Alejandro Rodríguez Valencia

Committee Member, Board of Directors

Alejandro Rodríguez has 18 years of experience in conservation of natural resources in Mexico and has collaborated in initiatives for developing social capital, community businesses, environmental education, water and land conservation, improvement of public policies, improvement of fisheries, conservation of priority species and spaces and adaptation to climate change. He has conceptualized, designed, and implemented 40 conservation projects funded by the WWF international network, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Walton Family Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, The Marisla Foundation, The Wallace Global Fund, The Tusher Family Foundation, International Whaling Commission, U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, TELCEL, Alliance WWF-Carlos Slim Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund, Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature A.C., Environmental Defense Fund of Mexico, A.C. and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He has collaborated in the design of the organizational strategies of WWF-Mexico implemented between 2004 and 2017 and of the WWF-TELCEL Alliance and the WWF-Carlos Slim Foundation Alliance implemented between 2009 and 2017. He also generated inputs for Sac-Tun's 2019-2021 environmental strategy and collaborated in the design of the 2020-2025 strategy of the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO). For eight years, he coordinated the implementation of the WWF-Carlos Slim Foundation Alliance in NW Mexico. He is scientific adviser of Oceanos Vivientes, A.C. and collaborates with Parley for the Oceans S. de R.L. of C.V.