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
- Dr. Laurie Marker - Co-Founder and Executive Director - more...
- Anne Schmidt-Küntzel - Research Geneticist andn Assistant Director for Animal Health and Research (2008 to present)- more...
- Patricia Tricorache - Asst. Director, International Programmes - more...
CCF namibia Board of Trustees
- Mr. Charles Bodenstein (Chairman of the Board) - Lawyer
- Walter Bottger - Businessman (Retired)
- Marc Dowe - CEO, Okorusu Mine
- Tangeni Erkana - Farmer
- Dr. Reiner Hassel - Veterinarian
- Mike Hill - HR Specialist
- Amb. Leonard Iipumbu - CEO, Agribank, Namibia
- Jane Katjavivi - Businesswoman, writer and publisher.
- Mary Kruger - Business Woman (retired)
- Dr. Laurie Marker - Executive Director and Founder of CCF - more...
- Dr. Jock Orford - Gynecologist and Conservationist
CCF Namibia Staff
- Laurie L. Marker, PhD. - Co-Founder and Executive Director - more...
- Bruce Brewer, PhD. - General Manager (1998 to present) and also runs the CCF Bushblok project. - more...
- Gabriel Angala - Tourism Officer (2009 - Present) - more...
- Engelhardt Awaseb - Assistant Farm Manager (2003 to present) - more...
- Johan and Tanya Britz - Farms Manager / Administrative Assistant (2003 to present) - more...
- Matt Cleverley - Cheetah Keeper and Research Assistant (2008 - Present) - more...
- Ignatius Davids - Tour Guide (2010 to present) - more....
- Kate Echement - Cheetah Keeper and Research Assistant (2008 - Present) - more...
- Karen Falk – Part-time Accountant Assistant (2010 to present) - more...
- Ezekiel Fabiano - Research Assistant (2005 to present with prior stay in 2003) - more...
- Rosie Grazier - Veterinary Nurse (2009-present) - more...
- Dr. Anaïs Herbert - Research Veterinarian (2010 - Present) - more...
- Joeh Jonas - Livestock Husbandry Assistant (2009 to present) - more...
- Tusnelde Mwaningange - Genetics Lab Technician (2010 - Present) - more...
- 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...
- Theofilus Nuutushi - Administrative Assistant (2009 to present) - more...
- Gail Potgieter - Livestock Guarding Dog Programme and Human Wildlife Conflict Co-ordinator (2009 – Present) - more...
- Bessie & Max Simon - Farm & Maintenance Supervisors (2003 to present) - more...
- James Logan Slade - Cheetah Tracker and Game Ranger (2009 to present) - more...
- Heike Stackmann - Volunteer Co-ordinator and Public Relations Officer (2006-present) - more...
- Stefanos Upani - Tourism Officer (2007 - Present) - more...
- Carolyn Whitesell - Livestock Guarding Dog Handler and Research Assistant - more...
CCF USA Board of Directors
- Dan Beringer - Entrepreneur - more...
- Carol Hosford - Conservationist and Philanthropist - more...
- Gary Lee (Secretary) - Senior Principal, CLR Design Inc. - more...
- Dr. Laurie Marker - Executive Director - more...
- Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Chairman) - Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and head of the Section of Genetics, National Cancer Institute - more...
- Robert H. Ludlow, Jr. - Law Offices of Robert H. Ludlow, Jr.
- Robert Mahoney (Treasurer) - Hillcrest Capital Partners - more...
- Claudia A. McMurray - President and CEO, Mainstream Green Solutions, LLC - more...
- Margery A. Nicolson - Biochemist, educator and environmentalist - more...
- Moses Thompson - Founder, Maizemoor International, Inc. - more...
- Beth Wallace - Vice President of Digital Marketing, Conservation International - more...
CCF USA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
- David Barron - Chairman, Barron-Birrell Inc. - more...
- Jayne M. Bazos - CCF Chicago Chapter Leader and Clinical Psychologist - more...
- Eric Berman - Investor, Volunteer - more...
- Walt Bodley - Retired pilot, amateur astronomer & musician - more...
- Ralph Bushey - Retired
- Donna Bookout-Coe - more...
- Jeff Corwin - more...
- Teresa Delaney - Chairperson, National Run for the Cheetah - more...
- Emanuel "Manny" Friedman - Vice Chairman EJF Capital, LLC - more...
- Carl Hilker - Philanthropist and Director of the WILD Foundation - more...
- Polly Horton Hix - Philanthropist - more...
- Chris Johns - Staff Photographer, National Geographic - more...
- Liz Karch - Systems Administrator, The Real Estate Roundtable - more...
- Patricia W. Klitgaard - President, Oneloa Properties - more...
- Ronit Kobrinski - Partner, Platinum Properties, LLC
- Charles Knowles - Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) - more...
- John Lukas - Director of Gilman International Conservation (GIC) - White Oak Conservation Center - more...
- Vanessa Lukas - Gilman International Conservation (GIC) - White Oak Conservation Center
- Willy K. Ma - Chairman and President, Mas Asset Management Corp. - more...
- Vance G. Martin - President, WILD Foundation - more...
- Robert Alan Page - Conservation Volunteer - more...
- Alison Ravano
- Rohini Talalla
- Dr. Peter Warren - President and Founder, International Education Corps - more...
- Angela Weisskopf - Retired - more...
- Claudia Whitehead - Economic Development Director, City of Avondale, Economic Development Department; CCF Arizona Chapter Leader - more...
CCF USA Staff
- Hillary Russell Davidson - Director, Operations (2009 - present) - more...
- Paula Martin - Administrative Officer (2004 - present)
- Allison Rogers - Grants Manager (2008 - present) - more...
- Laurie Payne - Fundraising Project Manager (2008 - present)
- Maura Sullivan Biasi - Donor Information Manager (2008 to present) - more...
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...
- Dr. Hu Berry - Retired as Senior Scientist at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia. Free-lance Tour Guide. - 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...
- Dr. Laurie Marker - Executive Director and Founder of CCF - more...
- Mr. Sean McKeown - Europe Cheetah Species Coordinator for the Northern African Cheetah
- Dr. David Meltzer - Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria and Chairman, Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, South Africa - more...
- Dr. Gus Mills - Carnivore Specialist, South African Parks. - more...
- Dr. Linda Munson - Veterinary Pathologist, University of California at Davis, IUCN's Veterinary Specialist Group, Cheetah Pathologist for Species Survival Plan, USA - 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 Smithonian Institution's National Zoo, and the Conservation and Research Center - more...
CCF UK
- Jonathan Scott (CCF UK Patron) - Photographer, writer, TV personality - more...
CCF UK Trustees
- Noel Boyd - Businessman
- Deborah Iliffe
- Andrew Jirat-Wasiutynski (Chair)
- Victoria MacMillan
- Alison Ravano
Cheetah Conservation Fund Canada Committee
- Jonathan Ward - Director/Chair
- Dianne Girard - Director/Treasurer
- Kim-Ellen Hurst - Director, PR & Events
- Carol Petersen - Director/Western Canada - more...
- Robin Stewart - Membership/Communications Secretary
- Dhun Ward - Recording Secretary
