CCIF Advisors provide our management with an important source of guidance in areas such as strategic planning, communication, fundraising, and programmatic design. Our Advisors for 2009 are listed here.
Jason Winship
John S. Adams
Edward M. Norton
Jerry Timpson
Pam Seeto
Jason Winship is the Managing Principal for Sea Change Management, LLC and manages the Sea Change Investment Fund, which seeks to make profitable investments in progressive companies that promote access to seafood from environmentally preferable sources. In addition Jason is a Senior Associate with California Environmental Associates. Jason has supported CCIF project work as an associate in the past and remains committed to the development of CCIF services and programs. He is based in San Francisco, California.
John Adams is a Senior Vice President and the director of The Arbor Group at UBS. John leads a team providing Investment Management Consulting Services. A frequent contributor of articles for the Conservation Finance Alliance newsletter, John has also provided seminars on foundation and endowment asset management for conservation organizations. He has presented for African trusts, in Brazil for the Redlac conservation trusts and for the TNC Parks in Peril program. John currently advises the trust funds for a number of important conservation trust funds around the globe. He also provides some advisory services to the larger NGOs on this issue. He is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Ed Norton is a Senior Advisor for Environment at TPG Capital and the founding President of the Grand Canyon Trust. He is also President Director of People & Nature Consulting, based in Indonesia. Ed was previously a Senior Policy Advisor to the China Program and the Deputy Director of the Asia Pacific Region for the Nature Conservancy. Ed is based in San Francisco, California and Bali, Indonesia.
Jerry Timpson is the President of Kaufman Global, an Implementation consulting group based in Indianapolis helping corporate clients around the world succeed by connecting people with process through leadership alignment, employee engagement and a structured implementation model. Jerry routinely engages with top leaders to solve complex issues bridging change and operational improvement to achieve sustainable results. Jerry is based in Indianapolis and travels extensively.
Pam Seeto is the Western Pacific Senior Regional Advisor at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation working to help improve the effectiveness of its Western Pacific program. Pam especially focuses on exploring strategic opportunities for partnerships and grant-making in the region, improving communication channels between Program staff and grant recipients, and providing appropriate technical assistance when required. Pam is also a Strategic and Technical Advisor to the Papua New Guinea Centre for Locally Managed Areas (CLMA) and the Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network in the Pacific. Before joining the Packard Foundation, Pam was the Marine Technical Advisor for Conservation International in Papua New Guinea. She is based in Sydney, Australia.