WFT Staff

Joachim Carolsfeld, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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Dr. Carolsfeld, originally from a small coastal town in BC, Canada, obtained his PhD working with fish pheromones and reproduction, a Masters in invertebrate neurophysiology and an Honours in marine biology, with intervening periods of working with fisheries, aquaculture, environmental surveys, boat mechanics, and SCUBA instruction. For the last decade, he has devoted his time to blending his diverse technical expertise with social sciences to design and implement multidisciplinary and multistakeholder projects that foster environmental conservation blended with equitable sustainable resource-based livelihoods. He has been Executive Director at WFT since mid-2006.

Alison Macnaughton, M.A.
Community Development Research and Project Management
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Alison obtained a Geography degree in her home town at the University of Victoria, BC, before completing her Masters in Community and Regional Planning at UBC - defending a thesis on watershed management in Santo André, Brazil. She helped design and manage WFT's Inland Fisheries project in Brazil beginning in 2003, focusing on the development of multi-stakeholder resource management and community-based economic development. She has recently moved to the Fraser Basin Council to manage their Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Project, but continues to collaborate with WFT.

Alicia Donaldson , B.Sc.
Project Development Officer
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Lindsay Silverson , B.A.
Office Manager and Projects Assistant
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Lindsay moved to Victoria after obtaining a degree in Psychology and Sociology at Queen's Univeristy in 2003. She has been working for grassroots non-profit organizations ever since. As the newest member of the World Fisheries Team, she is quickly getting her feet wet and learning a lot with the help of her wonderful co-workers.

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