Jeff Morgan

Executive Director

Jeff Morgan founded Global Conservation to directly assist endangered UNESCO World Heritage and National Parks to achieve 'No Kill, No Cut' protection in the face of accelerating wildlife poaching, illegal logging, mining and encroachment.Global Conservation directly funds Global Park Defense programs for UNESCO and national parks deploying critically needed protection systems, technology and training. Working the past fifteen years with national governments and local communities in twenty countries in the developing world, Jeff Morgan has secured over $40 million in international funding and $30 million in-country matching funding for world heritage conservation achieving major conservation and development outcomes.

He leads major conservation programs and manages initiatives on behalf of philanthropic foundations, families and individuals that result a lasting legacy for world heritage, national parks and wildlife conservation.

Prior to Global Conservation, Jeff founded Global Heritage Fund (GHF), which he grew over 10 years as Executive Director before becoming Vice Chairman. GHF is now one of the leading international conservancies for preserving world heritage and building communities in developing countries.

For the past 22 years, Jeff Morgan has served as Trustee of the Morgan Family Foundation, one of California’s leading environmental foundations.
Major initiatives include Mirador National Park, the Northern Sierra Partnership, Feather River and Truckee Donner Land Trust, and protection of the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Mr. Morgan is the author of several books - Saving Our Global Heritage and Cracking the Japanese Market - and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford University. He lives in Portola Valley, California and has three children.