Roberto Tapia
Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus
Rubén Muñoz Álvarez
Richard Meredith

Richard Meredith is Deputy Chairman of Digitalis, one of the UK’s leading digital intelligence and communications advisory firms helping companies shape and protect their digital brands and reputation. He was formerly senior partner at Brunswick Group, the global communications firm, where he headed their global corporate crisis management, cyber risk and philanthropy practices. He was […]
H.E. Mircea Geoană

Mircea Geoană became NATO Deputy Secretary General in October 2019, after a distinguished domestic and international career. Mr. Geoană is the first Deputy Secretary General from Romania, and the first from any of the countries that joined the Alliance after the end of the Cold War. Mr. Geoană was born in Romania on 14 […]
Simón Borrero
Veronica Arias
The Hon. Ernesto Muyshondt
Russell Mittermeier

Dr. Russ Mittermeier is Global Wildlife Conservation’s Chief Conservation Officer. In this role, he leverages his extensive experience and network to protect wildlife and wildlands—enormous reservoirs of biodiversity and key components in preventing runaway climate change— particularly in biodiversity hotspots and critical wilderness areas. Mittermeier came to GWC from Conservation International, where he served as […]
Lina Valencia

Dr. Lina Valencia focuses on expanding GWC’s program in Colombia, and the Tropical Andes, by developing partnerships with NGOs and the government. This includes identifying key conservation players and building the capacity of individuals and organizations to meet the complex conservation challenges the country faces. Much of her work focuses on developing collaborative, inclusive and community-based […]
Dr. Christopher Jordan

Dr. Christopher Jordan is a researcher and conservationist who specializes in biodiversity conservation, protected area site security, indigenous peoples and conservation, and developing the capacity of local partners in the Americas. He is strongly interested in community-based conservation, citizen science, site security, indigenous rights, and applying interdisciplinary conservation philosophies. His work has spanned from working […]