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Chief of Party, Guatemala Biodiversity Project Alejandro Arrivillaga

Alejandro Arrivillaga is a biologist with more than 25 years of experience with complex, multi-country biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management projects, in government and non-governmental settings. Alejandro has a proven scientific record and experience with strategic planning and all aspects of resource assessment and monitoring. His work has required teamwork development, leadership and networking, with local and regional authorities, academy, conservation agencies, and stakeholders. Alejandro has a demonstrated talent for managing multifaceted research, management and sustainable use programs, and has worked both as consultant and employee with many donor funded projects. He has worked for Rare Mesoamerican Reef Programs of World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy and the Global Environment Facility’s Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems Project. He holds a Ph.D. in oceanography and coastal sciences and a MS.c. in Marine Biology. Alejandro currently serves as chief of party for the USAID Guatemala Biodiversity Project.