Based in San Francisco, Glenn Bucksbaum serves as president of The Baum Foundation and has a background in facilitating institutional-grade real estate purchases and sales. In his role guiding the Foundation, Glenn Bucksbaum emphasizes a mission of improving people’s quality of life through targeted funding of programs spanning education, the arts, and the environment. Over the past 14 years, The Baum Foundation has engaged in identifying global activities that effectively restore and protect the natural world. Mr. Bucksbaum and his team undertake a rigorous selection process for emerging programs with the potential to have a significant impact on society. One supported project is The Nature Conservancy’s Reef Resilience program, a large-scale initiative to restore coral reefs in the Seychelles. The Reef Resilience Program has developed a cost-effective way of undertaking reef assessments and working to enhance their resilience and resistance to coral bleaching. In 2016, this resulted in the release of a “dedicated marine protected area management tool