The conservation field always needs highly skilled and talented professionals who can offer diverse solutions to meet the most critical global environmental challenges of the 21st century and beyond. World Wildlife Fund-US (WWF-US) is committed to strengthening partnerships with African American institutions to attract diverse scientists and conservationists. In partnering with Black in Environment, we invite their members to explore career paths in conservation with our organization’s programmatic and business operations functional groups. Attendees of this event will have the opportunity to speak directly with WWF experts, executive and senior staff, and other business and conservation professionals.
This free, virtual event is proudly sponsored by WWF-US's People & Culture office and the Sustaining Active Black Leadership and Empowerment (SABLE) employee resource group. As the world's leading conservation organization, WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to global levels in over 100 countries.
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For more than 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As the world’s leading conservation organization, WWF works in nearly 100 countries. At every level, we collaborate with people around the world to develop and deliver innovative solutions that protect communities, wildlife, and the places in which they live. About Us | WWF (worldwildlife.org)
The Sustaining Active Black Leadership and Empowerment (SABLE) Employee Resource Group is a community of black employees at WWF where our focus is to cultivate a safe and inclusive environment where members feel comfortable coming together to support and empower one another. Raising awareness of black culture and experience throughout WWF and fostering professional and personal development to members aides in building a strong support system. SABLE’s vision is to make WWF a more diverse workplace that promotes more creative thinking, gain different perspectives, and increase innovation and productivity, which will result in better organizational and conservation outcomes.
Black in Environment’s mission is to build community for Black people in environmental spaces and highlight the scholarship, activism and engagement of Black environmentalists globally. Our purpose is to: Increase visibility of Black environmentalists Build community Impart positive change across the globe We aim to counter the false narrative that Black people do not care about the environment by highlighting the multigenerational Black people in the environmental movement. About 1 — HOME (blackinenviron.org)
Marcene Mitchell is the Senior Vice President of Climate Change at WWF. Marcene is advancing our important climate agenda in the US and globally and building greater synergies across our climate change mitigation and resilience initiatives—with a particular focus on nature-based climate solutions. Marcene’s role is crosscutting at WWF, because addressing the climate crisis cuts across all aspects of our work.
Marcene previously served as the Global Head of Climate Strategy and Business Development at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank. In this role at IFC and in previous positions, Ms. Mitchell’s expertise has been on creating new markets for business to invest in low carbon technologies and infrastructure. She’s pioneered work at IFC in resource efficiency for the built environment and established new market transformation programs for developing countries in distributed solar generation, offshore wind, and waste and water management.
In addition to her work internationally, Marcene has been part of Green Bank initiatives in the United States which scale climate finance by leveraging public sector funds with private investment. She is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Montgomery County Green Bank which brings renewable energy and energy efficiency to small businesses and moderate- and low-income households in Maryland.
Marcene holds a degree in International Relations from Brown University and an MBA in Finance from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Charles Costen- Sumpter (He/Him/His) is Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Charles joined WWF in 2022 and has responsibility for the overall development and implementation of strategies and initiatives that advance DEI both internally and externally, while also working to foster an environment where WWF is employer of choice. Prior to joining WWF, Charles was in the consulting field managing DEI and human capital related transformation programs with both Deloitte Consulting and Booz Allen Hamilton. Charles began his career working for Representative Charles Rangel. In this role, he worked to expand access to capital for small, disadvantaged businesses. Charles later worked for the DC City Council where he helped to pass the landmark Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act of 2009 otherwise known as the Plastic Bag Tax, an effort to change consumer behavior and reduce single-use disposable bags. At the U.S. Department of Defense, Charles advised senior department leadership on human capital & DEI initiatives. Charles recently joined the board of directors of Nature Forward and serves as chairman of Safe Space NOVA, a northern Virginia nonprofit focused on providing safe and accepting spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth. In addition to his community work, Charles is also an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) qualified administrator and has completed the IDI qualifying seminar for administration and interpretation of the Intercultural Development Inventory. A resident of Fairfax County, Virginia, Charles is a graduate of the Political Leaders Program at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. He holds a BA in Political Science & East Asian student from Union College and an MS in Management from the Catholic University of America.
