Stacy Jupiter

Executive Director, Marine Conservation for the Wildlife Conservation Society

Fiji

About

Experience

  • Wildlife Conservation Society (18 yrs 3 mos)
    • Executive Director, Marine Conservation
      Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Regional Director, Melanesia
      Nov 2014 - Jan 2025 · 10 yrs 3 mos

      I was responsible for establishing new WCS country programs in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, while coordinating across our existing Fiji and Papua New Guinea country programs. I provided support for fundraising and technical expertise for community-based natural resource management, with a personal focus on coral reef fisheries.

    • Director, Fiji Country Program
      Apr 2009 - Oct 2014 · 5 yrs 7 mos

      I assisted communities and government to identify priority sites for conservation and management, as well as used biological and socioeconomic monitoring to assess the effectiveness of management measures.

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
    Sep 2006 - Apr 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos

    I investigated links between changes in land activities within watersheds and impacts to coastal and nearshore marine ecosystems.

  • Rural Fisheries Extension Agent at Peace Corps - Gabon
    1997 - 1999 · 2 yrs

    I instructed rural farmers how to build fishponds and integrate them with sustainable agriculture to improve livelihoods.