ABOUT SMA:
Consejo EcoRegional Sierra Tarahumara A.C.

In 2002, the Sierra Madre Alliance and a coalition of Mexican partners merged with Consejo EcoRegional Sierra Tarahumara A.C., a Mexican NGO led by the young environmental lawyer, Augustin Bravo, to form the most effective conservation and community support organization in Northern Mexico. The SMA/FA partnership emerged from ten years of program development in one of the most difficult regions in Mexico.

Augustín Bravo
Executive Director and Founder. Graduate of the Law School, Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara. Diploma in Institutional Development and Fund Raising, Indiana University of Philanthropy. Environmental Public Interest Attorney.

Ramón Alfonso Herrera
EcoLogic Development Fund Regional Representative. Graduate in veterinary sciences of the University of Vera Cruz; Master’s degree in administration of social and civic organizations, Autonomous University of Puebla. Responsibilities: institutional strengthening and community development.

Elsa Peña Haaz
Coordinator, Community Development Program. PhD in Human Geography, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France. Thirteen years experience in the National Indigenous Institute.

Patricia Peña Haaz
Training and Media Coordinator and Officer, Community Development Program. Eight years experience in comunications and indigenous rights. Former Professor of Communications, UNAM.

Ramiro Castellano
Agrarian Affairs Coordinator, Community Development Program.

Julio César Reyna Escanamé
Acting Coordinator, Conservation Program. Master’s in Biology from the Autonomous University of Mexico; four years of experience with Profepa in Chiapas.

Mauro Arturo Ramos Gómez
Officer, Conservation Program. Graduate in Biology of the Facultad de Zootecnia, Autonomous University of Chihuahua. Responsibilities: Field research, community planning.

Abril Aguirre Padilla
Officer, Conservation Program. Graduate in Ecology of the Facultad de Zootecnia, Autonomous University of Chihuahua. Environmental education.

Gina Uribe
Madera Program Coordinator. Graduate in Anthropology from the Catholic University of Quito, Ecuador; Certificate in Environmental Education from the Texas Park and Wildlife Department.

Jesús Miguel Elías de la Garza
Accountant. Graduate in Accounting of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua.

Primitivo Cruz
Tarahumara, Local Bio-Intensive Gardening and Soil Restoration Project Manager.

Luciana Torres, Isidro Baldenegro, Santiago Basigochi, Alfonso Molino, Manuel Ramos Cruz, Prudencio Ramos Ramos, Loreto Rivas Vega (Tepehuan)
Indigenous Community Organizers.