Francisco Solís Germani Project Director
Francisco “Pancho” Solís Germani directs Pew’s efforts in his native Chile, where he works with partner organizations and other stakeholders to protect Patagonia, one of the world’s most pristine wilderness areas, with land and waters spanning a region as large as New Zealand.
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Carolina Jarpa Officer
Carolina Jarpa’s work at Pew’s Chilean Patagonia project focuses on supporting the local coalition’s efforts to advance unprecedented conservation policies and collaborations among organizations working to protect Patagonia. She is currently working to expand and deepen our relationships with critical partners and government agencies.
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Makarena Roa Senior Officer
Makarena Roa’s work at Pew focuses on engaging and building bottom-up relations with local communities and authorities, Indigenous peoples, and regional nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Chilean Patagonia. Doing so is critical to achieving outcomes for conservation that are based on local people’s involvement in the future of their natural heritage and protected areas.
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Maximiliano Sepúlveda Senior Officer
Maximiliano Sepúlveda helps lead Pew’s Chilean Patagonia program, focusing on efforts to improve the conservation and management of Chile’s national parks in Patagonia. This work includes supporting the Corporación Nacional Forestal—the Chilean Forest Service and Protected Areas Agency (CONAF), where he works to improve the management of Chilean Patagonia’s 18 national parks.
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David Tecklin, Ph.D. Principal Officer
David Tecklin, Ph.D., drives Pew’s work to conserve the Pantanal and Gran Chaco of South America, working closely with partner organizations in the region to expand conservation management for key ecological areas.
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