About Us

Staff

Everlyn Toally serves as Community Engagement Officer at WCS Kimbe office.

Grace Dom joins WCS PNG program again as Legal and Policy Advisor and leads all policy and legal related work for the country program. She completed a law degree at the University of Papua New Guinea. She spent a number of years working in government on international law and human rights issues. In 2009, Grace began working with a local environmental law NGO, focusing on assisting indigenous rural communities whose environment and livelihoods had been negatively affected by resource development. She is particularly interested in pursuing the possibilities a rights-based approach presents, in shaping and guiding national (and international) climate change policy making.

Harshad Hemant Karandikar serves as Conservation Director, WCS Papua New Guinea Programme. He joined WCS PNG in July 2024 as Conservation Director. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. In his PhD work, he studied animal behaviour and space use in South America. Before his PhD, Harshad was the thematic lead for human wildlife conflict management for WWF-India. He also holds an MBA and a degree in engineering and has previously worked in industry and with the government.

Hilda Namui serves as Grant Finance and Compliance Coordinator at WCS.

Jeffery Kinch serves as a Senior Technical Advisor at WCS. He coordinates the Solwara na Graun (SONG) Bilong Pipol project for the WCS marine and terrestrial programs.

John has been working with the WCS Highlands program team for many years and is responsible for driving the office vehicles and assisting with logistics and administration.

John Tau serves as the Conservation Officer for WCS terrestrial program leading the Wasman program in the Highlands region.

Jonathan Richard Booth serves as PNG Country Director

Joyce Musa serves as Finance Assistant at WCS.

July serves as Senior Community Engagement Officer at WCS PNG's Kavieng office.