Daniela Ibarra-Howell

Biographical Information
"Daniela Ibarra-Howell co-founded the Savory Institute and became its CEO in 2011, bringing over 20 years of experience working on desertification and land degradation issues. Daniela has practiced and taught holistic management to successfully heal grasslands and meet economic and social goals in many different regions of the world, including the US, Argentina, Mexico, and New Zealand. She has traveled extensively around the world, visiting and working with pastoralists and agricultural communities in southeast Asia, South America, Southern and Eastern Africa and Europe.

"One of Daniela’s areas of expertise is bringing people together to build collaborative land management efforts. She’s managed teams that included federal and state public agencies, environmental groups, citizens, ranchers, academics and other sectors. She has also worked extensively with the government in Argentina on the economic impacts of desertification and land degradation, including the Undersecretariat of Environmental Policy, the Argentine Secretariat of Agriculture and the National Commission of Desertification in Patagonia (CONADEPA).

"Daniela co-owns Del Cerro L.L.C, a land management and international consulting and education business that she founded with her husband in 1997. Del Cerro is based on their family ranch in western Colorado, which has been managed holistically for over 15 years. Daniela was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Agricultural Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires specializing in desertification control and natural resource economics. She has a Masters Degree in Natural Resource Management and Economics from Lincoln University in Canterbury, New Zealand. She completed training in holistic management with Allan Savory in 1996, when she became a certified educator."

Married to Jim Howell.