While OUR leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and have a wide range of expertise, all are passionate about orangutans and engaged in saving the species through OURF.
Gary L. Shapiro, Ph.D. began his involvement with orangutans 50 years ago in the field of primate cognition and learning. He was the first person (1973-1975) to teach a symbolic ... Read more
The Orangutan Project was established in 1998 by founder and world-renowned orangutan expert, Leif Cocks, as a result of his almost 30-year career working with orangutans. Leif is a passionate ... Read more
Cheryl Parrish graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business with training in Accounting and Information Technology. While in school, she founded a successful company that she still runs ... Read more
Following her service with the Peace Corps in Borneo teaching secondary school many years ago, Liz has maintained a keen interest in conservation issues in Malaysia and Indonesia, and has ... Read more
Dr. Robert Kounang is a medical doctor and has served as Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of ArrowHead Regional Medical Center, a trauma center, from 1996 ... Read more
Eric Raymond has been leading innovation in the benefits and human resources technology sectors for more than 35 years. Read more
Max Tramboo is a successful entrepreneur from Munich who started Panomatics.com in 2005 in the Truman Brewery, one of London’s creative hubs. Over the last 13 years, he has transformed ... Read more