Council Members
Jane Alexander
Co-chair
Dedicated Conservationist
Award-winning Actress of Screen and Stage
Abeer Al-Otaiba
Businessperson and Philanthropist
Founder and Creative Director of the designer line SemSem
H.E. Yousef Al-Otaiba
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States
Tom Anderson
Producer, formerly of CBS' 60 Minutes
Ruth Brenner
Philanthropist and Conservationist
Ambassador Antonin Baudry
Author and Entrepreneur
Former Ambassador for Culture and President of the Institut Français
Jean-François Camilleri
President, Echo Studio
Celina Chien
Photojournalist and Conservationist
Ally Coulter
Designer, Ally Coulter Design
Ian Craig
Wildlife Conservationist
Co-Founder Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and the Northern Rangelands Trust
Frédéric Dallet
Collector
Custodian of the estate of the artist Robert Dallet
Itzhak Dar
Security Analysis and Intelligence
Shafran Consulting and Management
Francois Delattre
Secretary General of France's Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs
Former Ambassador of France to the U.S. and the U.N.
Jean Doumanian
Stage, Film, and Television Producer
Jean Doumanian Productions
Pierre-Alexis Dumas
Artistic Director, Hermès
Susan Engel
Director and Executive Producer, 92Y Talks
Ali Erfan
Businessman and Philanthropist
Founder and Chairman, the Cogito Scholarship Foundation
Yvan-Lledo Ferrer
Intelligence College in Europe
Sally Fischer
Branding Strategist and Cause Activist
Sally Fischer Public Relations
Jane Fraser
Philanthropist
President of the Stuttering Foundation of America
Yanina Fuertes
Entrepreneur and Conservationist
CEO, Corso Como, Inc.
Rick Gerson
Hedge Fund Manager
Chairman, Falcon Edge Capital
Loïc Gouzer
Conservation Activist
Former Deputy Chairman, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie's
Ben Hall
Chairman, Americas at Christie's
Jennifer Hall
Vice-President of Client Development, Christie's
Charles Hansard
Investor
Board Member, Moore Global Investments Ltd.
Stan Herman
Fashion Designer
Past President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
Co-creator of New York Fashion Week
Richard Hurowitz
Publisher, The Octavian Report
Sharon Hurowitz
Curator and Art Advisor
Coplan Hurowitz Art Advisory
Jeremy Irons
Award Winning Actor of Screen and Stage
Geoffrey Kent
Travel Entrepreneur
Chairman and CEO, Abercrombie and Kent
Mohamed Khashoggi
Writer, Conservationist
Chairman, M K Associates
Dr. Paul Klotman
President and CEO, Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen S. Lash
Chairman Emeritus, Christie's Americas
Chairman Emeritus, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Aurélien Lechevallier
Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France
H.E. Jean-David Levitte
Former Ambassador of France to the U.S and the U.N. Former Head of the National Security Council
Michael Levy
Founder and CEO, The Levy Production Group
James Lieber
Strategic Consulting
Founder, Lieber Strategies
Maya Lin
Artist, Designer and Conservationist
Maya Lin Studio
Fern Mallis
Creator of New York Fashion Week and the Fashion Icon series
President of Fern Mallis LLC
Dr. Bassem Masri
Director of Preventive Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Edith McBean
Dedicated Conservationist
Dr. John Mitchell
Chair of theBoard of Trustees for Bat Conservation International and World Land Trust-USA
Former Executive Secretary and Chairman of the Beneficia Foundation
Katherine Mitchell
Artist, Nature Enthusiast
Wendi Deng Murdoch
Businessperson, Investor, and Film Producer
Otto Naumann
Art Historian
Senior Vice President and Client Development Director, Sotheby’s
H. E. Lana Nusseibeh
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations
H. Merritt Paulson, III
CEO, Portland Timbers
General David Petraeus
Director of the KKR Global Institute
Four Star General (Ret.), Commander and Strategist, US Army
Jonathan Powell
Diplomat and Author
CEO, Inter Mediate
Former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tony Blair
Arnaud de Puyfontaine
CEO, Vivendi
Andrew Revkin
Strategic Advisor for Environmental and Science Journalism, National Geographic Society
Former reporter for The New York Times and Senior Fellow for Environmetnal Understanding,
Pace University
Alex Rosenberg
Founder and CEO, Originals
Former Business Executive, Kanye West and Yeezy
Sir Norman Rosenthal
Curator and Art Historian
Former Exhibitions Secretary, The Royal Academy
Andy Sabin
Entrepreneur and Conservationist
Chairman, Sabin Metal Corporation, and Founder, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation
Jaqui Safra
Investor, Collector, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
Luana Saghieh
Cat Conservationist
Foreign Affairs and Policy Professional, U.S. Government
Lord Sarfraz
Member of the House of Lords
HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud
Ambassador to the United States for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Claudio Segré
Economist and Banker
Founder, Fondation Segré
Vance Serchuk
Eecutive Director of the KKR Global Institute
Former Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)
Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve
Nina Siemiatkowski
Wildlife Photographer and Marketing Advisor to Conservation Organizations
Kate Silverton
Journalist
Anchor for BBC News
Wilbur Smith
Author and Philanthropist
Founder, Wilbur Smith Foundation
Daisy Soros
Philanthropist
Chairman of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Spicer, OBE
Strategist
Founder of Aegis Defense Services
Michael Steinhardt
Philanthropist and Financier
Chairman, The Wisdom Tree
Steven Stone
Attorney and Conservationist Activist
Partner, Rubin, Winston, Diercks, Harris & Cooke, LLP
Amanda Tapiero
Art Educator and Collector
Frédéric Thiébaud
Business Executive
CEO, The Shania Kids Can Foundation
Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza
Collector, Investor, and Entrepreneur
Founder, Kallos Gallery
Henry Timms
CEO and President, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Founder of #GivingTuesday
Kris Tompkins
Philanthropist and Entrepreneur
Founder and President, Conservación Patagónica
Former CEO of Patagonia, Inc.
Rhett Turner
Film maker and Conservationist
Shania Twain
Award-winning Singer and Songwriter
Philanthropist and Advocate for Children's Education and Empowerment
Johnny Van Haeften
Fine Art Dealer
Johnny Van Haeften Ltd.
Eric Vincent
President, Sarissa Capital Management
Nicolle Wallace
Political Analyst and Television News Anchor, MSNBC
Ambassador Mark Wallace
Former US Ambassador to the UN, Representative for UN Management and Reform
Diana Walters
Strategic Advisor in the Natural Resources Industry
David Wickham
CEO, Kooyong Advisors Limited
Daniel Wolf
Art Collector, Producer, and Conservationist, Daniel Wolf Photography