Our Team

Staff

Headquarters

Executive Office
Bill Carmean,Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board
Bob Davis, Chief Operating Officer
Elsie Walker, Senior Fundraiser
Alton Byers, Ph.D., Senior Technical Expert
Rosie Stone, Development & Research Assistant
Molly Jones, Development Intern

Corporate Business Office
Vicky Shears, Corporate Business Manager
Caroline Shay, Accountant

Asia Programs 
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Christopher LaDue, Director of Asia and China Country Director

China
Wu Xiaoli, Operations Manager
Zhang Yan, Finance Manager
Dr. Tan Jingzheng, Sichuan Field Manager and Natural
Resource Management Team Leader
Jessie Feng, Enterprise Development Team Leader
Naomi Hellman, Subgrant/M&E Program Officer
Zeng Wei, Gender/Communications Program Officer
Tselhun, Cultural Heritage Program Officer
Liang Ye, Natural Resource Management Program Officer
Renzeng, Cultural Heritage Program Coordinator
Sunnuo, Enterprise Development Program Coordinator
Lixin, Beijing Executive Assistant
Dolma, Yunnan Officer Manager
He Yuanyuan, Sichuan Executive Assistant
Xiao He, Logistics Coordinator

Asia Regional Office
Brian Peniston, Nepal Country Director
Ang Rita Sherpa, Senior Program Manager
Purushotam Bhattarai, Regional Finance and Admin Staff
Chet Kumar Khatri, Engineer
Karma Bhutia, NTFP Officer
Dambar Thapa, Senior District Program Coordinator
Chiranjibi Dahal, District Program Coordinator
Bheem Raj Rai, District Program Coordinator
Khum Chidi, Acting District Coordinator
Shova Rai, Office Secretary
Shiva Basnet, Office Assistant
Macha Kazi Maharjan, Driver

India Regional Office
MVS Manian, Office Manager and Accountant
Dallas Rogers, Project Assistant
Nima Tashi, Project Assistant

North America Programs
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Brent Bailey, Ph.D., Program Director
Dave Martin, Program Coordinator
Jonah Steinberg, Senior Program Manager
Kevin Stitzinger, Watershed Education Coordinator
Josh Nease, Education Coordinator

South America Programs
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Jorge Recharte, Ph.D., Program Director
Miriam Torres Angeles, Sustainable Tourism Specialist
Manuel Asencios, Finance Officer
Sandra Conde Laso, Communications and Gender Program Officer
Nadia Mora Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant
Gabriela Lopez Sotomayor, Participatory Rural Development and
Conservation Program Officer
Marianna Mindreau, Mountain Ecosystems Program Officer
Fernando Perez, Community Based Tourism Program Officer
Vidal Rondan Ramirez, Environmental Education Program Officer
Juan Sanchez, Field Staff
Donato Sanchez Lirio, Driver
Maria del Carmen Tena, Institutional Development Assistant
Florencia Zapata, Cultural Heritage Program Officer

Board of Directors

Board of Trustees

C. William Carmean, Chairman
Devry S. Boughner, Vice-chair
Jane M. Farmer, Secretary
Eliot Kalter, Treasurer
Deborah Garrett
Ruth Greenspan Bell
Douglas Hartwick
Eklabya Sharma Ph.D. (ex officio)
David Sloan
Tony Barclay
Julius Coles
William Beddow

Honorary Trustees

Edward C. Armbrecht, Jr.
King Seegar, M.D.
Robert Whitby
Thomas Eastman, Esq.