Alumni Stories

Nellie Catzim

Originally a Protected Areas Manager in Belize, Nellie is a Technical Expert on Cli ate Change, Oceans Management, and Multilateral ...

Rosemary Furfey

Salmon Recovery Coordinator, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Portland, Oregon

“The interface between science, biology, and people, and how to work with people to protect the environment” is intrinsic in ...

Phil Huffman

Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy
Vermont, USA

“Part of what I love about [QLF] is the way in which [it] has been a thread throughout my whole ...

Alix W. Hopkins

Author, Communications & Community Conservation Consultant
Pownal, Maine

Much of Alix Hopkins’ career as an environmentalist specializing in communications and community conservation has been influenced by her work ...

Ted Hoskins

Minister to Coastal Communities and Fisheries, Maine Sea Coast Mission
Maine, USA

Ted’s work in fisheries management has focused on bridging the interests of stakeholders such as conservation practitioners, scientists, fishery managers, ...

Anne Hallowell Reich

Environmental Educator and Author, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota

Anne Hallowell Reich was a Staff Member with QLF’s Marine Bird Conservation Project in Harrington Harbor, where she worked with ...

Greig Cranna

Photographer and Photojournalist
Boston, Massachusetts

Photojournalist Greig Cranna has been serving diverse clientele since 1976. During his early years in New York City, Greig worked ...

Nathalie Zinger

Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer of American Friends of Canadian Nature
Montréal, Québec

Since her time at QLF, Nathalie has consistently valued professional relationships that are critically important for the implementation of ecological ...

David Manski

Consultant, Department of the Interior
Maine, USA

The chance to visit a new region and its people, and the opportunity to learn about local conservation practices, was ...

Leslie Van Gelder

Co-Director, Aspiring Reflective Leadership
Senior Consultant, Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Archaeological Director, Finger Flutings Project
Otago and Southland, New Zealand

Leslie Van Gelder, Ph.D, is an archaeologist, writer, and organizational change strategist who lives in the Rees Valley of New ...

Michael Meneses

Research Assistant, Abt Associates Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

By the summer of 2014, QLF Intern Alex DeParde was wrapping up his work on blueprints outlining an initiative destined ...

Stephanie Clement

Conservation Director, Friends of Acadia
Maine, USA

In October of 2001, a QLF Middle East exchange program reunion was scheduled in Cyprus. Of course, in the ripples ...

Kiragu Mwangi

Capacity Development Manager
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kiragu is Capacity Development Manager who is passionate about helping organizations contribute to nature conservation in more efficient, effective ways. ...

Magda Nassef

Environmental Adviser, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Cairo, Egypt

In concert with QLF’s model of community-based conservation, Magda has found that the environment, and natural resources, provide an ideal ...

Nizar Hani

Manager of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Chouf Region, Lebanon

Nizar is the Manager of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, renowned for the Cedars of Lebanon.  Al-Shouf is one of 15 ...

Flavio Cházaro Ramirez

Founder and CEO, Technoambiente
Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico

Disclaimer: It should be noted that the original interview conducted with Mr. Cházaro, on which this article is based, was carried-out ...

Guillermo E. Rodríguez Navarro

Co-Founder, Fundación Pro-Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Teacher
Santa Marta, Colombia

Guillermo Rodríguez Navarro’s passion for conservation and resource management began when he was an undergraduate student at the Universidad de ...

Mounir Abi-Said

Director, Animal Encounter
Fanar, Lebanon

Through QLF, Mounir established his first association with the conservation world beyond Lebanon. Over the years, he has drawn extensively ...

Sharón Benheim

Israel Team Coordinator, Hearts of Flesh: Encountering the Suffering of the Other Project (HoF ESO), Conflict Resolution Program
Logistics Coordinator, Martin Springer Center for Conflict Studies
Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Sharón Benheim has dedicated years to the study, practice and facilitation of conflict resolution, consensus building, and mediation among people ...

Claudio Madaune

Co-Founder and Director, Change the World
Colombia, South America

Most relevant to Claudio’s experience on the QLF exchange is the dynamic between collaboration and communication, the important drivers of ...

Louise Labarre

Educator and Biologist at the Granby Zoo
Granby, Québec

First serving as as a QLF Intern on the Marine Bird Project and now serving as an Educator and Biologist ...

Fadi Sharaiha

International Development Expert
Toronto, Ontario

For Fadi Sharaiha, the QLF experience is like a Turkish coffee. First, you heat the water. Then you add the ...

Adrienne Blattel

Coordinator and Guide, Intercultural Outdoor Recreation Program,
Milton Park Recreation Association
Montréal, Québec

Adrienne considers her work through the Intercultural Outdoor Recreation Program as her dream job, because it allows her to remove ...

Ayman Mabrouk

Marine Spatial Ecologist
Cairo, Egypt

A Marine Protected Areas (MPA) manager turned Marine Spatial Ecologist, Ayman has always been passionate about marine conservation, whether in ...

Libby Dean

Researcher and visual notetaker
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia

Libby is a researcher and visual notetaker on a range of environmental, social, and Indigenous projects. She loves listening to ...

Abdel Fattah Nazmi Abd Rabou

Associate Professor, Biology Department
Islamic University of Gaza
Gaza Strip, Palestine

A pioneering wildlife specialist, Dr. Abdel Fattah Nazmi Abd Rabou has held a distinguished career in academia with a noted ...

Connor Hedges

Institutional Sales Teams, WisdomTree Asset Management
New York, New York

Connor Hedges, who worked at QLF for over three years, first embarked on his QLF journey in summer 2011, when ...

Rob Moir

Executive Director and Founder, Ocean River Institute
Somerville, Massachusetts

Rob’s personal philosophy of holistic ecosystem management and a local, community-based approach to conservation stems from his long-time devotion to ...