Team & Board

Executive Director

Soraya Shattuck

Soraya is the Executive Director of the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund (ATCF), a role she has held since the organization's inception. Under her leadership, the ATCF has expanded its grant-giving program to support grassroots conservation efforts around the globe. She also serves on the board of The Conservation Alliance, lending her deep experience in international conservation. Whether she's climbing, skiing, or mountain biking, Soraya lives her belief that travel has the power to protect the planet.

Membership & Engagement Manager

Kerry Newton

Kerry leads efforts to grow and strengthen the organization’s community of members. With a passion for adventure travel and environmental conservation, Kerry cultivates meaningful partnerships, enhances member engagement, and drives initiatives that support the ATCF’s mission to protect the wild places that make adventure travel possible. Her work focuses on fostering collaboration among industry leaders, increasing member involvement, and ensuring sustainable impact through conservation funding. In her spare time, she enjoys mountain biking, hiking in the Green Mountains, and getting ready for the next season (ohhhhh New England).

Board of Directors

  • STEVE BARKER

    WILD PLACES

  • CYNTHIA DUNBAR

    REI ADVENTURES

  • NORIE QUITOS

    COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

  • CHRIS NOBLE

    COVERMORE

  • SHANNON STOWELL

    ATTA

  • CHUNNIE WRIGHT

    LAW OFFICE OF CHUN T. WRIGHT

  • AMIT SANKHALA

    ENCOUNTERS ASIA

  • NICOLE ABBOT

    WILDERNESS TRAVEL

  • GORDON SEABURY

    TOAD & CO

  • DEIRDRE CAMPBELL

    TARTANBOND COMMUNICTIONS LTD.

  • MARIA JOSÉ ANDRADE

    TIERRA DEL VOLCÁN

Become a Volunteer

The ATCF is always looking for good people who share our passion for travel and conservation. Please fill our our Volunteer Opportunities Form if you're interested in joining our team. 

Alumni Board Members & Advisors

  • Josie Norris

    Conservation Alliance

  • Mandip Singh Soin

    Ibex Exeditions

  • Nicky Fitzgerald

    Angama Mara

  • Richard Edwards

    UnTours

  • Praveen Moman

    Volcanoes Safaris

  • Neil Rogers

    Rewilding Europe

  • Roger Spatz

    Eagle Creek

  • John Sterling

    Conservation Alliance

  • Luis Vargas

    Modern Adventures

  • Enrique Umbert

    Mountain Lodges of Peru

  • Charles Altekruse

  • Jonathan Burnham

    Good Pup Food Co.

  • Dr. Amy Brown

    Montana State Univ.