Dr. Cristian Samper is Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions at the Bezos Earth Fund and former President & CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). WCS manages major urban wildlife parks and runs conservation programs in 60+ countries. He previously led the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum and Colombia’s Humboldt Institute, and contributed to global biodiversity efforts. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arta and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A Colombian biologist, he studied at Universidad de Los Andes and earned his PhD from Harvard.
