Jane Goodall Institute

The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation, "a tax-exempt/non-profit, was founded in California in 1977 by Jane Goodall and Genevieve, Princess di San Faustino. Initially, day-to-day operation of the Institute was handled by board members and other volunteers working out of their homes. In the early 1980s JGI moved to the San Francisco offices of the California Academy of Sciences, where it functioned essentially as a USA/Africa "communication link" and as a repository for files."

• Anna Rathmann - Executive Director

• Jane Goodall Institute Australia will formerly be launched in October 2008.
• Jane Goodall Institute/Uganda set up in 1996.
• Jane Goodall Institute/China

Main Funders (2018)

$100,000+

• Jane Goodall, Reed Oppenheimer, Jessica Sarowitz, Steven Sarowitz, Brenda Sheridan, Howard Sheridan, Acton Family Fund, Arcus Foundation, JP Fletcher Foundation, Sheth Sangreal Foundation, Stadler Family Charitable Foundation, Wanda Bobowski Fund [1]

Board

• Jane Goodall, Steve Woodruff, Linda Berdine, Paul Baribault, Gerrie McManus, Barbara Ryan, Becci Crowe, Vivian Lowery Derryck, Elizabeth Gray, Michelle Haley, James Lembeli, Keith Martin, Franklin Moore, Reed Openheimer, Tedd Saunders, Susan Sakmar, Dafna Tapiero

Staff (2007)

Accessed November 2007:

• CFO & Executive Vice President - Robert G. Menzi
• VP of Outreach / Assistant to Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE - Mary Lewis
• Executive Assistant to the President & Global Liaison - Carol Irwin
• Director of Finance & Operations - Lanny B. Bromfield
• Director of Field Operations - Carol Collins
• Grants & Budgets Accounting Manager - Viktoriya Klinger
• Staff Accountant - Aklilu T. Ayalew
• Staff Accountant - Mark A. R. Kameka
• Finance Administrative Assistant - Iris Zavala
• Manager of IT - Christopher "Cricket" Wallace

Development

• VP of Development - Lindsay H. Kosnik
• Manager, Coporate & Foundation Relations - Erica Meehan
• Director, Major Gifts & Planned Giving - Jessica Lindenfelser
• Major Gifts Officer - Suzanne Henderson
• Membership and Marketing Associate - Sarah Tatnall
• Special Event Associate - Sharon DiChiara
• Director of Special Events - Elizabeth Crocker
• Major Gifts and Gift Planning Assistant - Nicole French

Board US (2011)

Accessed November 2011:

• Jane Goodall - Founder
• Donald Kendall - Co-Chair
• John Silver - Co-chair
• Addison Fischer - Vice Chair
• Pogo Davis - Treasurer
• Katherine Berger - Secretary
• Sue Anschutz-Rodgers, Molly Bedell, Billy Campbell, Daniel Carucci, Helen Claire, Jack Dangermond, Allene Lapides, Vivian Lowery Derryck, Mary Lynn Oliver, George Macricostas, Chase Pickering, David Shear, Shelby Sloan, Billy Weisman

Board (Global)

Accessed November 2011:

• Founding Director and President: Jane Goodall UK
• Chairman: Boon Kang Taiwan
• Vice Chairman: Fred Matser Netherlands
• Vice-President: David Shear USA
• Treasurer & Chair of Governance/IP Committee: Peter Biro Canada
• Assistant Treasurer: Walter Inmann Austria
• Secretary: Carol Irwin USA
• Assistant Secretary: Mary Lewis UK
• Vice President of Africa Programs: George Strunden USA (representing Africa)
• Board Member: Christopher West Australia

Directors (2007)

Accessed November 2007:

USA Board of Directors

• Jane Goodall, DBE, U.N. Messenger of Peace, Founder
• Bill Johnston, President
• Genevieve di San Faustino, Founding President
• David Shear, Chairman
• David Miller, Vice Chairman
• Susan Anschutz-Rodgers
• Pogo Davis, Treasurer
• Patty DeDominic
• Lisa Gansky
• William Halamandaris
• Eva Haller
• James Roach
• Connie Steensma
• Harold (Hal) Schwartz
• Susan Sakmar
• Helen Claire
• George Macricostas
• Mary Lynn Oliver
• Donald Kendall
• Allene Lapides
• Chase Pickering
• Vivian Lowery Derryck

Global Board of Directors

• Jane Goodall — Founding Director (UK)
• Phee Boon Kang — Chairman (Taiwan)
• David Shear — Vice Chairman (US)
• Fred Matser — Secretary/Treasurer (Netherlands)
• Keith Brown — Director of Programs (USA)
• Walter Inmann — (Austria)
• Bill Johnston — Vice President
• Mary Lewis — Vice President, Global Outreach
• Carol Irwin — Assistant Secretary/Coordinator

International Advisory Board

Accessed November 2011:

• Rick Barongi, Candice Bergen, Keely Shaye Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan, Joan Brown Campbell, Yvon Chouinard, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Granoff, Angelina Jolie, Richard Leakey, Wangari Maathai, Thomas Mangelsen, Steven Rockefeller, John Simpson, Jeff Wald, E.O. Wilson, Paul Winter, James D. Wolfensohn, Richard Wrangham, Mohammed Yunus

Criticism

• Michael Barker, "Jane Goodall's Elite Monkey Business", Swans Commentary, January 12, 2009.

Contact

Web: http://www.janegoodall.org

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Stewart J. Hudson - Executive Director (1998-2001)
• United Nations Foundation
• Population Reference Bureau
• Global Security Institute
• Environmental Education Media Project
• Counterpart International
• Jonathan Glenn Granoff
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership
• Lilian Pintea - Director of Conservation Science
• Alexandra Thornton -Vice President, Public Policy
• Fred Thompson, CEO (in 2005) of Jane Goodall Institute
• Namita Koppa
• Kerry Bowman - former board member
• Joan Brown Campbell, Cindy Mercer - advisory board members
• Chris Wadell - trustee
• Geza Teleki - Director of Africa Programs
• James Lembeli