Herbert (Beto) Bedolfe has been the Executive Director of the Marisla Foundation, a charitable foundation based in California, since 1996. In that capacity, Beto has been deeply involved in global marine conservation efforts and environmental health and justice. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Oceana, a leading marine conservation NGO, and was also Chair of the Board of Oceans Five, a funder collaborative. He is currently a board member of Partners for a New Economy, and the Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA). Previously he served as Treasurer on the Board of the Biodiversity Funders Group. Prior to his responsibilities at Marisla, Bedolfe directed programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), primarily in West and Southern Africa. Beto has lived in the Cape Verde Islands and Mozambique and, with the World Bank and the US Department of Agriculture, implemented short-term assignments in Guinea Bissau as well as Sao Tome-Principe. Mr. Bedolfe earned his B.A. Degree from Swarthmore College and his MBA from California Lutheran University.
