A conservation leader with a passion for positive change, Rachel Kramer is Executive Director of the non-profit, Conservation through Poverty Alleviation International (CPALI). CPALI’s mission is to regenerate biodiversity, improve economic lives through arts-based social enterprise, and accelerate local innovations with the potential for transformative change. In partnership with Sehatry ny Mpamokatra Landy Ifotony, the Organization of Wild Silk Producers (SEPALI Madagascar), CPALI runs the social impact enterprise, Tanana Madagascar. The social enterprise connects regenerative wild silk and raffia textiles to fair markets. Prior to leading CPALI, Rachel spearheaded initiatives at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and TRAFFIC for over a decade, including running the USAID Targeting Natural Resource Corruption project. Together with leading global organizations, she was instrumental in launching WILDLABS.NET [the conservation technology network] and the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum. Rachel holds a Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of the Environment where she was a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University.
