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...
  • Patricia Tricorache - Asst. Director, International Programmes - more...

CCF namibia Board of Trustees

  • Mr. Charles Bodenstein (Chairman of the Board) - Lawyer
  • Walter Bottger - Businessman (Retired)
  • Tangenyi 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... 
  • Kate Echement - Cheetah Keeper and Research Assistant (2008 - Present) - more...
  • Monique Escurat - Accountant (2007-present. Part time) - more...
  • Karen Falk – Part-time Accountant Assistant (2010 to present) - more...
  • Ezekiel Fabiano - Research Assistant (2005 to present with prior stay in 2003) - more...
  • Dr. Anaïs Herbert - Research Veterinarian (2010 - Present) - more...
  • John Hurter - (2009 to present) - more...
  • Joe Jonas - Livestock Husbandry Assistant (2009 to present) - more...
  • Tusnelde Mwaningange - Genetics Lab Technician (2010 - Present) - more...
  • Cheri Morkel - Veterinary Nurse (2009-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...
  • Anne Schmidt-Küntzel - Applied Biosystems Genetic Conservation Laboratory (2008 to 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...
  • Leigh Whelpton - Dr. Marker’s Personal & Administrative Assistant (2009 – present) - 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...
  • 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 Hix
  • 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...
  • Claudia A. McMurray - President and CEO, Mainstream Green Solutions, LLC - more...
  • Robert Alan Page - Conservation Volunteer - more...
  • Alison Ravano
  • 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)
  • 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