón. Prior to joining CSF, she was working in assessment for rural development projects in Bolivia. Carol joined CSF in May 2006 to support training activities, financial management, reporting and accounting for the Bolivia program.
csfbolivia@entelnet.bo
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Venetia Hargreaves-Allen
Research Fellow
Venetia, a current PhD candidate at the Imperial College London in the UK, is working with CSF to conduct environmental economics research in Belizean protected areas. She was recently a visiting scholar with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego and with the Marine Biology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Venetia conducted economic and ecological fieldwork in the Caribbean, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean, filmed and produced conservation films for audiences in Kenya and Indonesia, and was a researcher and writer for The Ecologist Magazine. She holds a Bachelors in Biological Sciences from Oxford University and a Masters in Environmental Economics and Politics from the Imperial College London.
vhargreavesallen@gmail.com
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