Experience

Sall Family Foundation
• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Managing Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present


Conexsus - Instituto Conexões Sustentáveis

• Brazil
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Executive Director, Conexsus - US

  • Jun 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Oversees a strategic non-profit that matches international funders seeking to invest in the bioeconomy of the Amazon with a curated portfolio of high-impact initiatives and organizations. • Advises donors, investors, and institutions on Philanthropy, Environmental Protection, Climate Change Mitigation, and Conservation Finance. Current clients: Nia Tero Foundation • Coordinated and guided the collaborative design of the Nia Tero's grant portfolio in the indigenous territories in the Northern Amazon. Synergos – Amazonian Collective Action • Mentors a group of six young South American donors in philanthropic theory and strategy design to effect meaningful and lasting reductions in global inequalities and mitigate climate change. The Meraki Fund • Developed a portfolio of grants to indigenous-led investment funds in the Amazon. • Structured the fund's grantmaking procedures and processes for the new philanthropic organization. Show less



Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer - Andes-Amazon Initiative

  • Jan 2013 - May 2019

  • Co-designed and monitored grants related to protected areas, indigenous lands, economic enterprises, water management, and conservation finance in Brazil, Peru, and the United States. • Developed a partnership with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), which leveraged an additional US$15 million for protected areas and indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon. • Managed up to a US$67.5 million portfolio comprised of 36 grants to federal and state governments, non-governmental organizations, and research institutes in Brazil, Peru, Guyana, and the United States. • Co-created the Andes-Amazon Initiative’s strategies and grant documents for review and Board approval. • Coordinated two comprehensive analyses of donor funding for the conservation of the Amazon basin. Show less



Rainforest Foundation

• Funds and Trusts

• Program Director

  • Feb 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Designed, refined and implemented grants for indigenous rights, land tenure, natural resource management and climate change mitigation in partnership with indigenous organizations in Latin America. • Monitored grant implementation and wrote final reports for the Board of Directors and other donors. • Provided technical assistance and training to indigenous leaders on issues related to environmental policies, indigenous rights, natural resource management and climate change. • Designed, refined and implemented grants for indigenous rights, land tenure, natural resource management and climate change mitigation in partnership with indigenous organizations in Latin America. • Monitored grant implementation and wrote final reports for the Board of Directors and other donors. • Provided technical assistance and training to indigenous leaders on issues related to environmental policies, indigenous rights, natural resource management and climate change.



Yale School of the Environment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Lecturer (one-year contract)

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Designed and coordinated a graduate seminar (“Strategies for Tropical Conservation”) involving leading practitioners comprised of implementing organizations (TNC, CI) and donors (Moore Foundation, USAID). • Advised and guided graduate students through their individual projects with NGOs and multilaterals. • Designed and coordinated a graduate seminar (“Strategies for Tropical Conservation”) involving leading practitioners comprised of implementing organizations (TNC, CI) and donors (Moore Foundation, USAID). • Advised and guided graduate students through their individual projects with NGOs and multilaterals.



Self - Employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Consultant on Climate Change and REDD

  • Feb 2009 - Jan 2010

  • Developed and wrote a series of manuals for training practitioners and community leaders on environmental services and forest carbon projects in collaboration with Forest Trends and the State Government of Amazonas. • Coordinated the data gathering, analysis and publication of a guide on REDD+ projects in Latin America in collaboration with the Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM) and TNC Brazil. • Developed and wrote a series of manuals for training practitioners and community leaders on environmental services and forest carbon projects in collaboration with Forest Trends and the State Government of Amazonas. • Coordinated the data gathering, analysis and publication of a guide on REDD+ projects in Latin America in collaboration with the Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of Amazonas (IDESAM) and TNC Brazil.



Secreatariat for Environment and Sustainable Development, State of Amazonas , Brazil

• Coordinator of State Climate Change Program

  • Feb 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Supervised the design and implementation of energy, climate change education and carbon monitoring programs at the state-level. • Co-designed and coordinated a US$2 million public-private sector partnership between Marriott International and local NGOs to implement Brazil’s first Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project in the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve. • Structured and implemented Brazil’s first Payment for Environmental Services Program (“Bolsa Floresta”), involving 20 scientific and grassroots organizations benefiting more than 1,000 families in six protected areas. • Hired and managed a multi-disciplinary team of 15 professionals working on climate change issues and environmental conservation. Show less