Wildlife Conservation Expo

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is one of the leading conservationists working to save the critically endangered mountain gorillas of East Africa. She has studied at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College and North Carolina State University, and is the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health. Between 1996 and 2000, she set up the first Veterinary Unit at the Uganda Wildlife Authority. She became an Ashoka Fellow in 2007 for merging Uganda’s wildlife management and rural public health programs, and completed an M.B.A. in Global Business and Sustainability in 2016. She is also on the leadership council for Women for the Environment in Africa.

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In 2014, Dr. Olivier Nsengimana designed a unique conservation project to abolish the illegal trade of endangered grey crowned cranes in Rwanda and won the Rolex Award for Enterprise. He established Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association in 2015 to build upon his work with grey crowned cranes and expand research and conservation efforts to other species in Rwanda and the East African region. Olivier has received the 2017 National Geographic Buffett Award for Leadership in Conservation in Africa, the 2018 Whitley Award, the 2019 Future For Nature Award, and most recently, the 2020 Virginia McKenna Award for Compassionate Conservation. Olivier is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and has a Master of Veterinary Science, Conservation Medicine from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

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Rosamira Guillen is a proud Colombian with degrees in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Management. When she was Executive Director at the Barranquilla Zoo, she discovered Proyecto Tití and cotton-top tamarins. She joined and later became Proyecto Tití’s Director in 2008. Under her leadership, Proyecto Tití has gotten cotton-tops classified as a critically endangered species, protected over 13,500 acres of forest, created a National Program for cotton-top conservation, and expanded Proyecto Tití’s community and education programs. Rosamira received the CARACOL Award for Environmental Conservation in 2014, the Whitley Award in 2015, the National Geographic/Buffet Award in 2017, and the Latin-American Green Award in 2019. She joined WCN’s Board of Directors in 2022.

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