Experts on Staff
Many Rainforest Alliance staff members are renowned experts in their fields. Select a topic of interest and read the biography of the individual best-suited to answer your inquiry or provide expert commentary:
- Biodiversity (Richard Z. Donovan, Chris Wille, Diane Jukofsky)
- Certification and eco-labeling (Ria Stout, Richard Z. Donovan, Chris Wille)
- Climate change and carbon offsets (Jeff Hayward)
- Conservation monitoring and evaluation (Mohammad Rafiq)
- Corporate sustainability (Ana Paula Tavares, Tensie Whelan, Mohammad Rafiq)
- Environmental Education (Diane Jukofsky)
- Illegal logging (Jon Jickling, Gregory Minnick, Richard Z. Donovan)
- Non-profit communications and marketing (Diane Jukofsky)
- Non-profit fundraising (Ana Paula Tavares)
- Not-for-profit management (Tensie Whelan, Ana Paula Tavares, Mohammad Rafiq)
- Sustainable agriculture (Ria Stout, Edward Millard, Chris Wille)
- Sustainable forestry (Jon Jickling, Mohammad Rafiq, Richard Z. Donovan, Gregory Minnick)
- Sustainable tourism (Tensie Whelan, Ronald Sanabria)
- Sustainable value chains (Mercedes Talló, Sabrina Vigilante)
To set up an interview with one of our expert sources, please contact a member of our communications team at info@ra.org or (646) 452-1939.


