The International Crane Foundation’s team is made up of over 90 staff and close partners who work in more than 55 countries on five continents.

Dr. George Archibald
Co-Founder and Senior Conservationist
(Headquarters)

Dr. Rich Beilfuss
President and CEO
(Headquarters)

Becky Abel
Grants Director
(Headquarters)

Justin Acheson 
Facilities Technician
(Headquarters)

Dr. Adalbert Aine-omucunguzi
East Africa Regional Manager
(Uganda)

Ferdi Akarsu
Research Associate
(Middle East – Transcaucasia)

Shimelis Aynalem
Research Associate (Ethiopia)

Bach Mai Le
Vietnam Office Manager
(Vietnam)

Dr. Nyamba Batbayar
Research Associate (Mongolia)

Karen Becker
Assistant to the Co-Founder
(Headquarters)

Matthew Becker 
Africa Program Officer
(South Africa)

Jennifer Bevars
Gift Processing Specialist
(Headquarters)

Eva Bii
Kingwal Wetland Field Assistant
(Kenya)

Kim Boardman
Curator of Birds
(Headquarters)

Rose Boyajian
Gift Shop Manager
(Headquarters)

Randa Celley
Executive Assistant – HR
(Headquarters)

Cynthia Chigangaidze
Senior Administrator
(South Africa)

Dr. Erica Cochrane
Conservation Measures Manager
(Headquarters)

Jessica Colvan
Aviculturist
(Headquarters)

Lizzie Condon
Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator
(Headquarters)

Christie Craig
Blue Crane Ph.D. Candidate & Western Cape Field Officer, Leiden Conservation Graduate Fellow
(South Africa)

Tom Davis
Facilities Supervisor
(Headquarters)

Betsy Didrickson
Information Services Manager
(Headquarters)

Rukundo Emmanuel
Project Assistant
(Akanyaru, Rwanda)

Amanda Twombley
Gift Processing Specialist
(Headquarters)

Hannah Field
Program Assistant
(Headquarters)

Jennifer Fiene
Membership Manager
(Headquarters)

Kate Fitzwilliams
Development Officer
(Headquarters)

Kelvin Steven Floyd
Research Associate
(Zambia)

Sara Gavney Moore
Digital Communications Program Manager
(Headquarters)

Bradley Gibbons
Highland Grassland Field Officer
(South Africa)

Chuck Gibbons
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
(Headquarters)

Cynthia Gitter
Assistant Curator
of Birds
(Headquarters)

Andy Gossens
Crane Project Manager
(Headquarters)

Guo Zhiwei
Program Officer
(China)

Dr. Barry Hartup
Director of Conservation Medicine
(Headquarters)

Gail Hinz
Senior Accounting Manager
(Headquarters)

Todd Holman
Human Resources Director
(Headquarters)

Hope
Whooping Crane Mascot
(Headquarters)

Hou Bo
China Program Coordinator
(China)

Elena Ilyashenko
Siberian Crane Flyway Coordinator
(Russia)

Joyeuse Imigambi
Field Assistant
(Rwanda)

Dr. Gary Ivey
Research Associate, West Coast Crane Working Group
(Oregon, USA)

Jin Jiefeng
Yangtze Basin
Program Officer
(China)

Darcy Johnson
Accounting/Payroll Specialist
(Headquarters)

Dr. Lara Jordan
Drakensberg Coordinator
(South Africa)

Swati Kittur
GIS/Database Manager
(India)

Anne Lacy
Crane Research Coordinator
(Headquarters)

Sue Lakin
Veterinary Technician
(Headquarters)

Leav Phalen
Cambodia Office Manager
(Cambodia)

Dr. Li Fengshan
Yangtze Program and
Black-necked Crane Program Leader
(Headquarters and China)

Liu Tao
Field Assistant
(China)

Darcy Love
Creative Design and Conservation Education Manager
(Headquarters)

Thabo Madlala
EcoRanger
(South Africa)

Jimmy Muheebwe
Uganda Projects Coordinator
(Uganda)

Brittany Mullins
Regional Advancement Officer
(Illinois and Headquarters)

Daniel Munana
Field Coordinator
(Rwanda)

Vivian Nekesa
Western Kenya Field Coordinator
(Kenya)

Olivier Ngabonziza
Field Assistant
(Rwanda)

Phiona Orishaba
Community Education Field Assistant
(Southwest Uganda)

Jason Oswald
Compliance Specialist
(Headquarters)

Liz Pelton
Grants Associate
(Headquarters)

John Pistone
Leiden Conservation Whooping Crane Biologist
(Texas)

Dr. Unjinee Poonan
Community Specialist
(South Africa)

Janine Rennie 
Southern Drakensberg Field Officer
(South Africa)

Steven Segang
Highveld Community Projects Officer
(South Africa)

Pamela Seelman
Director of Marketing Communications
(Headquarters)

Griffin Shanungu
Zambia Country Coordinator
(Zambia)

Cully Shelton
Visitor Program Manager
(Headquarters)

Mwape Sichilongo
Southern African Floodplains Regional Manager
(Zambia)

Elena Smirenski
Technical Communications/ Program Assistant
(Headquarters)

Dr. Sergei Smirenski
Research Associate
(Headquarters and Russia)

Kim Smith
Chief Operating Officer
(Headquarters)

Dr. Liz Smith
Director of North America Programs
(Texas, USA)

Tanya Smith
South African Regional Manager
(South Africa)

Kari Stauffer
Director of Development
(Headquarters)

Dr. Su Liying
East Asia Flyways
Program Leader
(China)

Dr. Gopi Sundar
Director of SaruScape
(India)

Kyle Tainter
Senior Aviculturist
(Headquarters)

Gilbert Tayebwa
Research and Monitoring Field Assistant
(Southwest Uganda)

Hillary Thompson
North America Program Crane Analyst
(Headquarters)

Demetra Toniolo
Administrative Assistant – Development
(Headquarters)

Dr. Tran Triet
Southeast Asia
Program Coordinator
(Headquarters and Vietnam)

Anna Turkett
Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator
(Texas)

Yu Qian
China Program Director
(China)

Allyce Vogel
Aviculturist
(Headquarters)

Maurice Wanjala
Western Kenya Kipsaina Crane and Wetland Conservation Group Coordinator
(Kenya)

Marianne Wellington
Senior Aviculturist and Chick-rearing Supervisor
(Headquarters)

Yan Jianhong
China Program Administration Manager
(China)