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  • Advice And Comment
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Scott LaFee. In terms of science, medicine and technology, 
what should the new president do first? Which problems should he tackle first? What is the top priority? What is most important? We asked local scientists, doctors, teachers and thinkers for their ideas and insights.
  • As Butterflies Die, So Goes A Way of Life
    Baltimore Sun, By Stephen Kiehl. Monarch butterflies, illegal logging, and water shortages in Mexico. How ECOLIFE FOUNDATION is helping.
  • Festival to Focus on Cleaner Water
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Terry Rogers. ECOLIFE FOUNDATION's World Water Day Festival, Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center, Carlsbad, California.
  • The Human Factor
    San Diego Union-Tribune, by Scott LaFee. Focus on failings with conservation and humanitarian aid, and how ECOLIFE FOUNDATION is uniquely positioned to bridge the divide.

Professional Staff


BILL TOONE
Conservation Biologist & Executive Director
Founding Trustee

Bill Toone is Executive Director of ECOLIFE FOUNDATION. He is a conservation biologist with over 30 years of global field experience, where his work for the San Diego Zoo's Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES) has placed him on the front lines of conservation, beginning with the California Condor Recovery Program.

Successes with condors launched Bill into a dual career as international conservation biologist and spokesperson for conservation issues. A veteran of remote rainforest studies and remarkable cultural meetings, Bill makes frequent media appearances, and has been featured in numerous PBS documentaries including The Real Jurassic Park. Through years of work and exposure to people and challenges all over the world, Bill has developed an important contemporary perspective on conservation and the human condition.

VIDEO: Conservation biologist and ECOLIFE Foundation Executive Director Bill Toone highlights the California Condor Recovery Program, circa 1989.


ERIC HALLSTEIN
Founding Trustee Emeritus


BRUCE HUBBARD, MD
Trustee


MARGARET HUDSON
President
Founding Trustee


LOREN NANCARROW
Secretary
Founding Trustee


ALFONSO SANABRIA
Trustee

Alfonso has nearly twenty years experience in the environment and development field, specializing in Environmental Administration in Developing Countries. He is experienced in management of protected areas, sustainable development in buffer zones, environmental impact of hydrocarbon exploration projects, fund raising and development issues at community level. Work experience in government, NGOs, multilateral organizations, and participated in several bilateral cooperation efforts in the Central-America region.

M.P.A. Environmental Administration
in Developing Countries
Harvard University

Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental
Management of Oil Exploration Projects
George Washington University

B.S. Geology
University of Costa Rica


CHRISTINE ANDERSEN
Outreach Project Coordinator

Christine is an education coordinator with experience in action-based outreach programs, designing educational curriculum, and training diverse audiences in conservation education topics. She has worked with the Zoological Society of San Diego, coordinating the development, implementation and evaluation of conservation education projects for various audiences, in support of the organizations renowned worldwide field conservation projects in over 40 countries. She has extensive experience studying, traveling and working throughout Latin America, specifically in the Caribbean, Costa Rica and Paraguay.

M.A. Educational Leadership
San Diego State University

B.A. in Psychobiology
University of California


SUNNI BLACK
Outreach Project Coordinator

VIDEO: Sunni Black talks marsupials on Sun Up San Diego.


LEE PAGNI
Outreach Project Coordinator

Lee is an international conservation education consultant. He has planned and coordinated programs with partner institutions and agencies in the U.S., Latin America, Pacific Rim, and Caribbean. Lee has designed and led workshops that increase local capacity to protect natural resources in places such as the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico; Turks and Caicos Islands; and Chaco ecosystem, Paraguay.

M.S. Renewable Natural Resource Studies
University of Arizona

B.S. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
University of California


ROY TOFT
Photographer

Roy is an experienced photographer who has accompanied ECOLIFE FOUNDATION expeditions to remote and exotic parts of the world. His amazing photographs appear throughout this site. He is a founding member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), and specializes in conservation research projects on endangered species. His photos appear regularly in National Geographic Magazine.

VIDEO: Roy Toft and bird friends meet Chevy Chase.


RICK TOONE
Outreach Project Coordinator & Author
Webmaster

Rick is a media specialist experienced in graphic design, web design, audio and video production. Much of his previous work has been with education research scientists at Educational Testing Service, in Princeton, N.J. He has canoed, backpacked, rock climbed and hiked throughout the US and UK, and in 1990 he bicycled from Yorktown, VA to San Diego, CA. Together with his wife Tricia, he wrote: A Perfect Place To Live (Superfund)

M.A.T. Elementary Education
The College of New Jersey

B.A. English
The College of New Jersey


TRICIA TOONE
Author

Tricia is a fine artist experienced in drawing, painting, ceramics, murals, and sculpture. Tricia is active in conservation awareness and river clean-up in central New Jersey, and co-founded Monmouth Women's Paddling Club for women of all ages and abilities. Tricia has kayaked, canoed, backpacked, and motorcycled throughout the US. Together with her husband Rick, she wrote: A Perfect Place To Live (Superfund)

M.A.T. Elementary Education
The College of New Jersey

B.F.A. Visual Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Rutgers University

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