Staff
 Laura Driscoll is CREST's Stanford Coordinator, leading the Travelers' Philanthropy program and coordinating research efforts and consulting work out of CREST's west coast office. She graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with both a M.A. and B.A. in Anthropological Sciences. Her master's research examined the cultural effects of ecotourism on indigenous identities in the rain forest region of southeastern Peru. Her current responsibilities outside of managing the Travelers' Philanthropy program, include maintaining websites and printed materials, helping to secure funding through grants and consultancies, guiding the work of research teams in CREST projects abroad, and organizing upcoming conferences and events. She has worked on community development, tourism and travel philanthropy in the U.S., Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, and Tanzania.
lrd@stanford.edu
 Martha Honey, Ph.D., CREST's Executive Director, has written and lectured widely on ecotourism and certification issues. Her books include Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? (Island Press, 1999) and Ecotourism and Certification: Setting Standards in Practice (Island Press, 2002). She worked for 20 years as a journalist based in East Africa and Central America and holds a Ph.D. in African history. She was the Executive Director of TIES from 2003 to 2006.
mhoney@responsibletravel.org
 David Krantz is CREST's Washington Coordinator and is facilitating a variety of the center's projects. David’s background includes work as an international trade paralegal, in hospitality management at a DC hotel, and over two years of experience in adventure and ecotourism in the developing world as he backpacked through South America, Eastern Europe, and Southern Africa. Prior to joining CREST, David coordinated environmental conservation initiatives in the tourism industry with Conservation International’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. He holds aMasters of Tourism Administration from the George Washington University.
dkrantz@responsibletravel.org
 Whitney Cooper is CREST's Program Associate in Washington. She handles events for CREST and administrative tasks for the Washington office, assists with Travelers' Philanthropy program, and is overseeing the closing details of the Innovators Symposium. She graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2007 with an M.Sc. in International Studies focusing on tourism development and cultural heritage. Her graduate work included a six-month internship on the north coast of Honduras, developing ecotourism strategies in national parks and with local Garifuna tribes.
wcooper@responsibletravel.org
 William Durham, Ph.D., CREST's Director at Stanford, is the Bing Professor in Human Biology in the Department of Anthropological Sciences, and the Yang and Yamazaki University Fellow. Co-editor of The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America (Michigan, 1995), Bill has particular interest in ecotourism as a means to address conservation and development issues in Central America, the Amazon Rain Forest, and Galapagos.
wdurham@responsibletravel.org |
