Rare staff in Brazil.

Leadership & Board

Find out more about our board and leadership team.

Our leadership

Brett Jenks, President and CEO, Rare

Chief Executive Officer

Brett Jenks

Caleb McClennen, Ph.D., Rare President.

President

Caleb McClennen, Ph.D.

Renee Baiorunos

Senior Vice President, Organizational Development and Strategy

Renee Baiorunos

Monique Barreto, VP Brazil

Vice President, Brazil

Monique Barreto Galvao

Atanasio Brito

Vice President, Mozambique

Atanasio Brito

Vice President, Learning & Development, Operations

Cynthia Brown Mayoral

Anthony Chatwin, Vice President, Science and Impact, Fish Forever

Vice President, Science and Impact, Regional Programs

Anthony Chatwin, Ph.D.

Esteban Chavarria, Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Vice President, Finance and Accounting

Esteban Chavarria

Kamalika Datta, Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Fish Forever

Vice President, Strategy & Operations, Regional Programs

Kamalika Datta

Tracy Drogus Nugent, Vice President, Talent

Vice President, Talent

Tracy Drogus Patil

Kevin Green, Vice President, Center for Behavior & the Environment

Senior Vice President, Global Solutions

Kevin Green

Angela Kirkman, Vice President, Foundation Relations

Vice President, Foundation Relations

Angela Kirkman

Hari Kushardanto, Vice President, Fish Forever Indonesia

Vice President, Indonesia

Hari Kushardanto

Caryn Perrelli, Senior Vice President, Talent

Senior Vice President, Talent

Caryn Perrelli

Claudia Quintanilla, Vice President, Fish Forever, Hub for Collaboration and Learning

Vice President, Hub for Collaboration and Learning

Claudia Quintanilla

Rocky Sanchez Tirona, Managing Director, Fish Forever

Managing Director, Regional Programs

Rocky Sanchez Tirona

Annie Schouw, Chief Development Officer

Chief Development Officer

Annie Schouw

Nikki Schulman

Vice President, Strategy and External Engagement, Regional Programs

Nikki Schulman

Kate Schweigart, Vice President, Innovative Finance

Senior Vice President, Innovative Finance

Kate Schweigart

Aya Silva, Vice President, Fish Forever, Philippines

Vice President, Philippines

Aya Silva

Andrew Simpson, Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Andrew Simpson

Ron Thomas, Vice President, Rare Technology, Information Technology

Vice President, Rare Technology, Information Technology

Ron Thomas

Monica Valera, Vice President, Lands for Life, Colombia

Vice President, Colombia

Monica Varela

Diana Vasquez, Vice President, Fish Forever, Central America

Vice President, Central America

Diana Vasquez

Our Board of Trustees

Executive Director, The Morrison Family Foundation

Bruce W. Boyd, Co-Chair

Managing Director, Galbreath & Company

Lizanne Galbreath, Co-Chair

Executive Director, Stanford d.school

Sarah Stein Greenberg, Vice Chair

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Dr. Elke Weber, Secretary

Chief Investment Officer, Sun Life Financial

Randy Brown, Treasurer

Former Chief Investment Officer and Vice Chairman, BlackRock

Scott M. Amero

Co-Founder, Alice

Guilherme Azevedo

President, DN Batten Foundation

Dorothy Batten

Amy Margerum Berg

Partner, Hemenway & Barnes, Boston; Managing Director, Hemenway Trust Company

Nancy E. Dempze

Dean – Marine Science, Sustainable Fisheries | Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC-Santa Barbara

Dr. Steve Gaines

CEO, Rare

Brett Jenks

Founder and Co-Chair of the Board, Lindblad Expeditions

Sven-Olof Lindblad

Executive Chairman, CarePay Nigeria

Amaechi Ndili

Presidente de Costa Rica (2018-2022) and Professor of Practice, The Fletcher School Tufts University

Carlos Alvarado Quesada

CEO, African Wildlife Foundation

Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya

Grants Operations Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Jamie Staugler

Principal, the Rumah Group

Kathlyn Tan

Academy Award-winning film producer

Karen Toliver

Executive Director, Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Heather McTeer Toney

Portfolio Manager, North Channel, LLC

Maud Welles

Professor, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Ed Soule, Ex-Officio

Our Honorary Trustees

Co-Founder

Ken Berlin

Honorary Trustee

Paul John Butler

Co-Founder

Capt. David Hill

Honorary Trustee

Nancy Mackinnon

Honorary Trustee

Duncan McFarland

Honorary Trustee

Vadim Nikitine

Chair Emerita

Wendy Paulson

Co-Founder

Bob Ridgely