WILD Foundation

The WILD Foundation "is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), non-governmental organization founded in the United States in 1974 by South African Ian Player, and based in Ojai, California. For 29 years, WILD has worked around the world to protect highly threatened wilderness areas and wildlife." 

In late 1994, the WILD Foundation moved to the Ojai Valley. “In a pioneering, cooperative agreement, WILD is one of the three founding partners of the International Center for Earth Concerns, in colloboration with the Conservation Endowment Fund and The Humane Society of the United States.”

Funding
Their website notes that: "Over 29 years our funding has come from a wide range of sources: individuals such as you who understand and want to support the protection of wild nature; an active and committed Board of Directors; many private foundations, from family-run to large institutions (such as Ford or Rockefeller); corporate gifts (most recently a sponsorship by Radio Shack); educational publications through Fulcrum, Inc.; professional organizations that support our Journal (such as Outward Bound, National Outdoor Leadership School, and others) and several federal land management agencies (including the US Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service). In order to enhance our long term effectiveness, we have a small but growing endowment and sincerely urge you to consider a tax deductible gift that builds our future strength, or a donation that goes directly to work on one of many projects Your support makes possible our work for wilderness, wildlife and people…please join us!" 


 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Ford Foundation

Staff & Associates
Accessed December 2011:


 * Tracie Boltres, Accountant
 * Susan Canney, General Adviser and Project Leader for our Mali Elephant Project
 * Alyson Duffey, Associate Director
 * Dana Guppy, Chief Technology Officer
 * Melanie Hill, Communications Manager
 * Cyril Kormos, Vice President for Policy
 * Harvey Locke, Vice President for Conservation Strategy
 * Marie-Eve Marchand, Special Projects
 * Vance G. Martin, President
 * Julie Anton Randall, Vice President for Government Relations

Board
Accessed December 2011:


 * Charlotte Baron, Chair
 * David Barron
 * Magalen Bryant
 * Marilynn Cowgill
 * Chad P. Dawson
 * James Dunlap
 * Kat Haber
 * John C. Hendee
 * Vance G. Martin - President
 * Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
 * Michael Sweatman, Treasurer
 * Robert Baron, Emeritus Director
 * Ian Player, Founder & Emeritus Director

Directors (2007)
Source
 * Charlotte Baron
 * Robert C. Baron, Chairman of The Board
 * David Barron
 * Magalen Bryant
 * James R. Dunlap
 * Francine Kansteiner
 * Dr. John C. Hendee
 * Carl Hilker and Cathryn Hilker
 * Vance G. Martin, President
 * Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier
 * Andrew Muir
 * Dr. Ian Player
 * M.A. Partha Sarathy
 * Michael Sweatman

Board (1988)
Accessed February 2012:


 * Michael Sweatman - chair
 * Michael Casey
 * Robert N. Cleaves
 * Dielle Fleischmann
 * Norma Foster
 * Ian Player
 * John C. Hendee
 * Vance G. Martin, President
 * Sir Laurens van der Post
 * James Stewart

Advisors
 * Mr and Mrs Gerrit van der Bovenkamp
 * Anne Cooley
 * Susan Storey Lyman
 * Verne McLaren
 * Genevieve di San Faustino
 * Partha Sarathy

Trustees
Accessed December 2011:


 * Robert Cleaves
 * Michael Fay
 * Patricio Robles Gil
 * Morgan Heim
 * Carl Hilker
 * Larry Kopald
 * Michael McBride
 * Andrew Muir
 * Jo Roberts
 * Jaime Rojo
 * Bittu Sahgal
 * Partha Sarathy
 * Peter Stranger

Trustees (2007)
Accessed November 2007:
 * Robert Cleaves
 * Michael Fay
 * Patricio Robles Gil
 * Mike McBride
 * Bittu Sahgal
 * Partha Sarathy

Contact

 * Web: http://www.wild.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Weeden Foundation
 * Michael McCloskey - awardee
 * Robert N. Cleaves - cofounder
 * Harvey Locke
 * Franco Zunino
 * Leona Graham-Elen
 * Sharon Shay Sloan - project manager