Meet CCF's Team

CCF Namibia - CCF USA - CCF UK - Cheetah Conservation Fund Canada  - CCF International science Board of Advisors 

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Patron

  • His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma - Former President of the Republic of Namibia - more...

Executive Director

  • Laurie L. Marker, DPhil. - Founder and Executive Director - more...

CCF namibia Board of Trustees

  • Mr. Charles Bodenstein (Chairman of the Board) - Lawyer
  • Walter Böttger - Businessman (Retired)
  • Marc Dawe - CEO, Okorusu Mine
  • Mike Hill - HR Specialist
  • Amb. Leonard Iipumbu - CEO, Agribank, Namibia
  • Jane Katjavivi - Businesswoman, writer and publisher.
  • Mary Kruger - Business Woman (retired)
  • Laurie L. Marker, DPhil. - Executive Director and Founder of CCF
  • Dr. Jock Orford - Gynaecologist and Conservationist

CCF Namibia Staff

  • Laurie L. Marker, DPhil. - Founder and Executive Director - more...
  • Bruce Brewer, PhD. - General Manager (1998 to present) and also runs the CCF Bushblok project. - more...
  • Anne Schmidt-Küntzel, PhD. - Research Geneticist and Assistant Director for Animal Health and Research (2008 to present)- more...
  • Gabriel Angala - Tourism Officer (2009 - Present) - more...
  • Engelhardt Awaseb - Bush Harvest and Chipping Supervisor (2003 to present) - more...
  • Brian Badger - Operations Manager (2012 to present) more...
  • Jenny Bartlett - Cheetah Keeper/Educator (2012 to present) more...
  • Johan Britz- Farms Manager (2003 to present) - more...
  • Tanya Britz - Accountant, CCF Bush (2003 to present)
  • Stephanie Cunningham – Research Assistant (2012 to present) more..
  • Ignatius Davids - Tour Guide (2010 to present) - more....
  • Juliette Erdtsieck - Head Cheetah Keeper (2011-present) - more...
  • Karin Falk – Accountant, CCF (2010 to present)
  • Ezequiel Fabiano, PhD. - Senior Research Assistant (2005 -present) - more...
  • Alfred Hendriks – Foreman, CCF BUSH
  • Chavoux Luyt - Ecologist
  • Priskila N. Nepela - Eco-tourism Educational Aide (2008 to present) - more...
  • Matti Nghikembua - Senior Research Assistant and Education Officer (1997 to present) - more...
  • Gebhardt Nikanor - Education Officer (2001 to present) - more...
  • Bessie & Max Simon - Farm & Maintenance Supervisors (2003 to present) - more...
  • Heike Stackmann - Volunteer Co-ordinator and Public Relations Officer (2006-present) - more...
  • Ryan Sucaet - Assistant Cheetah Keeper & Research Assistant (2011-present) - more...
  • Rob Thomson -- Rhino Ecologist (2008 to present) - more...
  • Tyapa Toivo - Small Livestock ManagerS (2011  to present) more....
  • Hanlie Visser – Food Services Supervisor (2012 to present)
  • Paul Visser – Assistant Farms Manager (2012 to present)
  • Amelia  Zakiewicz  - Veterinarian (2012 to present) more...

CCF USA Board of Directors

  • Dan Beringer - Entrepreneur - more...
  • Polly Horton Hix - Philanthropist - more...
  • Richard Kopcho - Writer - more...
  • Laurie L. Marker, DPhil. - Founder and Executive Director - more...
  • Robert Mahoney (Treasurer) - Hillcrest Capital Partners - more...
  • Claudia A. McMurray - Senior Counsellor to the Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit (ISU) - more...
  • Margery A. Nicolson - Biochemist, educator and environmentalist - more...
  • Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Chairman) 
  • Alison Ravano
  • Colleen Sorensen - CEO, Java Jacket - more...
  • Beth Wallace - Media and Marketing Consultant - more...

CCF USA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  • Brad Andrews -- Chief Zoological Officer, Sea World Parks and Entertainment - more...
  • David Barron - Chairman, Barron-Birrell Inc. - more...
  • Jayne M. Bazos - CCF Chicago Chapter Leader and National Run for the Cheetah Chair - Clinical Psychologist - more...
  • Eric Berman - Investor, Volunteer - more...
  • Kay Bishop - more...
  • Walt Bodley - Retired pilot, amateur astronomer & musician - more...
  • Ralph Bushey - Retired
  • Donna Bookout-Coe - CCF Oregon Chapter Leader - more...
  • Jeff Corwin - more...
  • Alan Feldstein - Chairman and Founder, Infinite Safari Adventures - more...
  • Emanuel "Manny" Friedman - Vice Chairman EJF Capital, LLC - more...
  • Vicky Gourley
  • Annie Graham
  • Peter Gros - Wildlife Expert, Lecturer and TV Personality - more...
  • Carl Hilker 
  • Chris Johns - Editor in Chief, National Geographic - more...
  • Marisa Katnic - CCF SoCal Chapter Leader,  Conservationist - more...
  • Patricia W. Klitgaard - President, Oneloa Properties - more...
  • Charles Knowles - Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) - more...
  • Ronit Kobrinski - Partner, Platinum Properties, LLC
  • Gary Kopff - President, Everest Management, Inc. - more...
  • Robert Ludlow, Jr. - Attorney
  • John Lukas - Director of Gilman International Conservation (GIC) - White Oak Conservation Center - more...
  • Vanessa Lukas - Gilman International Conservation (GIC) - White Oak Conservation Center
  • Vance G. Martin - President, WILD Foundation - more...
  • Robert Alan Page - Conservation Volunteer - more...
  • Suzi Rapp - Columbus Zoo, Animal Programs Director - more...
  • Rohini Talalla - Indie Documentary Filmmaker
  • Dr. Peter Warren -  President and Founder, International Education Corps - more...
  • Angela Weisskopf - Retired - more...
  • Claudia Whitehead - CCF Arizona Chapter Leader - Economic Development Director, City of Avondale, Economic Development Department - more...
  • Richard Wiese -  more...

CCF USA Staff

  • David Dolan - Chief Development Officer (2012 - present)
  • Beth Fellenstein - Constituent Relationship Manager (2011 - present)
  • Liz Georges - Communications Coordinator (2012-present)
  • Paula Martin - Executive Assistant and Outreach Coordinator (2004 - present)
  • Laurie Payne  - Fundraising Project Manager and CCF NoCal Chapter Leader (2008 - present)
  • Shannon Sharp - Director of Operations and Finance (2009 - present) - more...
  • Patricia Tricorache - Asst. Director, International Programmes (2001-Present) - more...

CCF USA Chapters - Click here

CCF International Scientific Board of Advisors

  • Mr. Karl Ammann - Conservationist and Wildlife Photographer, Kenya - more...
  • Dr. Christine Breitenmoser-Würtzen - Co-Char, IUCN's CAT Specialist Group. - more...
  • Bruce Brewer, PhD. - General Manager (1998 to present) and also runs the CCF Bushblok project. - more...
  • Dr. Ray Coppinger - Professor Emeritus at Hampshire College and Founder of the Livestock Guarding Dog Program in the USA - more...
  • Dr. Sarah Durant - Tanzania Cheetah Project Director, London Zoological Society and the Wildlife Conservation Society - more...
  • Dr. Susie Ellis - Executive Director, International Rhino Foundation
  • Mr. Jack Grisham - Cheetah Species Coordinator for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Plan, and Director of Animal Collections, St. Louis Zoological Park - more...
  • John Lukas - Executive Drector White Oak Conservation Center and BOD H. Gilman Foundation - more...
  • Prof. David Macdonald - Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University - more...
  • Laurie L. Marker, DPhil. - Founder and Executive Director of CCF - more...
  • Mr. Sean McKeown - Europe Cheetah Species Coordinator for the Northern African Cheetah
  • Dr. Gus Mills - Carnivore Specialist, South African Parks. - more...
  • Dr. Sanjayan Muttulingam - Lead Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, US.
  • Dr. Stephen O'Brien - Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and head of the Section of Genetics, National Cancer Institute - more...
  • Ms. Cindy Olson - Conservationist, Specialist in Iran
  • Dr. Ian Player - Founder of the International Wilderness Leadership School, South Africa - more...
  • Dr. Tim Wacher - Wildlife Biologist, Zoological Society of London
  • Dr. David Wildt - Reproductive Pathologist, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo, and the Conservation and Research Center - more...

CCF UK

  • Jonathan and Angela Scott (CCF UK Patrons) - Photographers, writers, TV personalities - more...

CCF UK Trustees

  • Noel Boyd - Businessman
  • Deborah Iliffe
  • Victoria Macmillan Bell - Journalist - more...
  • Alison Ravano

Cheetah Conservation Fund Canada Committee

  • CarolynFarquhar - Co Chair
  • Kim Atkinson  - Co-Chair
  • Evlyn Anderson  -  Treasurer  
  • Pat Bumstead- Communications -- Founder and Director, International Society for Endangered Cats (ISEC) Canada
  • Carol Peterson  -- more...