Our Team

Core Team

Julie Sherman – Executive Director

Emily Massingham, PhD – Program Officer

Christine Caurant – Research, administration and communication

Thalia Liokatis – Administration and community engagement

Board of Directors

Julie Sherman – President
Executive Director, Wildlife Impact

Jennifer Koepcke – Treasurer
Senior Director of Institutional Engagement, Wild Aid

Linda Brent, PhD, MBA – Secretary
Executive Director, Parsemus Foundation

Kari Nienstedt, CVA – Board member
Senior Director, Volunteer Outreach and Engagement, Humane World for Animals

Advisory Committee

Shayne Annett
Principal, RM Consulting Group, Australia
Specialties: natural resource management (NRM) policy, program design and evaluation; NRM project design including monitoring, evaluation and improvement; community engagement and project logic

Andrea Coleman
Consultant
Specialties: Ape and monkey care and welfare; capacity development; nonprofit management, wildlife conservation

Kay Farmer, PhD
Consultant, Wild Ally
Specialties: Capacity development; monitoring, evaluation and learning; partnership development; nonprofit management; wildlife conservation and welfare science, policy and action

David Greer
Coordinator, African Great Apes Programme, WWF International [Retired]
Specialties: Great ape ecology and conservation, conservation policy and law enforcement, illegal wildlife trade issues, protected area policy and management

David Lucas
Senior Manager, Strategy and Engagement, Parks Victoria
Specialties: Impact evaluation and strategic planning, land and natural resource management, community development, stakeholder engagement, reintroduction

Steve Unwin, MRCVS, Dip ECZM (Zoo Health Management)
Programme Manager, Wildlife Health Australia; IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group
Specialties: Wildlife health and disease risk, reintroduction, wildlife conservation

Serge Wich, PhD
Professor in Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University
Specialties: Great apes, ape conservation and science, monitoring and evaluation, ape reintroduction

Liz Williamson, PhD
Honorary Professor, University of Stirling; IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Great Apes
Specialties: Great apes socioecology and conservation

Ape Reintroduction Committee

An independent scientific committee convened and administered by Wildlife Impact

Clare Campbell
Executive Director, Wildlife Asia

Susan Cheyne, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology and Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University Co-Director, Borneo Nature Foundation International; Vice-Chair,

Tatyana Humle, PhD
Re:Wild; ARRC Task Force, IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Great Apes

Steve Unwin, BSc, BVSc, MRCVS, Dip. ECZM (Zoo Health Management)
Programme Manager, Wildlife Health Australia; IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group

Liz Williamson, PhD
Honorary Professor, University of Stirling; IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group Section on Great Apes

Serge Wich, PhD
Professor in Primate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University