Vance Martin

Vance G. Martin created and built-out the WILD Foundation over 40 years as its President and on its board. In that capacity he served as International Director of the World Wilderness Congress,  and initiated and deployed international wilderness-related programmes that integrated science, human communities, policy, business, and culture. He is Founder/Co-Chair of the Wilderness Specialist Group (WCPA,IUCN), and serves on NGO boards and advises projects in many countries in his capacity as President Emeritus of Wilderness Foundation Global, an international alliance based in South Africa. 

He is an active board member and director of numerous organizations around the world such as Union of Nature, International Conservation Caucus Foundation, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Sanctuary Asia, and others.  Based in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, he has lived and worked in many countries during his career, with a special working affinity to Southern Africa, South and Central Asia, and China.   Working with leaders in government, business, communications, culture and the arts – in both “western” and Indigenous/traditional cultures --  he is committed to a collaborative approach in crafting positive and effective conservation solutions for wilderness, wildlife and people.