Ben Wilcox

Ben Wilcox currently serves as the Executive Director of the Leadership Program for Global Conservation at the World Wildlife Fund since March 2023. In addition to this role, Ben has been a Field Instructor at NOLS since May 2018 and co-founded Chulengo Expeditions, where efforts focus on field-based environmental education and eco-tourism in protected areas from January 2016 to July 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Field Coordinator for the Education & Restoration Program at Tompkins Conservation for a brief period in late 2015. Ben holds a BA/MA in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford, where studies were completed as a Rhodes Scholar with First Class Honors, and a B.A. in History from Harvard University.