Michael Zwirn

Michael directs the U.S. headquarters of Wildlife Alliance, an international conservation organization with the mission to provide direct protection to wildlife in danger, by stopping  habitat loss and  the illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia,  Russia,  and the Western Pacific.  He represents the organization to funding agencies,  government partners,  and peer  organizations in  the United States,  and supervises  the headquarters  role in financial  oversight,  communications,  and  fundraising. 

Michael’s prior experience includes work in international conservation and the environment at the Global Environment Facility,  the Wild Salmon Center,  the Israel/Palestine Center for Research  and Information,  and on contract for  the Environmental Protection  Agency.  He has taken  part in  conservation and  environmental  work in the Middle East, Russia, and  Southeast  Asia. Michael  received a  bachelor’s  degree in  International  Relations  and  Political  Economy  from  Carleton  College  and  a  Master  of Arts in Law  and  Diplomacy,  with  an  emphasis  in  international  environment  and  resources  policy,  from  the  Fletcher  School  of  Law  and  Diplomacy  at  Tufts  University.