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Mary-Elizabeth Gifford, The Farm of Pantrepant, Island Outpost
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Alumni Innovators: from the 1st Executive Symposium for Innovators in Coastal Tourism Development
Stanford University, January 2010
| Name | Title | Organization, Company, Region | Biography |
| Manuel Ardon | Senior Director of Operations | Peninsula Papagayo | Click Here |
| Emily Arnold | Chief of Staff to Chairman | Prize Capital LLC | Click Here |
| Maria Eugenia Arreola | Director | Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program, Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN) | Forthcoming |
| Bill Barnett | Director of the Center for Global Business and the Economy | Stanford Graduate School of Business | Click Here |
| Guido Bauer | CEO | Green Globe | Click Here |
| Dan Berrien | Canopy Development | Click Here | |
| Chris Blackwell | CEO | Island Outpost and Island Records | Click Here |
| Robert Breech | Member, Board of Directors | CREST | Click Here |
| David Butterfield | Founder & President | The Trust for Sustainable Development | Click Here |
| Margaret (“Meg”) Caldwell | Executive Director Senior Lecturer in Law |
Center for Ocean Solutions Stanford University |
Click Here |
| Marina Cazorla | Program Coordinator | Gulf of California | Click Here |
| Linda Chipperfield | Vice President of Marketing & Outreach | Green Seal Inc | Click Here |
| Jesse Ziff Cool | Founder | CoolEatz Catering | Click Here |
| Whitney Cooper | Program Associate | CREST | Click Here |
| Richard Cudney | Associate Program Officer | David & Lucile Packard Foundation | Forthcoming |
| Lisa Curran | Senior Fellow | Woods Institue for the Environment | Forthcoming |
| Sebastián Muñoz de Baena | Grupo Questro | Forthcoming | |
| Jorge De Vicente | Sustainable Tourism Specialist | Inter-American Development Bank | Click Here |
| Eileen Donnelly | Group Sustainability Manager | Virgin Group | Click Here |
| Dr. William Durham | Co-Founder & Co-Director Bing Professor in Human Biology |
CREST Stanford University |
Click Here |
| Dr. Sylvia Earle | Ocean Explorer, Founder, CEO | Deep Search Foundation | Click Here |
| Bill Eichbaum | Vice President, Marine and Arctic Policy; Acting Vice President, US Government Relations | WWF | Click Here |
| Vicente Ferreyra | Sustainable Tourism Coordinator | WWF Mexico | Click Here |
| Richard Franko | Architect & Principal | Mithun Architects | Click Here |
| Lisa Gabor | Vice President for Creative Strategy | Island Outpost | Click Here |
| Lisa Galley | Managing Principal | Galley Eco Capital | Click Here |
| Terry Gibson | President | North Swell Media | Click Here |
| Mary-Elizabeth Gifford | Advisor for Spa, Sustainability, and Botanically-Based Beauty | Island Outpost | Click Here |
| Gabriela Giron | Business Student | El Salvador | Forthcoming |
| Martin Goebel | Executive Director | Sustainable Northwest | Click Here |
| Sandra Guido | Executive Director | CONSELVA, A.C. | Click Here |
| Carlos Hernandez | CEO | Pellas Development Group | Forthcoming |
| Martha Honey | Co-Founder & Co-Director | CREST | Click Here |
| David Jerome | Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility | IHG | Click Here |
| Alphy Johnson | C.O.O. | Candela Hotels | Click Here |
| Peter Jordan | Documentary Filmaker | Local Films | Click Here |
| Alex E. Khajavi | CEO, Chairman of the Board | NatureAir Group, Naturegate | Click Here |
| Richard Kiy | Director | International Community Foundation | Click Here |
| David Krantz | DC Coordinator | CREST | Click Here |
| Dana Krauskopf | Founder/Owner | Hamanasi Adventure & Dive Resort | Click Here |
| Nicole Kravec | Graduate Student | The Fletcher School, Boston | Click Here |
| Roger Lang | Founder & Fund Manager | Sun Ranch Group | Click Here |
| Dean LaTourrette | Executive Director | Save the Waves Coalition | Click Here |
| David Leventhal | Principal | Playa Viva, Mexico | Click Here |
| Joao de Macedo | Program Manager | Save the Waves | Forthcoming |
| Robin Mason | Tourism Development Specialist | Forthcoming | |
| Anne McEnany | Senior Advisor | International Community Foundation | Click Here |
| Thomas Meller | Director of Hotel Development and Operations | Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI) | Click Here |
| Jose Luis Murguia | Architect | Grupo Questro Development | Click Here |
| Charlene Music | Documentary Filmaker | Local Films | Click Here |
| Pablo Sanchez Navarro | Vice President | Grupo Questro Development | Forthcoming |
| Dr. David Orr | Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics | Oberlin College | Click Here |
| Antonio Pares | Principals | Mithun Architects | Click Here |
| Kevin Parkhurst | Chief Associate/Design Coordinator | Eric Lloyd Wright & Associates | Click Here |
| Jess Ponting | Professor of Sustainable Tourism | San Diego State University | Click Here |
| Alejandro Robles | Sustainable Northwest | Forthcoming | |
| Carlos Rodriguez | Mexico & Central America Interim Director | Conservation International | Click Here |
| Carlos Saavedra | Executive Director | Summit Foundation | Forthcoming |
| Rosalyn Salters | Consultant | CREST | Forthcoming |
| Ronald Sanabria | Vice President, Sustainable Tourism | Rainforest Alliance | Click Here |
| Bry Sarté | Principal | Sherwood Design Engineers | Click Here |
| Tiffany Schauer | Founder | OCE Foundation | Click here |
| Polibio Schiffino | President | Casa Bonita Resort & Spa | Forthcoming |
| David Sklar | CEO | Star Island Bahamas | Click Here |
| Murray Simpson | Director | CARIBSAVE Partnership | Click Here |
| Mark Spalding | President | Ocean Foundation | Click Here |
| Deborah Szekely | Co-Founder Founder |
Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico Golden Door, Escomdido, CA |
Click Here |
| Jesse Thompson | Business Development Director, Strategic Initiatives | Johnson Controls | Forthcoming |
| Pat Tierney | Chair, Professor and Graduate Coordinator Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism | San Francisco State University | Click Here |
| Jonathan Tortellot | Director, and Geotourism Editor | National Geographic Traveler | Click Here |
| Walter Vergara | Lead Chemical Engineer, Environment Department | World Bank | Click Here |
| Eduardo Villafranca | CEO | Grupo Punta Islita, Costa Rica | Click Here |
| Brook Wilkinson | Journalist | Click Here | |
| Alejandro Yberri | General Director | CostaBaja Resort & Marina | Click Here |
| Claudia Yep | Sustainable Tourism Coordinator | Asociación Odebrecht Perú | Click Here |
| Shamsalsadat Zahedi | Professor | Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran | Click Here |
| Bradley Zlotnick | Physician, Board Member | Zlotnick BioMed, Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Foundation | Forthcoming |