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Our Team

Meet the passionate people behind our work. Our team is driven by a shared commitment to safeguarding amphibians worldwide.

Pletophryne lemur © Diane Barber

Meet the passionate people behind our work. Our team is driven by a shared commitment to safeguarding amphibians worldwide.

Our management

Our core management team oversees Amphibian Ark’s global programs.

Jonathan Wilcken

Executive Director

Luis Carrillo

Training Director

Becca Brunner

Program Director

María Braeuner

Communications Officer

Elizabeth Townsend

Finance Officer

National Coordinators

Within priority countries, AArk National Coordinators work to establish national species rescue programs for all species in need.

Cybele Lisboa

National Coordinator | Brazil

Renata Ibelli Vaz

National Coordinator | Brazil

Beatriz Velásquez

National Coordinator | Colombia

María José Chang

National Coordinator | Guatemala

Our Board

The Amphibian Ark Board is made up of a distinguished group of conservationists who bring a wealth of experience to the governance of Amphibian Ark.

  • Brad Andrews - Humane Conservation - Board Chair
  • Rebecca Biddle - Twycross Zoo
  • Kevin Buley - Auckland Zoo
  • Onnie Byers - Chair Emeritus CPSG
  • Jo Gipps - Director Emeritus Bristol Zoo
  • Jim Guenter - Species360 - Board Treasurer
  • Sanna Hellström - Korkeasaari Zoo
  • Bengt Holst - Bengt Holst Consulting
  • Keith Lovett - Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Sonja Luz - Mandai Nature/Mandai Wildlife Group
  • Mark Pilgrim - Zoos Victoria - Board Secretary
     

Support Amphibian Rescue Programs

The world is losing three amphibian species every year. We need to do more to outpace the wave of amphibian extinctions, and we need your help to do this.

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