CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND - Key Persons
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- Steambio Shift Supervisor
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- Professor - at - Large, Cornell University
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- Secretary of the Canada Board of Directors
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- Assistant Director for Animal Health and Research
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- Conservation Release Programme and Data Manager
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- Tourism and Hospitality Manager
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- Assistant Director for Ecological Research
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- Director of Conservation and Outreach
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- General Manager ( 1998 - Present ), Head of Bushblok Project
- General Manager, Head of Bushblok Project
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- Livestock Guarding Dog and Small Stock Manager
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- Treasurer of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees
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- Chairman
- Member of the Canada Board of Directors
- President
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- President of the Canada Board of Directors
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- Member of the International Scientific Board of Advisors
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- Housekeeper and Tourism Guide
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- Forestry and Safety Officer
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- Member of the Canada Board of Directors
- Director at Large
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- Development Manager - Events and Special Projects
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- Director
- Associate Director, Environment
Dr. Alex Travis
Director of the Cornell Center for Wildlife Conservation, Associate Director, Environment, for the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
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- Carnivore Specialist, South African Parks
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- Lead Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, US
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- Tanzania Cheetah Project Director, London Zoological Society and the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Wildlife Conservation Society, Director of Cheetah and Wild Dog Rangewide Program
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- Chairman Emeritus
- Chief Scientific Officer Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics St. Petersburg State University
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- Executive Director, International Rhino Foundation
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- Senior Adviser, Illegal Wildlife Trade and Policy
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- Europe Cheetah Species Coordinator for the Northern African Cheetah
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- Assistant Livestock Guarding Dog Programme Manager
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- Member of the Canada Board of Directors
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- Creamery / Cafe Assistant / 2019 - Present
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- Education Officer, Livestock Guarding Dog
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- Member of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Canada Board of Directors
- Director at Large
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- Communications and Marketing Manager
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- Public Relations Officer
- Volunteer Coordinator
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- Assistant Tourism Manager
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- Chief Veterinarian Safaripark Beekse Bergen
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Member of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees
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- Vice - Chairman of the Namibia Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Senior Development Manager - Major Gifts
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- Farms Manager, Manager of Biomass Operations
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- Environmental Education Officer - CCF East
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- Smallstock Assistant Manager
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- Director of Wildlife Conservation Network, Director of Okapi Project
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Veterinarian, San Francisco Animal Medical Center
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- Projects Field Supervisor
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- Personal Assistant to Dr. Laurie Marker
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- Executive Director
- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
- Founder and Executive Director of CCF
Before becoming Executive Director of Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in 1990, Dr. Laurie Marker began her career working with cheetahs at Wildlife Safari, a wildlife park in the United States. She first traveled to South West Africa (now Namibia) while conducting research into the rewilding of captive-born cheetahs.
Dr. Marker's research proved that cheetahs held in captivity could be taught to hunt but, more importantly, it was during this time she discovered livestock farmers were killing wild cheetah by the hundreds. Without intervention, the future of the species would be in jeopardy. For this reason, Dr. Marker decided to found CCF and move to Namibia.
Dr. Marker's family moved to Southern California when she was four years-old. She spent her childhood surrounded by animals, learning how to care for horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, donkeys and goats.
Dr. Marker's family resettled in Northern California in time for her to finish high school at age 16. She started college early, studying agriculture, enology and viticulture in Napa, California. Dr. Marker moved north to become a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry. She started a winery and a small dairy goat farm, and to support her businesses, she began working at Wildlife Safari in 1974. Her main interest from the start was the cheetah, a species little was known about and not well understood. During her 16 years at Wildlife Safari, Dr. Marker helped develop the U.S. and international captive breeding program for cheetahs (cheetah studbooks) and established the most successful captive cheetah-breeding program in North America.
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- Public Relations and Digital Media Specialist
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- Associate Veterinarian, Nashville Zoo
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- Treasurer of the Canada Board of Directors
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- President, Foundation for Human Rabies Education and Eradication ( FHREE )
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- Senior Ecologist and Forest Steward
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Chairman of the Namibia Board of Trustees
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- Cheetah Keeper and Kraal Supervisor
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- Chairman Emeritus of the Namibia Board of Trustees
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- Member of the International Scientific Board of Advisors
- Conservationist and Wildlife Photographer, Kenya
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- Conservationist, Specialist in Iran
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- Community Development Manager
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- Cook and Cafe Assistant / 2021 - Present
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- Member of the Canada Board of Directors
- Director at Large
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- Development Assistant
- Executive
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- Member of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees
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- Chairman of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees
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- Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford University
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- Director of Operations
- Finance
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Professor of Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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- Europe Cheetah Species Coordinator for the Northern African Cheetah
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- Facility and Conservancy Nature Reserve Manager
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- Executive Director
- Founder
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- Director of Wildlife Crime and International Policy
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- Member of the Australia Board of Directors
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- Constituent Relationship Manager
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- National Zoo Chief Veterinarian and Head of the Department of Animal Health, Giant Panda SSP, Kori Bustard SSP, Lion SSP, Komodo Dragon SSP
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- Scat Dog Researcher, PhD Candidate
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- Administrative and Tourism Assistant
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- Member of the United Kingdom Board of Trustees