Cullen K. Geiselman holds a BA in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University and an MA and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Columbia University. Her research focuses on seed dispersal and pollination by bats and she has coauthored a book with botanists from the New York Botanical Garden entitled Seed Dispersal by Bats in the Neotropics.

In addition to her bat research, she works with her family on business matters and philanthropy and chairs the board of the Cullen Trust for Health Care, a support organization funding healthcare related initiatives in the Greater Houston area.

In addition to Bat Conservation International, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Houston Zoo, the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, the Houston Parks Board, the Houston Advanced Research Center, and the Blaffer Art Museum at University of Houston. She also volunteers her time with National Park Conservation Association and the Menil Collection.

Partner in the law firm of Nossaman LLP; served with the Ford Foundation in Brazil, as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, as Deputy Under Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and as a member of Interior Secretary Salazar’s Federal Wind Turbine [Wildlife] Guidelines Advisory Committee.

A specialty in his practice is Federal wildlife law, including the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Also serves on the boards of national, regional, and local land trusts. Education:  Princeton (BA), Yale Law School (JD), Fulbright scholarship to Aligarh Muslim University, India.

As a Broker for Transwestern in Dallas Andrew specializes in representing corporate office users in their strategic real estate planning and transaction process.

His approach successfully pinpoints the most cost-effective, flexible, and functional occupancy solution. Andrew helps his clients identify and align strategic business, financial and operational objectives with their real estate requirements. Whether providing his clients with acquisition, renewal, relocation, or consolidation services, Andrew continually distinguishes himself by his in-depth knowledge of local and regional markets.

Andrew also serves as a board member for HeRO’s (He Respects Others) the men’s auxiliary for Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support which provides shelter, safety, counseling and expert services to battered women and their children.

Professor of global environmental politics, Brandeis University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University; former board member of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (co-chair) and Root Capital; author, Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World (Island Press 2006) and co-editor, Conservation & Climate Change: Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning and Action (Island Press 2012); previous consultant for the Union of Concerned scientists and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation; previously served on the board of Bat Conservation International and was recently re-elected.

Vice President for Field Conservation Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Overseas WCS’s regional programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, North America, as well as the Marine Program and the Wildlife Health & Health Policy Program.

Worked for the past two decades in Southeast Asia and Central Africa building conservation initiatives; helped discover new species in Indochina and initiated conservation projects for bats and their habitats.

A species of tube-nosed bat was named Murina walstonii in recognition of his bat-conservation efforts. In the 1990’s received a small grant from BCI to initiate bat conservation in Cambodia.