Timothy Tear Email & Phone Number

Portland, Maine

Bronx, Ny

➤ Successfully leading the Africa program, the largest international conservation NGO in Africa working in 17 countries with a program of 850+ staff, while driving growth from $35MM to $50MM+ per year over 4 years➤ Setting the strategic direction of the core leadership team while introducing innovations and building capacity. Initiated a $40MM Green Climate Fund project in Rwanda, advanced Public Private Partnerships in protected area management, and increased regional counter-wildlife trafficking capacity ➤ Effectively guiding an organizational change process that established three regions with the supporting infrastructure and staff that is significantly improving the capacity of the Africa Program to deliver result ➤ Elevating the profile of the organization and its programs with a broad array of partners including international and domestic public agencies, private donors, foundations and corporations➤ Working directly with major donors, ensuring they feel valued, and ensuring that workplans, activities, and outputs align with donors requirements and demonstrate effective stewardship of resources that achieve the best conservation impact➤ Introducing new nature-based solutions to climate change in rangelands - grazing and fire management for soil carbon ➤ Successfully building a strong centralized team while facilitating coordination, collaboration, and active dialogue between global, regional, national programs, and external parties➤ Improving the development and stewarding of budgets, including the introduction of activity-based budgeting ➤ Increasing organizational capacity for risk-management via membership on the Crisis Management Team responsible for institutional responses to crises such as Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks, evacuations, and hostage situations.

➤ Successfully provided overall leadership and management of a Tanzanian conservation and community development organization with well-developed conservation, law enforcement, community outreach, and research programs ➤ Efficiently administered a $4MM annual budget, completed a 3-year strategic planning process, and strengthened engagements with key stakeholders including the Tanzanian government at local and national levels resulting in more collaborative and effective protected area management, as well as local communities to enhance productive, long-term partnerships➤ Effectively transitioned the Grumeti Fund into an international non-profit capable of accepting tax-deductible donations from the US that broadened and increased the donor base ➤ Developed programs that supported the translocation and reintroduction of endangered wildlife species (bliack rhino, wild dogs) to Grumeti Reserve and the wider Serengeti ecosystem ➤ Refocused research and outreach programs on increasing their impacts for conservation and communities - including raising awareness about the economic value of conservation and ecotourism investments in remote locations via a multiplier-effect assessment, and the importance of fire management in the context of the broader Serengeti ecosystem

Albany, New York Area

➤ Came aboard as the first Director of Conservation Science of the Illinois Chapter, developing and managing the statewide science & planning program, including designing a novel, long-term project to investigate the cumulative effects of agricultural best management practices on freshwater biodiversity➤ Effectively provided scientific oversight of large-scale ecoregional planning efforts that produced global guidance on incorporating restoration into conservation planning efforts; developed a multi-taxonomic inventory and research program to assess floodplain restoration success➤ Moved into Science Director for the Eastern New York Chapter in December 2000, completed conservation area planning for multiple landscapes with stakeholder engagement, provided thought leadership integrating science and management including sensitivity analysis to prioritize management strategies for invasive species, population viability assessments for threatened species on Conservancy land, and explicitly incorporating socio-economic data into strategy development➤ Promoted to Global Senior Scientist & Manager in December 2005, responsible for developing institutional monitoring and evaluation and adaptive management protocols, and completing a conservation measures business plan and the first activity and outcome measures reports for the organization➤ Effectively represented The Nature Conservancy in launching the Conservation Measures Partnership, a global consortium that developed international guidance on adaptive management - the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

Serengeti, Tanzania

➤ Strategically advised and managed a project funded by the European Union that integrated tourism, ecology, education and extension activities in and around Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.➤ Successfully designed and installed the bi-lingual Serengeti Visitor Center that became a model for other visitor centers in Tanzania National Parks by integrating art and science to improve visitor experience.➤ Facilitated Serengeti National Park tourism and ecology department integration to implement a park management plan.

Research Associate – University of Idaho – 1992 to 1995Field Manager – Arabian (White) Oryx Reintroduction Project, Oman – 1984 to 1989Assistant Park Warden – Boma National Park, South Sudan – 1982-1984Conservation Education Consultant – WWF/IUCN, Tanzania – 1984

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Forestry, Wildlife, And Range Sciences, 4.0

Master Of Science - Ms, Wildlife Resources, 3.9

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Conservation, 3.25