About Mongabay

Mongabay is an environmental science and conservation news and information site. Much of Mongabay has operated under a non-profit — Mongabay.org — since 2012.

Founded in 1999 by Rhett A. Butler out of his passion for nature and wildlife, today Mongabay is staffed by a group of committed individuals, supported by a wide range of contributors in more than a dozen countries.

Mongabay staff

Rhett A. Butler – founder, president, and writer/editor
Tiffany Roufs – operations manager
Morgan Erickson-Davis – writer/editor
Rebecca Kessler – writer/editor
Glenn Scherer– writer/editor
Philip Jacobson– writer/editor – Indonesia
Ruxandra Guidi – writer / editor – Latin America
Shreya Dasgupta – writer
Mike Gaworecki – writer
Brittany Stewart– administrative assistant
María Ángeles Salazar– translation coordinator

Mongabay-Indonesia staff

Ridzki Sigit – Director
Nur Rochmani Fajar – Editor
Sapariah Saturi Harsono – Senior Editor
Akhyari Hananto – Outreach coordinator
Rahmadi Rahmadi – Editor
Husen Mony – Data analyst

Contributors and interns

Mongabay
Mongabay-Indonesia

See Mongabay.org for staff bios.

The Mongabay board

Officers

Dr. Brodie Ferguson (Chairman) is an anthropologist working with indigenous communities in Latin America.
Alyson Blume (Secretary) is a social media expert at Trinity Ventures.
Dr. Christopher Herndon (Treasurer) is a physician focusing on reproductive health and ethnobotanist.

Directors

Rhett A. Butler is the founder of Mongabay.com and Mongabay.org.
Camille Nava is a former organic food entrepreneur who is involved with various sustainability issues
Dr. Marion O’Leary is a recognized authority on the use of isotopes for studies in chemistry and biology.
Mark Cappellano is a conservationist and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles.
Penn A. Butler is an attorney specializing in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and corporate restructuring
Peter Riggs was the founder and director of the Forum on Democracy & Trade before joining the Ford Foundation as a program officer. He is now an advisor at CLUA
Susan Sanchez is Director of the Corporate Green Chemistry Program at The Walt Disney Company.
Tim Kelly is the former president of the National Geographic Society and current CEO of Steam Engine.
Triona Gogarty is a speech-language pathologist and elementary school teacher.

Advisory Board

Dr. Peter Raven is a botanist who was formerly the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Dr. William F. Laurance is a rainforest ecologist now based at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia
Dr. Jane Goodall is a primatologist and conservationist.

Additional information

Please see Mongabay.org for more information about the organization itself, including annual reports and financial filings, like the 990 and IRS Determination Letter.

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