Laure Katz
Vice President, Blue Nature within the Center for Oceans and Co-lead of the Blue Nature Alliance
Laure spent nearly a decade as a key technical advisor for the Bird’s Head Seascape, in West Papua, Indonesia — a global model for community-driven co-management at the seascape scale — and she is the key architect behind the Blue Abadi Fund, a dedicated conservation trust fund to ensure the Bird’s Head Seascape’s impact is enduring. She brings to Conservation International practical MPA management experience, scientific and conservation finance expertise, and a passion for swimming with sharks.
Laure earned an interdisciplinary B.S. and M.S. in ocean science and resource management from Stanford University and a global MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Laure spent nearly a decade as a key technical advisor for the Bird’s Head Seascape, in West Papua, Indonesia — a global model for community-driven co-management at the seascape scale — and she is the key architect behind the Blue Abadi Fund, a dedicated conservation trust fund to ensure the Bird’s Head Seascape’s impact is enduring. She brings to Conservation International practical MPA management experience, scientific and conservation finance expertise, and a passion for swimming with sharks.
Laure earned an interdisciplinary B.S. and M.S. in ocean science and resource management from Stanford University and a global MBA from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.