IWIC2026 Keynote Speakers

  • Milagro Matus

    CEO / Ministry of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Management / Belmopan, Belize

    Legacy Keynote Speaker

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  • Anna Cummins

    Executive Director and Founder / 5 Gyres Institute / Santa Monica, California, USA

    Founder Keynote Speaker

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IWIC2026 Panelists and Facilitators

  • Rachel Beattie

    Consultant, NIRAS Consulting, UK

  • Paulita Bennett-Martin

    Executive Director and Co-founder, Sea Of Life, Belize & USA

  • Nadia Bood

    Senior Program Officer for Marine Science and Climate Change, Belize

  • Mariana Borja

    MAR Special Projects and Women’s Officer, Mesoamerican Reef Fund, Mexico 

  • Fina Cal

    Baranco Botanics, Belize  

  • Jennifer Chapman

    Co-founder and Principal, Imbricata Consulting, Belize

  • Raquel Chun

    Conservation Data Analyst, Belize Maya Forest Trust, Belize 

  • Karime Lopez Diaz, PHD

    Regional Communications Coordinator, National Audubon Society, Mexico  

  • Rasheda Garcia

    Biodiversity Officer, National Biodiversity Office of Belize

  • Kathi George

    Director of Cetacean Conservation Biology, Marine Mammal Center, USA 

     

  • Maya Doyon-Hanson

    Senior Manager, Birds Canada, Canada 

  • Nicole Auil Gomez

    Country Director, Wildlife Conservation Society, Belize

  • Sharifah Norkhadijah Binti Syed Ismail, PHD

    Senior Lecturer, Universiti Purta Malaysia 

  • Alisa Modet

    Co-founder Chaos Oasis, Belize  

  • Hannah Montero

    Founder, Grow From Within, Belize

  • Tiara Moore PhD.

    Founder and CEO, Black In Marine Science (BIMS), USA & Belize

  • Maya Moreno

    Conserva Aves Project Officer, Birdlife International, Colombia 

  • Juliet Neal

    Conservation Finance and Policy Officer, WWF, Belize

  • Alejandra Pedraza

    Agricultural Biologist, Danaus Consultants, Belize  

  • Jahlen Pinelo

    National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Fellow, USA  

  • Noelle Rancourt

    Gender Equality and Inclusion Advisor, Plan International Canada

  • Maria Inez Salazar Buitrón

    Social Inclusion and Gender Equality Regional Coordinator, Conserva Aves, Ecuador 

  • Hughette Saul

    Founder of Barrier Skincare, Belize  

  • Dr. Jennifer Solomon

    Director of the Conservation Leadership Graduate Program, Colorado State University, USA

  • Marisa Tellez, PHD

    Founder and Executive Director, Crocodile Research Coalition, Belize  

  • Sayuri Tzul

    Community Program Manager, Belize Maya Forest Trust, Belize

  • Ana Zangroniz

    Extension Agent, Florida Sea Grant, USA