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Maribel Lucuara
Oficial de presupuesto AAO
Maribel is a Professional in International Business, with a diploma in Commercial and Strategic Marketing and over six years of experience in financial, administrative, and budget management for projects. She currently serves as a Budget Officer and Financial Analyst for the Andes Amazonia Region, where she supports the review, preparation, and analysis of budgets, expense control, financial forecasting, and regulatory compliance. Her analytical and strategic skills enable her to enhance financial management and optimize decision-making. She stands out for her commitment, responsibility, and strong teamwork abilities.
Maricruz Jaramillo de León
Especialista en investigación regional
MSc, PhD in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. During her graduate studies she led the long-term monitoring of the Galapagos hawk contributing to invasive species eradication studies, and avian health surveys to understand the dynamics of avian malaria in the Galapagos archipelago. In conservation, she has conducted wildlife population studies, local and regional threat assessments, and implemented conservation plans and research for endangered birds and wild cats that included tracking animal movement. Currently works in understanding key components in the interactions between wildlife, domestic animals and humans to prevent the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
Mario Santana
Conservation Areas Specialist
Mario is a biologist at the University of Santa Rosa de Cabal, where he researched the effectiveness of the conservation of the Andean bear and its habitat for the protection of threatened species in Colombia. Since 2021 he joined WCS as a consultant in the management team of negative human-cat interactions where he worked in areas such as NNP Tatamá, RNP Páramo del Duende and RIMD Cuchilla del San Juan. He is currently a specialist in conservation areas where he supports human-cat coexistence processes, expansion of protected areas, wildlife monitoring, as well as the implementation of SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) in the Andes-Chocó landscape.
Mónica Lozano Hernández
Financial Manager
Nicole Garcia Largo
Auxiliar de Recursos Humanos
HR Technician with extensive experience in human talent management, currently working as a Human Resources Assistant at WCS Colombia. I am responsible for payroll, social security, wellbeing, and attention to the internal staff of the organization.
Paola Andrea Mejía
Coordinadora programa marino
Biologist and Doctor in Sciences-Biology from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia. Marine leader of WCS Colombia since 2017. She has been supporting processes for the declaration and management of marine protected areas, as well as strategic planning processes based on community participation and adaptive management, as mechanisms to direct and execute actions towards the sustainability of the resources and their ecosystem services. She has experience in population assessments of fishery resources, based on both life history and demographics and poor data, aiming to contribute to the management of those resources of economic importance and food security of coastal communities.
Patricia Falk Fernández
Líder Procesos Sociales
Patricia is a marine biologist from the Universidad del Valle, with a specialization in Environmental Management, with studies in Communication for Environmental Education and Aquatic Conservation Biology. In 30 years of experience, she has worked as a researcher in different groups of birds and marine mammals and in projects coordinating education and social action strategies that seek to generate strategies to articulate and understand the relationships of communities with nature and, from the appropriation of these elements, promote new attitudes of appreciation and respect for the environment. Since February 2023, she has been working as Leader of social processes in the WCS´s Marine Program, where she bases her work on the empowerment of the communities of the Andes-Chocó Landscape.
Sandra Milena Salgado Ramirez
Líder de Recursos Humanos
Specialist in Occupational Health and Safety Management and Professional in Economics, with over 12 years of experience leading the area of ​​human resources and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (SG-SST). With extensive knowledge in labor legislation and audits of integrated management systems ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007- ISO 45001. Currently studying Psychology at UNAD and working at WCS in the planning and management of the human resources area, implementing Global HR initiatives and ensuring regulatory compliance of the SG-SST.
Silvia Juliana Álvarez
Subdirectora de Sostenibilidad
Silvia is a biologist from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has a master’s degree in Biodiversity and Ecology from the University of Göttingen in Germany, where she studied fruit selection by titi monkeys (Callicebus lugens) in the Colombian Amazon. She worked as a lecturer and research scientist at the Universidad de Pamplona. For her PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, she studied the relationship between movement ecology and group dynamics in mammals. Her main research interest is understanding the distribution patterns and spatial ecology and behavior of species and communities, and their responses to changes resulting from human activities. Her work at WCS focuses on the generation of information and tools to support planning and decision-making processes that promote the development of sustainable landscapes.
Tania Delgado
Asistente de Legalizaciones
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from UniCatólica University in Cali, Colombia. She joined WCS in 2021 as a university intern, working as a trainee in the Human Resources and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) department to gain professional experience in various areas within the organization. This has allowed her to successfully take on different roles. She has worked in the accounting and administrative departments, holding positions such as Legalization Assistant, Financial Administrative Assistant for the UNDP project, and is currently part of the organization as the Regional Legalization Assistant in Colombia.

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