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Technical Team Leaders

Our Technical team will lead the development and implementation of an intensive search program for wild Saola in Lao PDR.
Phonesouk ‘Hamnoy’ Chanthavong

Phonesouk ‘Hamnoy’ Chanthalavong
Technical Team Leader

Vatsana Chanthavong

Vatsana Chanthavong
Scent Detection Dog Team Leader

Somsaiy Vonpelad

Somsay Vonephilad
Logistics Team Leader

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Chanthasone
Phommachanh
Lao Programs Director

Vilayvone Sengmany

Vilayvone Sengmany
Deputy Technical Team Leader

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Rob Timmins

Technical Director

Annamites Research and Conservation Team

Dog Detection Team

Scent Detection Dog Team

Bounthavy Khounthavy, Luangsoutha Phomchandy, Onkeo Khamphavongsa, Vatsana Chanthavong, Maikham Keothongsy, and To Duangkhamxai.

Logistics Team

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

Technical-Team

 Vilayvone Sengmany, Sang Keosouvanh, Lien Phetlormeexay, Phonesavanh Yangxiayee, Xaisavanh Khiewvongphachan, Iew Inthisan, Chanthasone Phommachanh, Rob Timmins, and Phonesouk Chanthalavong.

Tracker Team

Tracker Team

Mai Thammanan, Sengchan Sypaseuth, Gerlor, Xiengmoon Khambouasai, Saykham Thamthilath, and Bounchan Xaiyaman.

Support Team

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Lulu Deng

Executive Assistant

Souksamlan Laladeth

Souksamlan Laladeth

Media Lead

Bouaphan Phanthavong

Bouaphan Phanthavong

Government Liaison Facilitator

Manutnay photo

Manutnay Xavongxay,

Lao Office Manager

Pouna headshot

Pouna Phimphachan,

Lao Admin Assistant

Board of Directors

Our board is responsible for Foundation governance. Keep an eye out for new members of our board as our organization continues to grow. 
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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

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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Advisory Council

Our Advisory Council assists in many areas of development, including organisational networking, strategic partnership, government liaisons and fundraising. Keep an eye out for new advisers as the foundation continues to grow.
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Dr. George Archibald

Co-Founder & Senior Conservationist, International Crane Foundation 

 
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Eric Bairrão Ruivo

Science, Collection and Conservation Director at Beauval Zoo

 

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Troy Hansel

Conservation Planning and Monitoring Consultant, Lao PDR

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Steve Shurter

Executive Director, White Oak Conservation

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Professor Michele Thompson

Professor of Southeast Asian History, Southern Connecticut State University

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Brooke Truesdale

Director of Development, Reef Check Foundation

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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. 

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Corey Chimko
Digital Asset Manager
​Saola Foundation 
Digital Content Technician

Ann-Marie Holmes

Ann-Marie Holmes
International Wildlife Law Enforcement Specialist 
Saola Foundation 
Newsletter Manager

 
Bill Leacock

Bill Leacock

Wildlife Biologist
Student Support Officer

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Eric Losh
Illustrator & Graphic Designer​
Saola Foundation 
Volunteer Illustrator

 
Luckphanomphone 'Sophie' Sinuanphao

Luckphanomphone ‘Sophie’ Sinuanphao

Space Science Community Leader
Saola Foundation Community Ambassador

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Pao Vue

Pao Vue, PhD

Geographer/Political Ecologist
Saola Foundation Cultural Advisor

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Ellen Susan Wieczorek
Primate Keeper
Saola Foundation
Social Media Coordinator

Research Associates

Minh Nguyen

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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