Information for Wild Animal Initiative

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Basic information

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Country United States
Facebook username wildanimalinitiative
Twitter username @forwildanimals
Website https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/
Team page https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/team
Launch date 2019-01-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Animal_Initiative
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2023-01-31

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2018 2 Hollis Howe Chloë Cudaback
2019 9 Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, Chloë Cudaback, Maia Laperle Flor Serna
2020 11 Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, James Faville, Michelle Graham, Suzanne Van Arsdale Flor Serna Stien van der Ploeg
2021 11 Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, Cameron Meyer Shorb, Michelle Graham, Suzanne Van Arsdale Stien van der Ploeg Stien van der Ploeg
2022 14 Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, Cameron Meyer Shorb, Michelle Graham, Michelle Graham, Suzanne Van Arsdale, Vittoria Elliott, Vittoria Elliott Stien van der Ploeg Stien van der Ploeg
2023 9 Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, Michelle Graham, Suzanne Van Arsdale, Vittoria Elliott
2024 9 Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Cameron Meyer Shorb, Michelle Graham, Suzanne Van Arsdale, Vittoria Elliott

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2019-01-01 4 Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Maia Laperle, Simon Eckerström Liedholm
2020-01-01 6 Cameron Meyer Shorb, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm
2021-01-01 7 Cameron Meyer Shorb, Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm
2022-01-01 8 Cameron Meyer Shorb, Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm, Suzanne Van Arsdale
2023-01-01 9 Cameron Meyer Shorb, Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm, Suzanne Van Arsdale, Vittoria Elliott
2024-01-01 9 Cameron Meyer Shorb, Hollis Howe, Hollis Howe, Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, Michelle Graham, Simon Eckerström Liedholm, Suzanne Van Arsdale, Vittoria Elliott

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2018-09-01 1 1 0 Chloë Cudaback
2018-10-01 2 1 0 Hollis Howe
2019-01-01 4 5 -3 Abraham Rowe, Cole Helsell, Jane Capozzelli, Maia Laperle, Simon Eckerström Liedholm Abraham Rowe, Chloë Cudaback, Cole Helsell
2019-01-02 5 1 0 Chloë Cudaback
2019-04-01 6 1 0 Luke Hecht
2019-04-10 7 1 0 Michelle Graham
2019-05-01 8 1 0 Flor Serna
2019-06-01 7 0 -1 Chloë Cudaback
2019-07-01 8 1 0 Cameron Meyer Shorb
2020-01-01 7 0 -1 Maia Laperle
2020-02-19 6 0 -1 Michelle Graham
2020-02-20 7 1 0 Michelle Graham
2020-06-01 8 1 0 James Faville
2020-07-01 10 2 0 Stien van der Ploeg, Suzanne Van Arsdale
2020-10-01 9 0 -1 Flor Serna
2020-12-01 7 0 -2 James Faville, Suzanne Van Arsdale
2021-01-01 8 1 0 Hollis Howe
2021-03-02 9 1 0 Stien van der Ploeg
2021-09-01 8 0 -1 Cameron Meyer Shorb
2021-09-02 9 1 0 Cameron Meyer Shorb
2021-10-01 10 1 0 Suzanne Van Arsdale
2022-03-23 9 0 -1 Michelle Graham
2022-03-24 11 2 0 Michelle Graham, Vittoria Elliott
2022-05-24 10 0 -1 Vittoria Elliott
2022-05-25 11 1 0 Vittoria Elliott
2022-06-01 10 0 -1 Cameron Meyer Shorb
2022-06-02 11 1 0 Cameron Meyer Shorb
2022-09-01 9 0 -2 Stien van der Ploeg, Stien van der Ploeg

List of people (24 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Abraham Rowe Executive Director 2019-01-01 2019-01-01 [1]
Cameron Meyer Shorb Deputy Director 2019-07-01 2021-09-01 full-time [2], [3]
Cameron Meyer Shorb Interim Executive Director 2021-09-02 2022-06-01 full-time [3], [4], [5]
Cameron Meyer Shorb Executive Director 2022-06-02 full-time [3], [6], [7]
Chloë Cudaback Program Manager - Outreach & Stewardship 2018-09-01 2019-01-01 [1], [8]
Chloë Cudaback Communications & Outreach Manager 2019-01-02 2019-06-01 [1], [8]
Cole Helsell Advisory Board 2019-01-01 2019-01-01 advisor [1]
Flor Serna Advisory Board 2019-05-01 2020-10-01 advisor [1], [9]
Hollis Howe Near-term Interventions Researcher 2018-10-01 [10]
Hollis Howe Research Communications Specialist 2021-01-01 [10]
James Faville Strategic Planning Intern 2020-06-01 2020-12-01 intern [11], [12]
Jane Capozzelli Researcher 2019-01-01 [13]
Luke Hecht Researcher 2019-04-01 [14], [15]
Maia Laperle Podcast Producer & Host 2019-01-01 2020-01-01 [1]
Michelle Graham Researcher 2019-04-10 2020-02-19 [16], [17], [18]
Michelle Graham Executive Director 2020-02-20 2022-03-23 [17], [19]
Michelle Graham Strategy director 2022-03-24 [4], [7]
Simon Eckerström Liedholm Researcher 2019-01-01 [2], [20]
Stien van der Ploeg Board Treasurer 2021-03-02 2022-09-01 [21]
Stien van der Ploeg Special Projects Advisor 2020-07-01 2022-09-01 [22], [21]
Suzanne Van Arsdale Biotechnology Legal Fellow 2020-07-01 2020-12-01 [23], [12]
Suzanne Van Arsdale Law & Policy Fellow 2021-10-01 [23], [12]
Vittoria Elliott Director of scientific affairs 2022-03-24 2022-05-24 [4], [5]
Vittoria Elliott Science Director 2022-05-25 [5], [7]

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