Jessica SWEIDAN

Jessica Sweidan has been engaged in global philanthropy since she graduated from Northwestern University (USA) in 1993 alongside her husband Adam. In 2009, they launched Synchronicity Earth, a UK-based charitable foundation that identifies overlooked and underfunded conservation priorities. Its aim is to protect and restore nature in some of the Earth’s most wildlife-rich but highly threatened regions. Committed to nurturing the human capacity to respect and uphold cultures and ecosystems, Sweidan is active in the UK and global environmental arena as an advisor, trustee and mentor. Jessica has been an International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Patron of Nature since 2012, helping to raise the visibility of global conservation needs worldwide, while championing inclusive, rights-based practice. She is also Chair of Synchronicity Earth USA (501c3), an Honorary Conservation Fellow at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), on the Board of Trustees of Wildscreen, and a Strategic Advisor for the Environmental Funders Network (EFN), Daughters for Earth, Earthed and Action for Conservation.