Us
Team
Leadership
Gustavo D. Danemann
Executive Director
A marine biologist with a master’s degree in Marine Ecology and a doctorate in Coastal Oceanography, specializing in Marine Resource Management. His doctoral thesis addresses the analysis of public policies and the administration of natural resources in the community of Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, for which he won the award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2003 from the Association of Researchers of the Sea of Cortez (AIMAC). Gustavo has more than 30 years of professional experience in the conservation and administration of natural areas and resources, environmental management instruments, ichthyology, avifauna, and wetlands in northwestern Mexico. He has a special interest in Natural Protected Areas, fisheries, communication, and education, as well as being an academic and researcher with publications in specialized journals. His passion and commitment to nature conservation has driven the mission of the Pronatura Noroeste team for 25 years.
Daniela López Acosta
Director of Operations
A biologist from the Autonomous University of Baja California, specializing in Faunistic Resources. She has a Master of Science in the Use, Management, and Preservation of Natural Resources, with a focus on Ecology of Arid Zones. Daniela has collaborated in various reforestation projects, in payments for environmental services, and in the creation of Management and Use Units in conjunction with the National Forestry Commission. Since 2011, she has worked at Pronatura Noroeste, where she has worked as a field technician in reptile monitoring and a project coordinator at the regional level. In addition, she creates and manages legal tools for land conservation in northwestern Mexico, under which 265,000 hectares are legally protected through Pronatura Noroeste. Daniela has a special talent for processes, which she transfers to the Operations Department, thanks to her experience in the field.
Nohemí González Peña
Director of the Development Department
Has a degree in Industrial Chemistry with more than a decade of experience in transnational companies. She combines her profession with volunteering in the social sector, where she discovered a strong vocation for promoting non-profit organizations. In this work, she has had contact with organizations that seek common welfare and environmental improvement, a field that is becoming increasingly relevant throughout the world. Nohemí is specialized in the creation, strengthening, and sustainability of civil associations and organizations, as well as fundraising. In 2014, she ended her work with industry to focus entirely on the social sector. She currently contributes her vision and experience to Pronatura Noroeste as Director of Development Departament.
Valeria Towns
Conservation Director
She is a biologist who graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and is currently in the process of completing her PhD in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Ecology. For 9 years, she was dedicated to strengthening conservation and sustainable development programs in the Lacandona Rainforest as part of the NGO Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos A.C., where she led the Mammal Monitoring Program in the region.
From 2016 to 2019 she worked in the public service as Coordinator of Institutional Affairs and as Director of Priority Species for Conservation at the National Commission of National Protected Areas. She also served as coordinator of the “Program for the Conservation of the Vaquita Porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California” as part of the Whale Museum, where she addressed the Mexican porpoise issue from a perspective that included the development of alternative and profitable fisheries. Without a doubt, Valeria’s incorporation as Director of Conservation for Pronatura Noroeste strengthens the team in the face of the enormous environmental challenges in the region.
Regional Coordinators
RAQUEL CASTRO DÍAZ
Colorado River Delta
rcastro@pronatura-noroeste.org
SERGIO GONZÁLEZ CARRILLO
Baja California Sur
sgonzalezcarrillo@pronatura-noroeste.org
JUAN CARLOS LEYVA MARTÍNEZ
Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua and South of Sonora
jcleyva@pronatura-noroeste.org
Thematic Coordinators
Mariella Sáenz Chávez,
Natural Protected Areas
msaenz@pronatura-noroeste.org
Geovanni Cordero Herrera,
Conservation Data Center
gcordero@pronatura-noroeste.org
Lizz González Moreno,
Conservation Education
lgonzalez@pronatura-noroeste.org
Miguel Ángel Vargas,
Land Conservation
mvargas@pronatura-noroeste.org
Natalie Rodríguez Dowdell,
Behavior Change
nrodriguez@pronatura-noroeste.org
Julián García Walther,
Bird Laboratory
jgarciaw@pronatura-noroeste.org
Carlos Álvarez Flores,
Fishery Science
calvarez@pronatura-noroeste.org
Laura Elizabeth Ibarra García,
Sustainable Fisheries
libarra@pronatura-noroeste.org
Ricardo Juárez Salas,
Surveillance and Legality Culture
rjuarez@pronatura-noroeste.org
Teams
Department of Administration and Human Resources
Francisco Amezcua Batres, Contador; Diana Soto Mercado, R.H y Nóminas; Ricardo Patrón Castro y Cristina Vallejo Marchena, Administradores de proyectos; Ariel Bojórquez Lugo, Sistemas e Informática; Angélica Griselda Clemente Garnica, Auxiliar contable.
Development Department
Saira J. Sandoval De Santiago, Coordinadora de Gestión con Inversionistas; Itsí Razo Saucedo, Creación de Contenido
Ensenada, Baja California
María Aquino Javier, Áreas Naturales Protegidas y Proyectos de Mejora Pesquera; Edith Liliana Couttolenc Lyle, Técnico de sitio Bahía de Los Ángeles; Francisco Alonso Peinado Humberto, Técnico de sitio en Baja California; Marco Carignán Palacios, Asesor Jurídico; Guillermo Olguín Espinoza, Gestión y Relación con Propietarios de Tierras; Xóchitl Rojas Lagunes, Mariana Paredes y Rosa Vázquez, Sistemas de Información Geográfica; Liliana Esparza García, líder de sitio Río Tijuana; Paola Murrieta Olguín, Educación para la Conservación y Conservación de Tierras Privadas y Sociales; Daniel Portillo y Abraham Aguilar Nuño, Red Motus; Karen Velarde, Administradora de oficina; Marlenne Olea García, Técnico especialista temático; Guadalupe Sastre Flores, Recepción; Cynthia Castruita Beltrán, Mantenimiento.
Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California
Martha Cordero Rubio, Mantenimiento.
La Paz, Baja California Sur
Norma Sánchez Reyes, Áreas Naturales Protegidas; Belén Ojeda Villegas, Bases de Datos Pesqueros; Juan Carlos Castro Salgado, Pesquerías; Alejandro Torres Mendía, Vigilancia; Nallely Arce Villavicencio y Gerardo Marrón Méndez, Ecosistemas prioritarios terrestres; Fernando Garza Larracilla y Diana Laura Gutiérrez López, Educación Ambiental; Sula Vanderplank y Roberto Carmona Piña, Asesoría Científica; Katia Gutiérrez Méndez Katia, Técnico de Campo; Mirtha Susana González, Administradora de oficina; Josefina Elizabeth Urías Félix, Mantenimiento.
San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
Yuliana Dimas Granillo, Involucramiento Comunitario; Stefanny Villagómez, Monitoreo Biológico; Alejandra Calvo Fonseca, José Juan Butrón Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Medina Cruz, Miguel Cruz Torres, Eduardo Soto Montoya y Benito Rocha Brambila, Técnicos de Monitoreo; Moisés Arano Terrones, José Luis Romero Villaseñor, Ángel Basquez García, Carlos Armando Solorio Vázquez, Salvador Solorio Vázquez, Francisco Castillo Tapia, Cristhian García Vázquez, Moisés Rubén Reina Gaxiola, Maribel Vallejo Soto y Simón Tapia Martínez, Técnicos de Campo en Sitio de Restauración Miguel Alemán; Elizabeth Torres Olvera y Gabriela Chávez Espinoza, Técnicos en sitio; David Parra Lugo, Administrador; Carmen Félix Torres, Mantenimiento.
Culiacán, Sinaloa
Rosa Benítez López, Ecosistemas prioritarios terrestres; María Alejandra Monrreal Martínez, Administradora de oficina; Arturo Avila Medina, Luis Mendoza Contreras, Conservación de Aves; Santiaga Salomón López, Mantenimiento.
Tepic, Nayarit
Isaías Jiménez Ríos, Técnico en sitio; Édgar Fregoso Rodríguez, Sistemas e Informática; Cristina Sanabia Olivarría, Administradora de Oficina; Ana Flores Lomelí, Mantenimiento.
