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Who We Are

The Rio Grande Joint Venture is a binational partnership of people and organizations who work together across the U.S. – Mexico border to conserve birds and their habitats.  To view all of our Management Board Meetings, click here.

Staff


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Karen (Mickey) Chapman

Coordinator

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Jesús Franco

Assistant Coordinator

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Jeff Bennett

Habitat Restoration Hydrologist

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Rebekah Rylander

Science Coordinator

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Price Rumbelow

Conservation Delivery Specialist

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Gregg Elliott

Communications Contractor

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Mary Candee

Photographer

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Taylor Bruecher

Conservation Delivery Specialist

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Nick Loveland

Conservation Delivery Specialist

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Alex Nelson

Monitoring Program Specialist

(position shared with OPJV and administered by PLJV)

Management Board


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Arvind Panjabi

US Co-chair

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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Rosario Alvarez

MX Co-chair

Pronatura Noreste A.C.

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Humberto Berlanga

Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad

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David Borre

US Forest Service, International Programs

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Philip Boyd

Dixon Water Foundation

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Eduardo Carrera

Ducks Unlimited Mexico

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Ernesto Enkerlin

Organización Vida Silvestre

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Carey Farmer

Conoco-Phillips

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Lisa Gonzalez

Audubon Texas

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Wade Harrell

US Fish & Wildlife Service

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Sallie Hejl

National Park Service

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Manuel de Leon

Natural Resources Conservation Service

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Carlos Sifuentes Lugo

Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas

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Enrique Prunes

World Wildlife Fund

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Bildo Saravia

Rancho El Ojo

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Jeff Weigel

The Nature Conservancy