Nina Fascione Serves to Protect Bats

Nina Fascione has been a wildlife conservation professional for more than 25 years. She is currently Vice President of Development at Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, D.C., where she oversees the organization’s efforts to raise funds from major and planned gifts, foundations and corporations for strategic conservation work. From 2010 to 2012, Nina served as Executive Director of Bat Conservation International, where she guided the Austin, Texas-based organization in its efforts to protect bats and their habitats around the world through innovative programs that blend education, research and conservation.

Nina had previously been Vice President for Field Conservation Programs at Defenders of Wildlife, where she managed Defenders’ largest division, with 30 staffer members at nine regional offices dedicated to endangered species and habitat conservation. She has also held positions with the Wildlife Habitat Council and the Zoological Society of Philadelphia.

Nina serves on the steering committee of the Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaborative, an international group working to further conservation goals by alleviating conflicts with humans. She is also a co-founder and board chair of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders, a leadership training program for early career wildlife professionals. Nina was co-chair of the American Zoo and Aquarium’s Bat Taxon Advisory Group from 1991-97, coordinating strategic planning and implementation of conservation and breeding programs for threatened bats.

Nina has a Master of Applied Anthropology and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Maryland, where she examined the human component of wildlife conservation. Nina has authored dozens of journal articles, book chapters and technical reports covering various topics in wildlife science and conservation, and edited the Island Press book People and Predators: From Conflict to Coexistence

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