Core team

Alejandro Arteaga

Alejandro Arteaga
President, Researcher
Biologist, photographer, and conservationist.
Explorer at Discovery and The Explorers Club.
Author of the Reptiles of Ecuador and Reptiles of the Galápagos books.

Ángela León

Ángela León
Project Manager
Advocacy mission head in the Platform of the Americas and the Caribbean of Coalition PLUS.
Researcher of the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

Amanda Quezada

Amanda Quezada
Field researcher, treasurer
Biologist and photographer.
Contributor to the Reptiles of Ecuador.

Carlos Arteaga

Carlos Arteaga
Project architect
Architect of the Biodiversity Field Lab (BioFL) and infrastructure of the Pitalala Reserve.

External supporters

Phil Torres

Phil Torres
Khamai Ambassador
Jungle guy, biologist, and conservationist.
ExpeditionX host at Discovery.
Producer of The Jungle Diaries on YouTube.

David Agro

David Agro
Provides guidance/advice to the emerging Khamai Foundation
Canadian architect.
Conservationist and ornithologist at Jocotoco Foundation.

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