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 unding 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.

Evelin Weber is Malibu Foundation’s Executive Director and co-founder. She is also the founder of Narra.life, an A.I. company that brings financial access to the poor, and is the founder of The Philippines Foundation. Prior to her philanthropic work, Evelin worked in Investment banking in New York, London, Africa, and Latin America. She presently serves as a Patron to two UK based charities: A World At School and Faces Charity. A native of the Philippines, Evelin currently lives in Malibu with her husband, son, dog, and flock of chickens and ducks.

Michael Sutton is a veteran environmental leader with more than 30 years of
experience
managing nonprofit organizations, influencing public policy, advocating for
natural resources, and guiding successful philanthropic efforts.
His distinguished career has ranged from work with the National Park Service
to senior conservation roles at the World Wildlife Fund, the David & Lucile
Packard Foundation, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the National Audubon
Society. Mike has served as founder, director, and board chair of several
nonprofit organizations and programs. He has received numerous
environmental awards and has been published widely in marine and wildlife
journals.
Mike is a member and past president of the California Fish and Game
Commission, to which he was twice appointed by the Governor to oversee
management of marine and terrestrial wildlife, protected areas, and
endangered species. While on the Commission, Mike and his colleagues
established the nation’s largest network of marine protected areas off the
California coast. He served as a vice president at the National Audubon
Society, where he directed the organization’s operations and conservation
programs on the West Coast and Alaska. At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, he
was vice president and founder of the Center for the Future of Oceans, a
program to expand the Aquarium’s influence in ocean conservation. At the
David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Mike significantly expanded the
Foundation’s work in ocean conservation and sustainable fisheries. Mike also
served for a decade in numerous capacities at the World Wildlife Fund,
including as founder and director of the worldwide Endangered Seas
Campaign.
Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology at Utah State
University; did graduate studies in Marine Biology at the University of
Sydney, Australia; and, received a law degree (Juris Doctor) with honors from
George Washington University’s National Law Center.

In 2001, Michael (Mike) Finley announced that he was leaving his position as
Yellowstone National Park Superintendent to take up the post of Turner
Foundation president. Under his leadership, the foundation is recognized as
one of the most accessible funders in the conservation field. In one year
alone, the Turner Foundation awarded 132 environment grants in total,
including 32 pertaining specifically to animals and wildlife.
Prior to being President of the Turner Foundation, Finley brings more than
three decades of experience to managing national parks. He was the
superintendent of Yosemite National Park, Everglades National Park, and
Assateague Island National Seashore before being appointed superintendent
of Yellowstone National Park in 1994. In his seven years of overseeing
Yellowstone, he led the reintroduction of the park's grey wolf population,
helped avert the construction of a nearby mine, and created the Yellowstone
Park Foundation, which raised $3 million for the park in its first year alone.
He also developed a plan to phase out snowmobiles in Yellowstone, the latter
causing him to butt heads with the Bush administration.
Mike Finley was born and raised in Medford, Oregon, attending high school
and college there. He received an undergraduate degree in biology and did
post graduate work in environmental education and natural resources
management.