Richard Cudney
Dr. Richard Cudney-Bueno joined the Conservation and Science program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in June 2008, where he leads the Gulf of California subprogram implementing strategies for coastal and marine conservation in Northwest Mexico.
Dr. Richard Cudney-Bueno joined the Conservation and Science program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in June 2008, where he leads the Gulf of California subprogram implementing strategies for coastal and marine conservation in Northwest Mexico. Richard is very active in CGBD’s Gulf of California program.
Richard completed his undergraduate studies in marine sciences at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), and holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from the School of Natural Resources and the Environment of the University of Arizona with a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Richard’s professional work has focused on the links between science, management, policy and conservation of marine resources and ecosystems, with research at the nexus between social and ecological sciences published in numerous scientific journals and books. In 2005, he co-founded the PANGAS Project, an interdisciplinary, bi-national initiative for ecosystem-based research and management of coastal fisheries. From 2004-2006, he co-directed the Gulf of California Estuary Initiative for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Prior to 2004, he was coordinator of fisheries programs for the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans and conducted the first comprehensive assessment of small-scale fisheries in the upper Gulf of California. Throughout his professional career, Richard has also led over 30 naturalist expeditions to the Gulf of California and the Copper Canyon and taught various field courses on the natural history of the Sea of Cortez.
Richard serves on the binational Advisory Board of the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Board of Directors of Comunidad y Biodiversidad, the Board of the Gulf of California Conservation Fund, the Advisory Board of Advanced Conservation Strategies, the Donor Advisory Board of the Gulf of California Marine Endowment for Marine Protected Areas, and the Vaquita (Gulf of California harbor porpoise) Commission of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature. Richard is also an adjunct professor at the School of Natural Resources of the University of Arizona and a research associate at the Institute of Marine Sciences of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
