The International Crane Foundation’s team is made up of over 80 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 
Drakensberg Senior Field Officer
(South Africa)

Jennifer Bevars
Gift Processing Specialist
(Headquarters)

Andy Bingle
Interpretive Program Manager
(Headquarters)

Kim Boardman
Curator of Birds
(Headquarters)

Rose Boyajian
Gift Shop Manager
(Headquarters)

Cynthia Chigangaidze
Senior Administrator
(South Africa)

Dr. Erica Cochrane
Conservation Measures Manager
(Headquarters)

Lizzie Condon
Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator
(Headquarters)

Nikki Davis
Ecosystem Scientist
(Texas)

Tom Davis
Senior Facilities Technician
(Headquarters)

Betsy Didrickson
Information Services Manager
(Headquarters)

Rukundo Emmanuel
Project Assistant
(Akanyaru, Rwanda)

Amanda Etter
Gift Processing Specialist
(Headquarters)

Hannah Field
Program Assistant
(Headquarters)

Jennifer Fiene
Membership Manager
(Headquarters)

Lisa Figge
Accounting Payroll Specialist
(Headquarters)

Kate Fitzwilliams
Development Officer
(Headquarters)

Sara Gavney Moore
Digital Communications Specialist
(Headquarters)

Chuck Gibbons
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
(Headquarters)

Cynthia Gitter
Assistant Curator
of Birds
(Headquarters)

Andy Gossens
Sandhill Crane
Project Manager
(Headquarters)

Tim Grunewald
North America
Program Director
(Headquarters)

Jim Harris
Senior Vice President and Director of East Asia Programs
(Headquarters and China)

Dr. Barry Hartup
Director of Conservation Medicine
(Headquarters)

Gail Hinz
Senior Accounting Manager
(Headquarters)

Corinna Holfus
Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator
(Texas)

Todd Holman
Human Resources Director
(Headquarters)

Hope
Whooping Crane Mascot
(Headquarters)

Stormy Hovey
Executive Administrative Assistant
(Headquarters)

Huang Huiqin
Education Assistant
(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)

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)

Rudolf Makhanu
Kenya Country Coordinator
(Kenya)

Spike Millington
Vice President
International – Asia
(Asia and Headquarters)

Brittany Mullins
Regional Advancement Officer
(Illinois and Headquarters)

Olivier Ngabonziza
Field Assistant
(Rwanda)

Nguyen Hoang Vu
Phu My Office Manager (Vietnam)

Jason Oswald
Compliance Specialist
(Headquarters)

Liz Pelton
Grants Associate
(Headquarters)

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 Programs Manager
(Headquarters)

Elena Smirenski
Technical Communications/ Program Assistant
(Headquarters)

Dr. Sergei Smirenski
Research Associate
(Headquarters and Russia)

Kim Smith
Chief Operating Officer
(Headquarters)

Dr. Liz Smith
Senior Whooping Crane Scientist
(Texas, USA)

Tanya Smith
Southern Africa Program Coordinator
(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)

Hillary Thompson
North America Program Crane Analyst
(Headquarters)

Tien Khom
Phu My Project Assistant (Vietnam)

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

Yu Qian
China Program Director
(China)

Allyce Vogel
Aviculturist
(Headquarters)

Cristina vonSeggern
Administrative Assistant
(Headquarters)

Wang Hui
Education Assistant
(China)

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

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

Mark Wolff
Aviculturist
(Headquarters)