Fred Nelson
Fred has been working for 20 years in African conservation to develop effective strategies and lasting solutions, support innovative local organizations, and build diverse partnerships. He’s lived and worked in the field with Maasai communities in Tanzania, designed and led research on the politics of conservation in Africa, and played a leading role in global networks and collaborations that span land rights, wildlife conservation, and ecotourism. He gravitates towards creating new organizations and ventures as a self-identifying ‘conservation entrepreneur’, which led him to found Maliasili in 2010 to fill a key gap in African conservation: to champion leading local organizations and help them build the organizations and networks they need to deliver on their mission and achieve their goals. He’s been a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow and Henry Arnhold Conservation Fellow and has degrees from Cornell University and the University of Michigan. He lives in Vermont with his wife and two daughters.
Email: fnelson@maliasili.org
