
The General Assembly is the governing body of Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF). Scientists, government officials, members of partnering institutions and others from local and international backgrounds provide guidance to the Foundation as Assembly members.
The General Assembly works under the guidelines of the CDF Statutes, and their tasks include the election of the Board of Directors, establishment of policy, issuance of regulations and the final approval of the Foundation’s operational plan and budget. Members fulfill governing, honorary and active roles, and meet annually to conduct official business.
Individual Governing Members and Institutional Governing Members are selected based on their continuing support of the mission of the Foundation; both the Government of Ecuador and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are permanent Institutional Governing Members. Honorary Memberships are granted those who have made significant contributions to conservation in the Galapagos. Individual Active Members are selected based on their continued support of the Foundation, through their activities and/or financial contributions.
Individual Governing Members
- Naeem Ahmad
- Santiago Bejarano
- Shannon Bennet
- Rodrigo Bustamante
- Monica Calvopiña
- Juan Manuel Carrión
- Andrew Drumm
- David Duffy
- Bill Durham
- Klaus Fielsch
- Sylvia Harcourt-Carrasco
- Macarena Iturralde
- Michael Jackson
- Matthew James
- John Loudon
- Cecilia Lougheed
- Cynthia Manning
- Patricio Marquez
- Conley McMullen
- Marc Patry
- Tui de Roy
- Paula Tagle
- Robert Tindle
- Verónica Toral Granda
- Alan Tye
- Hans Van Poelvoerde
Institutional Governing Members
- Danny Rueda - Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos
- Dr. José Dávalos - Ministerio del Ambiente
- Julio Carranza - UNESCO
- Jen Jones - Galapagos Conservation Trust
- Guillermo Lasso - Presidencia de la República del Ecuador
- Mgs. Schubert Lombeida - Consejo de Gobierno de Galápagos
- Mgs. Gustavo Manrique - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Ecuador
Individual Active Members
- Oscar Aguirre
- David Anderson
- Laura Arcos
- Alfredo Arévalo Tello
- Ma. Eulalia Arízaga de Balfour
- Carlos Andres Baca
- Leon Baert
- Oswaldo Báez
- Bernardo Beate
- Robert Bensted-Smith
- Luis Calvopiña
- Susana Cardenas Diaz
- Víctor Carrión
- Segundo Coello
- Guy Coppois
- Desiree Cruz Reyna
- Eliecer Cruz
- Sarah Darwin
- Eugenia del Pino
- Judy Diamond
- Santiago Dunn
- Joseph P. Flanagan
- Fernando Espinoza
- Emma Flor de Tejada
- Herbert Frei
- Tom Fritts
- Dolores Gangotena de Diez
- James Gibbs
- Oscar Gordillo
- Jack Stein Grove
- Elena Gualancañay Pacheco
- Patricia Guerra
- Gaston Guex
- Minard (Pete) Hall
- Burr Heneman
- Freddy Herrera
- Paquita Hoeck
- Juan Holguin
- Marinus S. Hoogmoed
- Pablo Iturralde
- Carlyn Iverson
- Lukas Keller
- Friedemann Köster
- Bernard Landry
- Octavio Latorre
- Ivan Kruger Loor
- Maria Lopez
- Soledad Luna Zárate
- Inés Manzano
- Katzumi Matsuoka
- Patricia Parker
- Duncan Porter
- Günther Reck
- Mark A. Richards
- Raymond F. Rifenburg
- José Rodriguez Rojas
- Juan Schiess
- Susana Schiess
- Heidi Snell
- Howard Snell
- Jennifer Stone
- Luis Suarez
- Fritz Trillmich
- Edmund Truell
- Carlos Valle
- Hernan Vargas
- Sigrid Vasconez
- José L. Villa
- Pádraig Whelan
- Martin Wikelski
Institutional Active Members
- CRNL DE EMC Pablo Acosta - Instituto Geografico Militar
- Andrea Montalvo - SENESCYT
- Dr. Hernan Rojas - Asamblea Sistema de Educación Superior Ecuador
- Oliver Dangles - Institut de recherche pour le développement
- Cap. Carlos Zapata - Instituto Oceánografico de la Armada (INOCAR)
- Diego Inclán - Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales / INABIO
- Eduardo Izaguirre - Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería
- Scott Miller - Smithsonian Institution
- Dr. Gabriel Quijandría - World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- Niels Olsen - Ministerio de Turismo
- Pablo Beltrán - Consejo de Educación Superior
- Christof Schenck - Frankfurt Zoological Society
- Roque Sevilla - Metropolitan Touring
- Lauren Spurrier - WWF Intl Headquarters
- Alfredo Borrero - Vicepresidencia de Ecuador
Honorary Members
- Rodrigo Borja Cevallos
- Ken Collins
- Dennis Geist
- Peter Grant
- Rosemary Grant
- Henri The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Lynn Fowler
- Ole Hamman
- Cleveland Hickman Jr.
- Oswaldo Hurtado Larrea
- Peter Kramer
- Katherine Coolidge Lastavica
- Sven-Olof Lindblad
- Craig MacFarland
- Tjitte de Vries