President & CEO Until 10/7/22 at Wildlife Conservation Society. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.
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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.4M
Others who share this name
1
Who this is
Profile
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Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced
Dr. Cristián Samper is a Colombian-American tropical biologist who served as President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society from 2012 to 2022, overseeing its system of urban parks and global conservation programs active in 60 countries.
He is now Managing Director of Nature Solutions at the Bezos Earth Fund.
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Track record
Career & tenure
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Tenure here
Wildlife Conservation Society President/CEO 2012-2022
Education
Bogotá · B.Sc. in Biology, University of the Andes1987
Harvard University · M.Sc. in Biology1989
Harvard University · Ph.D. in Biology1992
Affiliations
Organizations
Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.
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Henry L Heymann Wildlife Preservation FoundationPresident & Director (end 11/1) · $3.0M revenue · Bronx, NYSUPPORT WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL PRIMATE PROTECTION LEAGUEFiled FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Wildlife Conservation SocietyPresident & CEO Until 10/7/22 · $345.5M revenue · Bronx, NYTHE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY (WCS) SAVES WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES WORLDWIDE THROUGH SCIENCE, CONSERVATION ACTION, EDUCATION, AND INSPIRING…pay $943K → $1.4MFiled FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.4Mreported comp
Disambiguation
Other people named Dr Cristian Samper
Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.
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Dr Cristian Samper1 organization · Bronx, NYRiverdale Country School INC
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Executive Director, CEO · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
$1.6M
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org
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