Our Team
Technical Team Leaders
Phonesouk ‘Hamnoy’ Chanthalavong
Technical Team Leader
Vatsana Chanthavong
Scent Detection Dog Team Leader
Somsay Vonephilad
Logistics Team Leader
Chanthasone
Phommachanh
Lao Programs Director
Vilayvone Sengmany
Deputy Technical Team Leader
Rob Timmins
Technical Director
Annamites Research and Conservation Team
Scent Detection Dog Team
Bounthavy Khounthavy, Luangsoutha Phomchandy, Onkeo Khamphavongsa, Vatsana Chanthavong, Maikham Keothongsy, and To Duangkhamxai.
Logistics-Team
Maisom Xaiyavong, Phoulinthone Keopaseud, Khunthong Phonehongkham, Khamlar Souttisay, Somsay Vonephilad, Fue Yang, Maikham Sengmanath, Thongphan Phompatham, Thongkhang Xaydoua, Maion Keovongkham, and Daophet Luangpanya.
Technical-Team
Vilayvone Sengmany, Sang Keosouvanh, Lien Phetlormeexay, Phonesavanh Yangxiayee, Xaisavanh Khiewvongphachan, Iew Inthisan, Chanthasone Phommachanh, Rob Timmins, and Phonesouk Chanthalavong.
Tracker Team
Mai Thammanan, Sengchan Sypaseuth, Gerlor, Xiengmoon Khambouasai, Saykham Thamthilath, and Bounchan Xaiyaman.
Support Team
Lulu Deng
Executive Assistant
Souksamlan Laladeth
Media Lead
Bouaphan Phanthavong
Government Liaison Facilitator
Manutnay Xavongxay
Lao Office Manager
Pouna Phimphachan
Lao Admin Assistant
Board of Directors
Steve Burns
Board Member
Steve is one of the world’s leading voices to encourage zoos to support the conservation of wild nature. Until early-2021 he was President and CEO of Utah’s Hogle Zoo,
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Dr Lorraine Scotson
CEO Ex officio
Lorraine is a wildlife researcher and conservationist specializing in Southeast Asia, where for more than a decade she has worked on wildlife monitoring, research and conservation.
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Inthy Deaunsawanh
Board Member
Mr. Inthy Deaunsawanh. Inthy was born in northern Laos (where as child he lived with his family in a cave, to avoid American bombing), and now lives in Vientiane. He is the founder and owner of Laos’s first and largest ecotourism company, Green Discovery.
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Dr Frank Hawkins
Board Member
Dr. Frank Hawkins is a conservation biologist and policy advisor with many years of experience working with governments, finance institutions, civil society and local communities in Africa and around the world.
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Andy Holman
Treasurer
Andy is a Certified Public Accountant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a Principal in Ritz Holman CPAs, where for more than 30 years he has specialized in guiding the financial health of non-profit organizations.
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Susie Offord-Woolley
Board Member
Susie has over ten years’ experience managing large international conservation programs specializing in human wildlife coexistence, the illegal wildlife trade, protected area management, and community engagement.
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Dr. George Archibald
Co-Founder & Senior Conservationist, International Crane Foundation
Eric Bairrão Ruivo
Science, Collection and Conservation Director at Beauval Zoo
Troy Hansel
Conservation Planning and Monitoring Consultant, Lao PDR
Steve Shurter
Executive Director, White Oak Conservation
Professor Michele Thompson
Professor of Southeast Asian History, Southern Connecticut State University
Brooke Truesdale
Director of Development, Reef Check Foundation
Nguyen Duc Tu
Biodiversity Coordinator, IUCN/ CEPF National Coordinator, Vietnam
Volunteers
We recruit skilled volunteers to fulfill critical roles in our development. Visit the Get Involved section to learn of any current opportunities.
Corey Chimko
Digital Asset Manager
Saola Foundation
Digital Content Technician
Ann-Marie Holmes
International Wildlife Law Enforcement Specialist
Saola Foundation
Newsletter Manager
Eric Losh
Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Saola Foundation
Volunteer Illustrator
Luckphanomphone ‘Sophie’ Sinuanphao
Space Science Community Leader
Saola Foundation Community Ambassador
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Pao Vue, PhD
Geographer/Political Ecologist
Saola Foundation Cultural Advisor
Ellen Susan Wieczorek
Primate Keeper
Saola Foundation
Social Media Coordinator
Research Associates
Minh Nguyen
Research Associate
Minh is a Vietnamese wildlife biologist with a strong passion for wildlife conservation in the Annamite Mountains, where she was born. She started her conservation career in 2009, while she was a Biotechnology undergraduate at the University of Science in Ho Chi Minh City, volunteering on extracurricular field research on amphibians and reptiles.
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