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Laura Driscoll is CESD's Coordinator at Stanford, working on producing printed materials, helping to secure funding, organizing conferences and events, and assisting with a range of programs. She graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with both an 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. She will be the primary contact for CESD's Travelers' Philanthropy program, and the Indigenous Workshop Project.
William Durham, Ph.D., CESD'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.
Martha Honey, Ph.D., CESD'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.
David Krantz is CESD'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 CESD, David coordinated environmental conservation initiatives in the tourism industry with Conservation International’s Center for Environmental Leadership in Business. He is currently earning his Masters of Tourism Administration at the George Washington University.
Wendy Wood is currently the Executive Director of Friends of Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports development work in rural African communities bordering conservation areas in East and Southern Africa. Prior to her position at Friends of Africa Foundation, she worked for the Africa Foundation in Johannesburg and for Conservation Corporation Africa at Phinda Private Game Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa.
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