Susan Anderson

About Susan Anderson

L. Susan Anderson, Ph.D, Oceans Program Manager, Latin America Dr. Anderson has been involved with research and conservation in Mexico and Central America for over 30 years and is an expert on the biotic regions of northern Mexico. She has worked the Conservancy’s Mexico Division since 1988, building the program since it\'s infancy. Susan has worked to share Conservancy tools in Africa and elsewhere in Latin America. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Dr. Anderson worked as a researcher in Costa Rica and was an ecologist for the National Park Service evaluating the environmental impacts of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. She love birdwatching, canoeing and river rafting. BA (Environmental Biology) University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D.(Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) University of Arizona. Dr. Anderson is fluent in Spanish.

Experience

1. Oceans Program Manager, Latin America Division

   The Nature Conservancy

   Dec 2016 — Present

   I’ve worked in Latin America for The Conservancy for the past 28 years. The Oceans Program is building on our 30-year track record in Latin America our expertise in fisheries traceability, ocean mapping and marine spatial planning, climate risk and resilience, and innovative conservation financing to advance marine and coastal conservation on a broader scale in Latin America

Education

• University of Arizona

  Ph.D, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  1976 — 1984

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  1970 — 1974