Whitney Yadao-Evans is a conservation practitioner and gender specialist at Conservation International with more than 20 years of experience in marine resource management, community-based resource management, seascapes, gender and project management. Whitney received her master’s degree in international environmental policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, and her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of Denver. Prior to joining Conservation International’s Coral Triangle Initiative program in 2015, she worked with the Office of Policy at the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. In nearly ten years at Conservation International, Whitney was a foundational member of the Gender Program, managed Conservation International’s engagement with the Coral Triangle Initiative, advanced marine conservation initiatives within coral triangle countries, was the Gender & Safeguards Advisor for the Blue Nature Alliance and is currently the Delivery Director with Conservation International’s Project Delivery and Monitoring Team.