Dave Martin

Dave helps manage fundraising and major gifts at Mongabay as part of the leadership team. His love of rainforests was spurred by an early childhood trip to Costa Rica and expanded further while living in the Western Amazon early in his career. Building on his work at Mongabay and unique life experience, Dave also volunteers his time to advise a number of philanthropic conservation efforts, where he helps funders find unique interventions and local, community inclusive projects to support. He holds a Master’s Degree in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University where he studied environmental social movements and indigenous rights, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Globalization and Socioeconomics from University of California Santa Barbara. In his free time, he enjoys hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains and surfing where ever the water isn’t too cold.