Richard is the Founder and Principal of Andanza Advisors. A multi-cultural, bilingual advisor in conservation, environmental policy, mission-driven philanthropy, and organizational development, Richard helps drive positive changes for earth and humanity by linking interdisciplinary knowledge to action, enabling meaningful connections, and strengthening the capacities and power we all carry within. His expertise is grounded in three decades of work with rural communities, civil society organizations (CSOs), academic and philanthropic institutions, governments, and the private sector in 15 countries. Among his achievements, Richard has helped establish and improve management of numerous marine protected areas in Latin America, protect over 1,000 km of coastline, strengthen the institutional and organizational infrastructure for coastal-marine conservation and fisheries management in Mexico and Chile, advance scientific knowledge by authoring over 50 scientific papers and book chapters, and inspired changemakers by mentoring students, fellows and executive directors of over forty organizations. Trained in the natural and social sciences, Richard holds a PhD in Natural Resource Management and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Arizona, and a B.Sc. in Biochemical Engineering and Marine Sciences from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Guaymas, Mexico.
Gabriela is an environmental and philanthropic advisor providing services to individual donors, foundations, donor agencies, and donor networks to develop culturally-sensitive and collaboration-oriented strategies to address environmental problems and opportunities in Mexico and Latin America. Her wish is to combine knowledge, experience, and good disposition to add value to clients, networks, and personal causes, and to help advance the larger goal of keeping philanthropy strong and effective in their efforts to support civil society and the environment
Josh builds interdisciplinary teams to tackle problems in novel ways. He founded Advanced Conservation Strategies in 2006, which focuses on program design, sustainability science, and evaluation. Trained as a natural scientist, Josh holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University and an M.A. from the University of California. He has worked on environmental and social issues in over a dozen countries, including the management of invasive species, environmental restoration, conservation finance, and incentive-based approaches to environmental conservation. Prior to ACS, Josh served as the Chief Scientist for Project Isabela in Galápagos Islands, one of the world’s largest island restoration project. He also played a pivotal, early role in the NGO Island Conservation, whose mission is to prevent extinctions by removing invasive species from islands. He served as a key advisor to the Chilean and Argentinean governments on the restoration of Tierra del Fuego. Josh has held fellowships with the Fulbright Commission, Guggenheim Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, and the Copeland Fellowship in Global Sustainability at Amherst College. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Josh splits his time between the Wasatch Mountains and Andalucia.
Jennifer Menke is the founder and Executive Director of Regenerative Earth a 501(c)3 non profit corporation that is committed to preserving biological diversity and indigenous wisdom in keystone ecosystems globally, as well as enabling conditions where humans and the environment thrive within. In 2015, she was nominated as an emerging global leader by the Academy for Systems Change and resides as a fellow of the organization. Jennifer facilitates local communities, governments, and organizations to develop and implement regenerative blue/green economies in which the community, ecosystem, and economy all thrive. Jennifer’s community resource mapping, facilitation techniques, and strategic design translate to diverse projects around the world, facilitating the rapid evolution of regenerative economic models.
Since 2005, alongside and integrated with her environmental and social work, Jennifer has facilitated retreats and workshops for leaders, corporate executives, and investors in some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems globally. She brings over 20 years of work and training with indigenous elders from North and Central America and her direct relationship with nature to curate experiences for individuals that provide inner and outer systems change.
Dr. Stuart Cowan is the Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, where he supports open innovation systems strategically addressing critical pathways for planetary thriving through the BFI Design Lab. He brings 25 years of experience in regenerative design, finance, and systems and is a transformations architect, ecological designer, regenerative economist, and systems scientist. He is the Co-Founder of Autopoiesis LLC, which works to regenerate communities, ecosystems, and organizations. He was the founding convener of the Regenerative Communities Network from 2018-20, supporting 15 bioregions on their journeys of regeneration. He brings a diverse range of experiences including Chief Scientist at the Smart Cities Council, Transaction Manager for the sustainable investment fund Portland Family of Funds, and Conservation Economy Research Director at the non-profit Ecotrust. He is the co-author with Sim Van der Ryn of Ecological Design (Island Press, 2007), and received his doctorate in Applied Mathematics from U.C. Berkeley with a focus on Complex Systems and Ecological Economics. He has taught and facilitated internationally for academic institutions, cities, companies, indigenous groups, government agencies, and NGOs. He is also an advisor to several international regeneration initiatives including Costa Rica Regenerativa and Regenerosity.
Karen is a facilitator of social, participatory processes and socio-environmental conflicts, with particular interest in training, capacity building and knowledge management of communities and territorial agents of change. She has more than 15 years of experience working with public sectors and civil society in Latin America, contributing to create conditions and generate capacities to design, sustain, facilitate and harvest conversations related to agreements and territorial planning and organizational development. Karen is part of the global “Art of Hosting” community and founder of “Corporación Con Tacto Local” in Colombia and “CuartoEco” in Chile. Interested in exploring conversation as a space for reconciliation and healing, she is a mountain walker, birdkeeper, reader and likes to celebrate.
Christian M. Appendini has been a faculty member at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) since 2009. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from UNAM, and his expertise encompasses coastal engineering, wave climatology, extreme events, climate change, ocean circulation, numerical modeling, and nature-based solutions for the health of coastal ecosystems and communities. He has an ample background in international consulting and has largely participated in various coastal engineering and oceanography projects and spearheaded numerous citizen-driven science initiatives to help monitor and manage coastal ecosystems in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Christian is the Head of the Coastal Processes and Engineering Laboratory (LIPC) in Sisal, Yucatan, specializing in hydrodynamics, wave propagation, sediment transport, and coastal erosion. He is also the lead researcher in the Sargassum Research Group at LIPC, overseeing critical research to understand sargassum blooms, one of the most pressing conservation and economic issues in the Caribbean. His dedication to advancing scientific knowledge and building leadership is evident in his publication record, which comprises over 35 articles in indexed journals, and mentoring numerous graduate students.
Marcia Moreno-Baez is a Research Professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School. Her interests span a wide range of environmental problems, with a common thread being developing spatial decision-making tools to address all stages of the scientific process, from data acquisition and processing to spatial modeling and communication. She has two primary research areas. One is to understand the spatial distribution of impacts of environmental problems, resource extraction, and policies. The second is to support applied research that bridges the common divides between social, economic, and environmental goals while opening opportunities for equity and justice through the participation of different sectors and stakeholders. Other interests include identifying opportunities to better adapt to a technological transition to green energy through the blue economy, particularly focused on coastal and fishing communities. She has more than 25 years of experience in the field of geospatial technology with a diverse professional practice in government, the private sector, NGOs, and academia. Her experience has also involved facilitating the practical use of science and technology for a spatially literate workforce and the support of scientific research and policy in the US, Mexico, and Latin America.
Rodrigo is a conservation scientist with over 20 years of experience researching and implementing conservation practices on endangered landscapes. He is a native of Querétaro, México, having completed his Ecosystem Management doctorate in 2016 at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM), working in the Chihuahuan Desert native grasslands. Rodrigo has worked on the recovery of black-footed ferrets, American bison, prairie dogs, and jaguars. He is also currently involved in understanding the US/Mexico border wall's effects on wildlife. Dr. Sierra Corona is the Executive Director of the Borderlands Restoration Network, and previously was the Director of Ecological Management at the Santa Lucia Conservancy in Carmel, California. He brings both an academic and in-practice perspective to improve ecological integrity through the development and implementation of science-based management strategies designed around climate change adaptation and resilience with particular attention to wildfire patterns, drought, ecosystem connectivity, and biodiversity. Rodrigo completed his bachelor's thesis at Cuenca Los Ojos – a 49,000 hectare reserve in northern Mexico bordering Arizona - 20 years ago, following black bears and mountain lions and setting camera traps at the US/Mexico border. During this time, and becoming a rancher himself, he heard the call, loud and clear, to work with nature and people to improve the ecological conditions of degraded landscapes.
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