Silvia Sanchez Bor Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

• Develop and implement marine program strategy and support programmatic fundraising efforts.
• Oversee in-country staff in Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and South Korea and their implementation of marine program KPIs

San Francisco, CA

• Co-developed the 2023 Earthshot Prize-winning Marine program strategy and collaborated on its implementation, including a 10x programmatic growth from 8 to 95 sites between 2018-2023.
• Raised multimillion-dollar grants for the marine program and managed a $2.5 million+ marine program annual grants portfolio. Helped increase programmatic funding by 250% to become WildAid's largest program.
• Key member of the inter-departmental team that developed the 2023-2025 organizational strategy and revised mission.
• Facilitated programmatic team meetings to develop the Marine program strategic goals for 2023-2027.
• Developed and iterated the Marine Protection System Tracker, currently used annually to monitor and evaluate program sites.
• Oversaw creation of the WildAid marine website - project management, content, and design.

Walnut Creek, CA

• Developed and managed successful partnerships with organizations including PG&E, Mechanics Bank, and ERM Group. Raised more than $300k in institutional giving annually.
• Planned and executed four major fundraising events, raising more than $500k total: including silent auction item procurement, volunteer training and oversight, and day-of coordination.
• Tripled amount of corporate sponsorships at 2014 gala YOY and increased 2015 sponsorships by 15% YOY.
• Co-managed Google Adwords account, increasing web traffic by 7% month over month.
• Developed corporate messaging and acted as the corporate voice of Lindsay.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed marketing strategy for MyGala.
• Worked with developers on UX and QA for MyGala webapp.
• Designed logos and brand guidelines for MyGala.
• Developed marketing collateral and email marketing templates for MyGala and Glow-book.com.
• Managed social media sites (Facebook and Twitter) for Glow-book.com.
• Managed development of new customer portal and iPhone app including mocking up designs and managing development teams for TranscribeMe.

San Francisco, CA

• Managed creation, submission, and translation of Standard Operating Procedures for Galapagos National Park (GNP) to be used by entire park service in current and future trainings.
• Wrote marine enforcement index tool for future enforcement assessments and research paper using over 30 case studies from worldwide marine protected areas (MPA).
• Planned global MPA enforcement conference with the marine team including venue acquisition, management of printed materials, and negotiating speakers.
• Developed successful grant proposals and researched further funding opportunities.
• Translated materials and interpreted GNP ranger and Customs Inspection trainings for over 100 government officials.

Monterey, CA

• Recruited over 50 volunteers via presentations and announcements at local environmental events.
• Trained volunteers in data collection at MPAs ranging from Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo.
• Collected over 1000 volunteer surveys and synthesized to compile a profile of human uses within MPAs for submission to U.S. Department of Fish & Game.

Mountain View, CA

• Increased company sales growth and revenue by more than 50% year over year.
• Negotiated hundreds of advertising relationships worth thousands of customer acquisitions.
• Improved search engine rankings by managing on/ offsite Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
• Led training workshops for other departments in SEO best practices.
• Researched competitors and provided recommendations to improve ROI/ sales.
• Tracked company growth, analyzed, and synthesized data using Google Analytics.

Stanford, CA

• Translated and edited class materials (lesson plans, consent forms, flyers, etc) for weekly classes.
• Transcribed 15 recorded immigrant farm-worker interviews and translated.

Bachelor'S Degree, Communication

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta Delta, SNAP, Stanford Daily/ Intermission, Lightweight Crew• Coursework: Economics, statistics.

Master'S Degree, International Environmental Policy; Marine Conservation

Activities and Societies: Center for the Blue Economy• Recipient of merit-based Dean’s Scholarship • Climate Change Vulnerability.

Education record

Activities and Societies: JV/ Varsity Swim Team, JV Water Polo, JV Tennis, Student Government• Coursework: Three years of French, Spanish.