Board Officers
President Jon Cox, MFA
Vice President Roger W. Mustalish, Ph.D., Creighton University
Chairperson, Board of Directors Paul Morgan, Ph.D., West Chester University
Vice Chair John Easterling
Treasurer Donald E. Barr, Ph.D., President, D. E. Barr & Associates
Board Members
Terry Garcia, Founder, Exploration Ventures
Nora Bynum, Conservation Consultant
Therany Gonzales, Co-Founder, Nature Explorers
Alexander Moen, Vice President, National Geographic Society
John Easterling, Eco-entrepreneur
Armando Valdes Velasquez, Ph.D., Specialist in Biodiversity, Natural Resources & environmental Issues
Cecilia Mendiola Vargas, Education Consultant, Lima
Ben Hemmings, Ben Hemmings Media
Paola Moreno-Roman, Ph.D., Strategic Partnerships Consultant, Foldscope Instruments, Inc.
John Matise, President of Carlson-Matise, LLC
Emeritus Board Members
James A. Duke, Ph.D. Director Emeritus (posthumous)
Mark Blumenthal, Director Emeritus, Founder and Executive Director, American Botanical Council
Olivia Newton-John, Singer, Actress and Philanthropist – In Memoriam
Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D., United Nations Foundation – In Memoriam
Chris Davidson, Ph.D., President, Idaho Botanical Research Foundation
Marketing Committee
Jon Cox – Chair
Raquel Condori
Dylan Francis
Brian Griffiths
Therany Gonzales
Ben Hemmings
Holly O’Donnell
Terri Shadle
Science and Education Advisory Committee
Nora Bynum, Ph.D., Co-chair
Holly O’Donnell, Co-chair
Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director, American Botanical Council
Jon Cox, Faculty, University of Delaware
Joel Quadracci, President and COO, Quad
Judith Westveer, Conservation Ecologist (PhD)
ACEER Staff in the United States
Nora Bynum, Director of Education
Jon Cox, President
Brian Griffiths, Director of Research
Paul Morgan, Chairperson, Board of Directors
Holly O’Donnell, Social Media Manager
Terri Shadle, Graphic Designer
Jordan Silberman, Geographer, Editor and Web Developer
ACEER Affiliates in Peru
Therany Gonzales, Education Coordinator
Raquel Condori, Education Specialist
Cecilia Borda, Education Specialist
Jasmine Vargas Takana, General Accountant