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  Mr. Jimmy Antia
Student
University of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
jimmy@odd.ucr.ac.cr
  Ms. Ana Baez
President
Turismo & Conservacion
Consultores, S.A., Apdo
Postal 1186-110 Tibas
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 236-5906
Fax: + 1 (506) 240-6302
turbaez@.racsa.co.cr
   
   
  Mr. Jesse Baker
Student
14782 Bridgeport Road
Tustin, CA 92780
Tel: +1 (619) 459-5432
Jabaker@uci.edu
  Ms. Anne H. Becher
Kalmia Avenue
Boulder, CO
80304-1402
   
   
  Ms. Sue Beeton
Senior Lecturer, Tourism
La Trobe University
Victoria 3086 Australia
Tel: +61 (3) 5444-7275
s.beeton@latrobe.edu.au
  Ms. Sole Belmar
Student
Solimar Marketing
1930 Calvert Street NW, #3
Washington, DC 20009
United States
Tel: +1 (506) 645-5201
   
   
  Mr. Amos Bien
Director of International Programs
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
P.O. Box 8105-1000
San José, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 253-0575/308-8783
Fax: +1 (506) 764-4187
amos@ecotourism.org
  Ms. Regina Binder
President
Binder Boland & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 1505
MA
United States
Tel: +1 (508) 487-4472
Fax: +1 (508) 487-4477
reginabinder@attglobal.net
   
   
  Mr. Jeremy Wilhelm Buultjens
Senior Lecturer
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157
Lismore 2470
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 6620-3382
Fax: +61 (2) 6622-2208
Jbuultje@scu.edu.au
  Mr. Jose Luis Cabada
Vice President
Sunny Land Tours
166 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601
United States
Tel: +1 (201) 487-2150
Fax: +1 (201) 487-1546
jose@sunnylandtours.com
   
   
  Mr. Francisco Cali
Board President
Indigenous Tourism Rights International
9 Avenida 2-59 Zona 1
Guatemala
Tel: +1 (011) 221-1286
Fax: +1 (011) 251-8163
franciscocali@hotmail.com
  Dr. Bonnie Canziani
Director, Hospitality Management
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
P.O. Box 26170
Hospitality Management, HH
Greensboro NC, 27412
United States
Tel: +1 (226) 256-1005
bonnie_canziani@uncg.edu
   
   
  Mr. Jorge Castello
Jordi Castello Consulting, Inc.
330 E. 39th Street, Apt 17F
New York , NY 10016
United States
Tel: +1 (917) 543-4382
Fax: +1 (212) 838-2108
CastJ537@newschool.edu
  Mr. Eduard Muller Castro
UCI/Dean
University Cooperation International
Barrio Escalante
200 East and 150 North of Farolita
Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (212) 283-6464
Fax: +1 (212) 280-8433
emuller@uci.ac.cr
   
   
  Ms. Viviana Rudin Castro
Dirección de Mercadeo
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo
Tel: +1 (506) 223-1733 Ext. 279
Fax: +1 (506) 223-5452
vrudin@ict.go.cr
  Ms. Arlette Chaves-Leer
Communications Coordinator
CLACDS/INCAE
Campus Walter Kissling GAM
La Garita de Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 437-2336/2191
Fax: +1 (506) 433-9606
ChavesA@mail.incae.ac.cr
   
   
  Mr. William N. Chernish
Associate Professor
Conrad N. Hilton College
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun
Houston, TX 772045-3028
United States
Tel: +1 (713) 743-2461
Fax: +1 (713) 743-3696
wchernish@uh.edu
  Ms. Katrina Church-Chmielowski
Special Projects
Prince William Sound Community College
Copper Basin Campus
Mile 188 Glenn Highway
PO Box 730
Glennallen, AK 99588-0730
United States
Tel: +1 (907) 822-3673
Fax: +1 (907) 822-5574
Kat@cvinternet.net
   
   
  Dr. Fredrick M. Collison
Professor
Transportation and Marketing
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Administration Bldg.-Room 111
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: +1 (808) 956-8124
Fax: +1 (808) 956-5378
collison@hawaii.edu
  Mr. Kweku Micahel Commeh
Technology Consultancy Centre
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Kumasi, Ghana Africa
Tel: 00233 24 631 290/ 002333 51 60297
Fax: 00233 51 60137
kwekumichael@gmx.de
   
   
  Mr. Arturo Crosby
Executive Director ECOTUR
Consultant for WTO
Education & CTH-BEST Program)
Calle Viriato No 20
28010 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 (91) 591-2331
Fax: +34 (91) 593-0980
ecotur@infonegocio.com
natour@eol.es
  Mr. Eduardo De Desma
Productos y Servicios
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 250-2436
Fax: +1 (506) 368-0935
Alvaroromo75@hotmail.com
   
   
  Ms. Christa Dillabaugh
Holbrook Global Field Expeditions
Educational Program Consultant
3540 Northwest 13th St.
Gainesville, FL 32609
United States
Tel: +1 (888) 890-0632
Christa@holbrooktravel.com
  Mr. D'Arcy John Dornan
Graduate Student
Geography Graduate Group
University of California at Davis
One Shields Avenue
Walker Hall
Davis, CA 95616
United States
Tel: +1 (530) 304-8602
Fax: +1 (530) 752-9592
djdornan@ucdavis.edu
   
   
  Dr. Larry Michael Dwyer
Qantas Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics
Centre for Tourism Policy Studies
School of Economics
University of New South Wales
3730 Nexoe, Bornholm
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 9385-2636
Fax: +61 (2) 9313-6337
dimitri@crt.dk
  Ms. Deborah Edwards
Lecturer
University of Western Sydney
UWS Campbelltown Campus
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South, DC NSW 1797
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 4620-3518
Fax: +61 (2) 4620-3799
d.edwards@uws.edu.au
   
   
  Mr. Richard Edwards
General Manager
Program Director
Wildland Adventures
3516 NE 155th Street
Seattle, WA 98156
United States
Rich@wildland.com
  Dr. Eduardo Fayos-Sola
Executive President
WTO Themis Foundation
World Toursim Organization
Capitan Haya 42
Madrid 28020
Spain
Tel: +34 (91) 567-8100
Fax: +34 (91) 571-3733
rdeming@world-tourism.org
   
   
  Ms. Maureen Flores
Professor
Fundacao Getulio Vargas
Praca Do Botafogo 190, 14
Rio De Janeiro Brazil
Tel: +11 55 21 2543-5141
Mfv97@attglobal.net
  Ms. Letticia Gilbert
Project Manager
BEST/TCB
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States
Tel: +1 (212) 339-0361
Fax: +1 (212) 836-9718
letticia.gilbert.intern@conference-board.org
letticiagilbert@hotmail.com
   
   
  Ms. Arantxa Guereña
Ingeniera Agrónoma
Programa de Pequeñas
Donaciones-PNUD
Oficentro La Virgen NO. 2, Pavas
San José 4540-1000
Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 296-1736
Fax: +1 (506) 296-1545
maria.arantxa.guerena@undp.org
  Ms. Eileen Gutiérrez
Manager
Ecotourism Department
Conservation International
1919 M Street
NW Washington, DC 20036
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 912-1729
Fax: +1 (202) 912-0765
egutierrez@conservation.org
   
   
  Mr. Rich Harrill
Senior Business Associate
Georgia Institute of Technology
755 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-0520
United States
Tel: +1 (404) 894-3852
Fax: +1 (404) 894-0069
rich.harrill@edi.gatech.edu
  Ms. Carolyn Elizabeth Hayle
Senior Programme Officer
University of the West Indies
School for Graduate Studies and Research
Assembly Hall Building, Mona
Kingston, Jamaica
Tel: +1 (876) 977-6065
Fax: +1 (876) 977-7525
chayle@uwimona.edu.jm
   
   
  Mr. Desmond Spencer Hayle
Architect
Desmond Hayle & Associates Ltd.
11 Latham Avenue
Jamaica
Tel: +1 (876) 978-3222
Fax: +1 (876) 978-2056
deshayle@colis.com
  Ms. Anja Hergesell
Student
Radeburger Str. 25A
01561 Ebersbach, OT Rödern
Germany
Tel: +49 35208-81282/17936-38737
anja_hergesell@yahoo.de
   
   
  Ms. Martha Hevenor
Planner
Cape Cod Commission
3225 Main Street PO Box 226
Barnstable, MA 02630-0226
United States
Tel: +1 (508) 362-3828
Fax: +1 (508) 362-3136
Mhevenor@capecodcommission.org
  Dr. Martha Honey
Executive Director
The International Ecotourism Society
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 347-9203
Fax: +1 (202) 387-7915
martha@ecotourism.org
   
   
  Dr. Crist Inman
President
La Paz Group Apartado
427-1260 Plaza Colonial
Escazu Costa Rica
Tel: +1(506) 228-1695
Fax: +1(506) 228-1620
Cinman@LaPazGroup.com
  Mr. Luis Diego Jimenez
Director
Continuing Education Programme
EARTH University
Aptdo. 4442-1000
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 713-0246
Fax: +1 (506) 713-0005
ldjimene@earth.ac.cr
   
   
  Ms. Sandra Jimenez
Sustainable Tourism Division Associate
Rainforest Alliance
San Jose, 11029-1000
Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 234-8916
Fax: +1 (506) 234-8916
sjimenez@ra.org
  Mr. Charles Johnston
Senior Lecturer
Auckland University of Technology
Private bag 92006
Auckland 1020 New Zealand
Tel: +1 (649) 917-9999
Fax: +1 (649) 917-9975
charles.johnston@aut.ac.nz
   
   
  Dr. Claudia Jurowski
Associate Professor
Northern Arizona University
P. O. Box 4092C
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
United States
Tel: +1 (928) 523-1705
Fax: +1 (928) 523-5233
claudia.jurowski@nau.edu
  Mr. Michael Kaye
Costa Rica Expeditions
Apdo 6941
Corner Calle Central & Avenida 3
San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 257-0766
Fax: +1 (506) 257-1665
mskaye@expeditions.co.cr
   
   
  Mr. Jerry Koenke
CEO/General Manager
Sandpiper Gulf Resort
4440 Estero Blvd.
Fort Myers Beach, FL 13931
United States
Tel: +1 (239) 463-5721
Fax: +1 (239) 765-0039
Jjkoenke@aol.com
  Dr. Barbara Koth
Senior Lecturer
School of Environmental and Recreation Management
P2-15 Mawson Lakes Boulevard
University of South Australia
Mawson Lakes (Adelaide) 5095
South Australia
Tel: +61 (8) 8302-5183
Fax: +61 (8) 8302-5082
Barbara.koth@unisa.edu.au
   
   
  Ms. Anja Kruger
Student
Max Volmer Str. 12
14473 Potsdam
Germany
Tel: +49 (331) 581-0654/(179) 496-1652
sonnenanja@web.de
  Ms. Kristin Lamoureux
Director, Innovation and Research
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 994-8197
Klam@gwu.edu
   
   
  Mr. Luc Lapointe
Scoop
99 5th Avenue
Suite 180
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5P5
Canadabr> Tel: +1 (613) 231-6776
Scoop.luc@sympatico.ca
  Dr. Janne Jorgensen Liburd
Associate Professor
University of Southern Denmark
Niels Bohrs Vej 9
DK-6700 Esbjerg
Denmark
Tel: +45 6550-1576
Fax: +45 6550-1091
liburd@sitkom.sdu.dk
   
   
  Ms. Maria Murillo Madrigal
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo
Tel: +1 (506) 223-1733
Fax: +1 (506) 223-5452
Mmurillo@ict.go.cr
  Ms. Michela Magliacani
Lecturer, Business Administration
University of Siena
Dept. of Business and Social Studies
Piazza San Francesco 7
I-53100 Siena
Italy
Tel: +1 (39) 0577 235115
Fax: +1 (39) 0577 232641
magliacani@unisi.it
   
   
  Dr. Patt Manheim
Professor
Johnson & Wales University
8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI 02903
United States
Tel: +1 (401) 598-4688
Fax: +1 (401) 598-1125
pmanheim@jwu.edu
  Mr. Ivo Martinac
CEO
KTH International AB
Osquldas väg 10
SE-10044 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +1 (46) 734-444442
Fax: +1 (46) 8411 2323
im@kth.se
   
   
  Dr. Lorene Olson
Professor and Chair
Physical Education, Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation
125 Memorial Hall
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987
Tel: +1 (507) 457-5499
Fax: +1 (507) 457-5606
lolson@winona.edu
  Ms. Andrea Prado
Research Associate
CLACDS/INCAE
Campus Walter Kissling GAM
La Garita de Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 437-2200/2173
Fax: +1 (506) 433-9606
PradoA@mail.incae.ac.cr
   
   
  Mr. Lawrence Pratt
Director, Sustainable Development
CLACDS/INCAE
Campus Walter Kissling GAM
La Garita de Alajuela, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 437-2200/2352
Fax: +1 (506) 433-9606
PrattL@mail.incae.ac.cr
  Ms. Rayka Presbury
Lecturer
University of Western Sydney
UWS Campbelltown Campus
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South, DC NSW 1797
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 4620-3238
Fax: +61 (2) 4620-3799
r.presbury@uws.edu.au
   
   
  Mr. Rosendo Pujol
Director
Maestría Interdisciplinaria en Gestión Ambiental y Ecoturismo
Escuela de Ingeniería Civil
Universidad de Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 283-7634
Fax: +1 (506) 224-8868
Rpujol@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
  Mr. Apacacio Quintero
Advisor for Vice Ministry of Tourism
Vice Ministry of Tourism of Venezuela Torre Oeste Piso 37
Venezuela
Tel: +58 (416) 703-6310/ (414) 122-9812
Fax: +58 (212) 263-6436
apacacio@hotmail.com
   
   
  Mr. Alonso Ramirez
Horizontes Nature Tours Apartado
1780-1002
San José , Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 222-2022
Alonso@horizontes.com
  Mr. Roger Riley
Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation Program
Department of PER
128 Memorial Building
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987
Tel: +1 (507) 457-5559
Fax: +1 (507) 457-5606
RRiley@winona.edu
   
   
  Mr. Bary Roberts
Advisor
Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
  Mr. Charles Rutheiser
Urban Development Consultant
Urbanknowlogy 3312 Lerch Drive
Baltimore, MD 21214
United States
Tel: +1 (410) 426-0999
charles.rutheiser@verizon.net
   
   
  Mr. Ronald Sanabria
Director, Sustainable Tourism Division
Rainforest Alliance
San Jose, 11029-1000
Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 234-8916
Fax: +1 (506) 234-8916
rsanabria@ra.org
  Francisco Sandoval
Manager
Eco Hotel Uxlabil Atitlán
San Juan La Laguna, Sololá
11 calle 12-53 Zona 10
Guatemala
Tel: +1 (502) 366-9338
Fax: +1 (502) 366-9555
uxlabil@guate.net
   
   
  Dr. Nancy Loman Scanlon
Washington State University
43 English Gruss Strasse
CH-3980 Brig.
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (279) 22-0404
Fax: +41 (279) 22-0405
nancy.scanlon@ritz.edu
  Mr. Vinzenz A. Schmack
Founder & Owner
Hotel Laguna del Lagarto Lodge
P.O.Box 995-1007
San José, Costa Rica
Lagarto@racsa.co.cr
   
   
  Dr. Christian Schott
Lecturer
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria Management School
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand
Tel: +64 (4) 463-5719
Fax: +64 (4) 463-5180
Christian.schott@vuw.ac.nz
  Mr. Chris Seek
MBA Student
Solimar Marketing
1930 Calvert Street NW, #3
Washington, DC 20009
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 518-6192
Fax: +1 (202) 518-5507
Chris@solimarmarketing.com
   
   
  Mr. Michael Seltzer
Director
BEST/TCB
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States
Tel: +1 (212) 339-0361
Fax: +1 (212) 836-9718
Michael.seltzer@conference-board.org
  Dr. Pauline Joy Sheldon
Interim Dean
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Administration Bldg.-Room 111
Honolulu, HI 96822
United States
Tel: +1 (808) 956-7166
Fax: +1 (808) 956-5378
psheldon@hawaii.edu
   
   
  Dr. Ginger Smith
Associate Dean
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 994-1692
Fax: +1 (202) 994-1630
condado@juno.com
  Mr. Russell K. Smith
Professor
Winona State College
101 Somsen
Winona, MN 55987
United States
Tel: +1 (507) 458-8688
rsmith@winona.edu
   
   
  Ms. Leyla Solano
COOPRENA
Costa Rica
cooprena@racsa.co.cr
  Ms. Gabriela Soto
Coordinadora Agroecoturismo
Escuela Centroamericana de Ganaderia
Apdo. 7-4013, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 446-7000
Fax: +1 (506) 446-4408
Gsoto@ecag.ac.cr
   
   
  Ms. Emma Stewart
Doctoral Student
Stanford University
Building 360, Mail code 2117
Stanford, CA 94305
United States
Tel: +1 (650) 954-4646
Fax: +1 (650) 725-9996
emma10@stanford.edu
  Mr. David Stipanuk
Associate Professor
Cornell University
School of Hotel Administration
182 Statler Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
United States
Tel: +1 (607) 255-8300
Fax: +1 (607) 255-6673
DMS20@Cornell.edu
   
   
  Ms. Audrey Tantamjarik
Graduate Student
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Administration Bldg.-Room 111
Honolulu, HI 96822
United States
Tel: +1 (808) 921-3493
audreyt@hawaii.rr.com
  Dr. David S. Truly
Director, Tourism & Hospitality Studies
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06050
United states
Tel: +1 (860) 832-2797
Fax: +1 (860) 832-3140
condado@juno.com
   
   
  Mr. Paolo Valerio
Holbrook Global Field Expeditions
3540 Northwest 13th St.
Gainesville, FL 32609
United States
Tel: +1 (888) 890-0632
  Ms. Ana Diaz Valladares
Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo
Tel: +1 (502) 334-0692
Fax: +1 (502) 205-5824
Adiaz@inguat.gob.gt
   
   
  Mr. Erick Vargas
Coordinator, Training and Consulting
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad /[INBIO]
500 N 250 O de la Shell
Santo Domingo, Costa Rica
Tel: +1 (506) 244-0690
evargas@inbio.ac.cr
  Ms. Jessica Vexler
MBA Student
Solimar Marketing
1930 Calvert Street NW, #3
Washington, DC 20009
United States
Tel: +1 (202) 518-6192
jvexler@iname.com
   
   
  Mr. David Vidal
Director of Research, Global Corporate Citizenship
The Conference Board
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States
Tel: +1 (212) 339-0445
david.vidal@conference-board.org
  Ms. Rhia Vries
Netherlands
Ria.Vries@wur.nl