About us

Carolina is the Executive Director of Fundación Rewilding Chile, formerly Tompkins Conservation Chile. Carolina has been with the organisation for over 25 years, having worked with Douglas and Kristine Tompkins since they began conservation projects in Chilean Patagonia. Carolina led the process of the large land donation made by Tompkins Conservation to the Chilean State for the creation of five National Parks and the extension of others, being the largest donation of its kind in the world. Recent projects include the creation of the future Cape Froward National Park in Magallanes region. Carolina is also a board member of The Global Rewilding Alliance.

Ingrid studied forestry engineering at Santiago’s Universidad de Chile, and joined the team in 2001 to help develop the Alerce 3000 project at Pumalín Park. Ingrid now directs Rewilding Chile’s land survey, acquisitions, and mapping program. She also leads the marine conservation project. Ingrid currently lives in El Amarillo, at the southern entrance to Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park.

Born in Santiago, Cristián grew up in Brazil, then returned to his home city to study veterinary medicine at the Universidad de Chile. He leads Rewilding Chile’s Wildlife program, which includes the monitoring of various species in Patagonia National Park, along with other projects along the Route of Parks of Patagonia. He joined the team in 2005 and lives in Coyhaique.

Mathias is a marine biologist from Universidad Austral with a Master of Science degree from Universidad de Magallanes. Along his career highlights his role as scientific director of the Centro de Investigación para la Conservación de los Ecosistemas Australes, his academic work at the Universidad de Magallanes, and his participation in various research projects throughout Patagonia with organizations such as National Geographic Society, Pristine Seas, Wildlife Conservation Society, among others. He is also the author of several scientific publications and books. Mathias joined the Rewilding Chile team in 2024.

Mabel is an Audit Accountant from Universidad Santo Tomás and took over as Director of Finance and Human Resources at Rewilding Chile in 2023, with more than 20 years of experience as part of the team. She leads the elaboration and control of the organization’s budgets.

Carolina studied tourism at Universidad de la Frontera and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Protected Areas Management and Ecoregional Development at the Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional in Costa Rica. Since 2015, she has led the Route of Parks of Patagonia’s community outreach program, and she previously worked on various environmental, social, and tourism intervention projects in both the public and private sectors.

Pía graduated from the Universidad Católica with a degree in journalism and went on to postgraduate studies at King’s College London. Before joining the team in 2018, she worked on Chile’s national branding, helping to position Chile as a tourist destination through the efforts of Turismo Chile. Previously, she also worked at the newspaper La Tercera. As Project Coordinator, she directly supports the executive management in the development of key programs and alliances for the foundation.

Born in Santiago, Marcela studied Hispanic American literature at the Universidad de Chile and journalism at the Universidad Católica. Before joining the Rewilding Chile team in 2016, Marcela worked for more than a decade on various tourism and conservation projects in Chilean Patagonia. She currently works as Director of Strategic Partnerships.

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, an American conservationist, and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc. For three decades, she has committed to protecting and restoring wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism, and fostering economic vitality as a result of conservation. Kristine and her late husband Douglas Tompkins have protected approximately 15 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina through Tompkins Conservation and its partners, making them among the most successful national park-oriented philanthropists in history. Kristine served as Patron for Protected Areas for the UN Environmental Programme from 2018-2022. The recipient of numerous honors, she was the first conservationist to be awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

Alex Perry is General Manager for Latin America at Patagonia Inc., where he leads the brand’s teams and business in the region; he has developed and led Patagonia Environmental Grants’ boards, has been a film producer, has participated in speaking engagements and conferences, and has led the development of strategic relationships in Latin America, all with the goal of innovating and inspiring solutions to the environmental and ecological crisis. He graduated from the University of Rochester in New York with a degree in Political Science, majoring in International Relations, and has been working in sales at Patagonia for the past seven years. Today he is Patagonia’s General Manager for Latin America.

Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, she worked at the Ministry of National Assets and was head of the Legal Area of Douglas Tompkins’ organizations in Chile between 2003 and 2014. She participated in the creation of the Pumalín Park Nature Sanctuary, Corcovado National Park and Yendegaia National Park. She led the legal and technical strategy of the Patagonia Sin Represas campaign and was part of the Presidential Commission for the Reform of the Environmental Impact Assessment System. In 2015 she founded Geute Conservación Sur, an organization he presides, which focuses on creating strategies for the conservation and restoration of nature.

Director of the Vital Oceans Initiative. Alex has an extensive career as a marine conservation leader in global initiatives as National Geographic Pristine Seas Senior Director for Latin America and Oceana’s Vice President in Chile. In recognition of his contributions to marine conservation, Alex was named a McCluskey Fellow in Conservation in 2024 by the Yale School of the Environment, the school’s premier residential fellowship. As a lecturer at Yale, he designed and taught the university’s first course on marine conservation and sustainability. For almost two decades, Alex Muñoz has worked with governments, local communities and civil society, resulting in the designation of the largest marine parks in Latin America. He has been featured in 12 National Geographic documentaries, and was named a Yale World Fellow by Yale University in 2019. Board member of Rewilding Chile since November 2024.

Chemical engineer and Doctor of Environmental Engineering from the U. of Iowa, and post-doctorate from MIT. As Undersecretary of the Environment, he promoted the 2014-2018 Atmospheric Decontamination Strategy, which culminated in 14 atmospheric decontamination plans, in addition to the creation of the first green taxes in South America. As Minister of the Environment, he promoted the creation of the Patagonia Parks network and more than one million km2 of oceanic conservation, which allowed Chile to increase the protection of its sea and land from 8% to 36%. At the World Bank, he led the team that created the Ministerial Coalition on Climate Finance and the World Bank’s Action Plan for Adaptation and Resilience. Today he is CEO of the Global Methane Hub, where he finances projects that help mitigate methane, promoting programs in the energy, waste, and agriculture sectors. He has received recognition from NASA and UN Environment, in 2024 he was chosen as one of the world’s top 100 climate leaders by Time magazine, he was chosen among the 30 World Climate Leaders (Business Insider, 2022) and 100 Latinos most committed to Climate Action (2023).