Managing DirectorSall Family Foundation
Marina has over 30 years of experience in conservation, sustainable development, and philanthropy in Latin America, especially in the Amazon region. She is the Managing Director of the Sall Family Foundation, supporting organizations worldwide that contribute to transformative change at the nexus of the environment, public health, and livelihoods. She has been working in the philanthropic sector for more than a decade at several foundations mainly on issues regarding indigenous peoples, conservation, and climate finance. Moreover, she has worked as a policy maker, professor, and researcher while living in the Amazon for 11 years. She received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in biology from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a Ph.D. from the Yale School of Environment.