Anelise Zimmer

Anelise Zimmer co-leads The Pew Charitable Trusts’ coastal wetlands conservation efforts in Costa Rica, Panama, and Tanzania and advances international coastal wetlands policy and partnerships.

Before joining Pew, Zimmer served as a park ranger in Alaska; taught English in Malaysia as a Fulbright grantee; managed the environmental programs of Ocean Beauty Seafoods; and consulted on various mangrove, coral reef, and coastal conservation and research efforts in Hawaii, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Zimmer holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Willamette University and a master’s in environmental management from Yale University.