Carter Roberts
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Carter Roberts, president and CEO, World Wildlife Fund (WWF). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Green Giants, Green Wallets
According to an examination of 990 IRS forms by Politico, Carter Roberts was paid $1,204,775 in 2022.[1]
Roberts, who has led the massive international conservation group since 2005, remains one of the environmental world’s top-paid leaders. His base pay in 2022 was $904,841, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s tax records. Roberts’ total reported compensation that year was $1,204,775.
Bio
From the World Wildlife Fund website:[2]
- "Carter Roberts is president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund in the United States. WWF, the world’s largest network of international conservation organizations, works across 100 countries and enjoys the support of 5 million members worldwide.
- Roberts leads WWF’s efforts to save the world’s great ecosystems and address climate change by linking science, field and policy programs with an ambitious initiative to work with markets and businesses to lighten their impact on the planet. He has worked with communities and heads of state in North America, Africa, Latin America and Asia; and has built partnerships with some of the world’s largest corporations, including Walmart, Cargill and Mars to set new industry standards for resource efficiency.
- Roberts earned his MBA from Harvard Business School following a BA from Princeton University, and subsequently held marketing management positions for Procter & Gamble and Gillette. He went on to lead international conservation and science programs for fifteen years at The Nature Conservancy before coming to WWF in 2004.
- He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and most recently served on the International Finance Corporation’s Advisory Panel on Sustainability and Business, as well as the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative chaired by the Secretary-General of the UN.
- Roberts lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Jackie Prince Roberts and their three children.
Aerial Drone Use for Science and Nature
Carter Roberts of World Wildlife Foundation addressed the New America Foundation on May 7, 2013. From the description:[3]
- The head of the World Wildlife Fund described unmanned aerial drones as a vital tool in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Carter Roberts said the technology makes it possible to track animals and poachers in remote areas that were previously impossible to monitor. NOAA Administrator Robbie Hood said her agency was monitoring weather systems with drones for long periods of time that would not be possible with manned aircraft.
- “Nature’s New Watchdogs” was part of the forum “The Drone Next Door,” held by the Future Tense partnership between the New America Foundation, Arizona State University and Slate magazine.