Our Team

Core Team

Julie Sherman – Executive Director

Emily Massingham, PhD – Program Officer

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

Christine Caurant – Research and administration

Thalia Liokatis – Administration

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