Cyril F. Kormos

Cyril Kormos is the vice president for policy at The WILD Foundation.

"Mr. Kormos holds a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.Sc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. Mr. Kormos served on the editorial boards of the LSE’s Millennium Journal of International Studies, and GWU’s The Environmental Lawyer.

"Mr. Kormos is the Vice President for Policy for WILD primarily focused on assembling the most up to date information and tools for wilderness conservation and climate change issues. He is also a member of, and helps manage the IUCN-WCPA Wilderness Task Force, which is co-Chaired by WILD. In 2009, Kormos was appointed the IUCN-WCPA Regional Vice-Chair for North American and the Caribbean. He has co-edited many books, including most recently A Handbook for International Wilderness Law and Policy (Fulcrum Publishing, 2008). Prior to coming to The WILD Foundation, Mr. Kormos worked for [[Conservation International for six years. His last position at CI was Senior Director for Program Management in the President’s Office. Prior to that position, Mr. Kormos held the positions of Staff Attorney, and then Director of CI’s Policy Program."


 * Executive Committee, World Wilderness Congress

Publications

 * Russell Mittermeier, Cyril F. Kormos, and Cristina Mittermeier, Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas (Cemex, 2005).
 * Cyril F. Kormos and Vance G. Martin, Wilderness, Wildlands, & People: A Partnership for the Planet (Fulcrum Publishing, 2008).