Board of Directors
Laurie Benenson
Writer and Producer
Chair
Daniela Armijos
Amazon Rainforest Advocate
David Stoup
Healthy Lifestyle Brands, LLC
Treasurer
Denise Castronovo
Castronovo Chocolate
Jeff Bridges
Actor and musician
Juan Mayr Maldonado
Environmentalist
Ken Cook
Environmental Working Group
Liliana Madrigal
Amazon Conservation Team
Marcelo de Andrade Carvalho
Pro Natura
Mark Plotkin
Amazon Conservation Team
Rodolfo Trejos
BAC Latam
Stephen Altschul
Computational Biologist
Secretary
Tico Torres
Tico Torres Children Foundation
William M. Cameron
American Fidelity Assurance Company
Emeritus Board Members
Bernard Aronson
ACON Investments Co-Founder
Margaret Barker Clark
Philanthropist
Nora Pouillon
Restaurant Nora
Robert Boykin
Boykin Management Company
Ward Paine
Leatherback Foundation
Advisory Board
The Amazon Conservation Team's Advisory Board is composed of an eclectic group of extraordinary individuals dedicated to ACT's mission. As advisors, they bring special talents that ACT can draw on upon request, while sharing unique perspectives from their fields of expertise that enrich ACT’s work.
Andrew Tobias
Author and journalist
Elizabeth Murrell
Architect
Heather Thomas-Brittenham
Actress and author
Hugh Govan
Marine biologist and conservationist
Janell Cannon
Author and illustrator
Julian Lennon
Musician and philanthropist
May Pang
Author and producer
Miranda Smith
Miranda Productions
Paul Stamets
Mycologist and entrepreneur
In Memoriam: Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall Institute
Ambassadors
Cimafunk
Musician
Ariadna Gutierrez
Colombian actress & model
Oliver-Ximon Mwiinga (Oli)
Young Wildlife Enthusiast
ACT-Colombia's Indigenous Youth Advisory Board
Our largest program, ACT-Colombia, is proud to host an indigenous youth advisory board, which helps guide our organization. We believe that it is vital that the voices of those who will inherit the responsibility for our natural world be involved in the planning and implementation of our conservation work. The board currently consists of nine members, age 10 to 16, from the six major geographic regions in Colombia where we work. The group meets regularly and shares with us with their insights, perspectives, and priorities as young members of the indigenous communities with which we partner.