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 Edgar M. Fortune

Founder & CEO  
Global Insular Conservation Society 
A 501 (C) (3) Corporation
 

Naturalist and conservationist with over 20 years experience on the staff of Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA.  

Edgar has always had a special interest in the flora and fauna of the Caribbean and is focusing his efforts at helping those isolated ecosystems which so badly need it.          

Board of Directors

- Edgar M. Fortune
  Founder and CEO

- Najat Cola
  Treasurer  
 
  Business Consultant/Vice President 
 
  Environmental Consultant
 
- Dorian Tremaine
  Secretary
 
- Jacquilyn Tindal 
  Grant Writer & Fundraiser  
 
- Art Wolfe 
  World-renowned WildlifePhotographer & Naturalist                       
 
  
Edgar Fortune, Bahamas

Board of Advisors

  • Justin Schroeder
    Horticulturalist/Botanist

  • Stephanie Forbes
    Conservation Biologist

  • Fred M. Utter
    Affiliate professor, Editor, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington

  •     Ricardo Escobar III
         Assistant professor, Loma Linda University

  •     Joares Adenilson May Júnior D.V.M.
         Conservation Biologist/  Veterinarian, Brazil

  • Shirley L. McGill
    Outward Bound Diversity Consultant

  • William Edwards
    Business Consultant

  • LeRoy McCullough, JD  
    Educator, youth and community activist