Meet Our Council for Hope
The Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation Council for Hope is a group of highly respected and influential individuals from the fields of conservation, science, business, government, media and the arts. All have a passion for protecting our planet and perpetuating Jane’s legacy as an everlasting force for good.
Africa
Mr. January Makamba
Member of Parliament
Minister of Energy
Tanzania
Dario Merlo Kasuku
Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Kivu
International School
Hugo van Lawick
Director
Imara Building Solutions Ltd
Merlin van Lawick
Communications Associate
Communications & Conservation Science
Jane Goodall Institute Tanzania
Asia
Razan Al Mubarak
Managing Director
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
IUCN President
UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28
Raymond Clark
Nita Ing
Chairman, Continental Holdings Corporation
Hao Ran Foundation
Peter Ong
Wildlife Photographer and Advocate,
Founder of Project Monyet Malaysia
Dr. Vandana Shiva
Winner of the Right Livelihood Award
and founder of Navdanya
Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor,
Chairman of Yunus Centre and Founder of Grameen Bank
Europe
Prince Hussain Aga Khan
Founder and Director of Focused On Nature
Member of the Environment and Climate Committee and various boards of the Aga Khan Development Network
Rt Hon The Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Madayo Kahle
President of Fondation Salvia
PhD in Religious Studies and entrepreneur in Geothermal and other Renewable Energies
Sir Brian May, CBE
Musician, Doctor of Astrophysics,
3-D stereoscopic photographic authority and advocate for animal rights
Benoît Merkt
Lawyer, Doctor in Law
Partner of the Swiss law firm Lenz & Staehelin
Member and President of several public utility foundations
Michael Neugebauer
Artist and Book Designer, Photographer
Founder and Publisher of “minedition” an internationally operating Children’s Book Publishing House
Robert-Jan van Ogtrop
Founder of Circle Economy
Board Member of PACE
“Going Circular” Executive Producer
Board Chairman of African Parks
Ketan Patel
Chairman, Force for Good
CEO and Founder, Greater Pacific Capital
Paul Polman
Influencer, business leader, campaigner,
Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern
London School of Economics
North America
Alex Andrianopoulos
Chief R&D Officer
Kairos Ventures
William Archer
Founder-CEO
Archer Entertainment Law PC
Marc Benioff
Chair and Co-CEO
Salesforce
Peter L. Biro
Founder, Section 1, Lawyer, Writer
Chair Emeritus,
Jane Goodall Institute, Global
Alexis Crump
Partner and Co-Chair of the
Commercial Lending Practice
Lewis Brisbois
Forrest Cuch
Dax Dasilva
Founder, Age of Union Alliance
Founder and Executive Chair,
Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
Jim Demetriades
CEO and Founder
Kairos Ventures
Azzedine Downes
President & CEO
International Fund
for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Alan H. H. Fleischmann
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Laurel Strategies
Eva Haller
Activist
Jeff Horowitz
Bawa Jain
Bernie Krause, PhD
Soundscape Ecologist
President and CEO of Wild Sanctuary
Thomas D. Mangelsen
Professional nature photographer and conservationist
Co-founder The Cougar Fund
Stephan Margolis
Margolis Solution Inc.
Consultation for Private and
Government Organizations
Reed Oppenheimer
CEO
Reed Jules Oppenheimer Foundation
Jon L. Stryker
President and Founder
Arcus Foundation
Dafna Tapiero
Co-Founder
Laurel Strategies
Randall Tolpinrud
President
Pax Natura Foundation
Hon. Ann Claire Williams (Ret.)
Oceania
Gino Acevedo
Creative Art Director, Weta FX
South America
Iván Duque
Former President of Colombia
