Catherine Workman
Dr. Catherine Workman is Vice President of Science for the National Geographic Society, where she helps drive the development and implementation of priorities, partnerships, and operational needs across the Science & Innovation division, oversees the Society’s scientific grant-making, and leads the science team. Trained as an anthropologist, Catherine has extensive experience in the policy, management, metrics, and communication of biodiversity conservation, international grant-making, and combating wildlife trafficking. She collaborates with colleagues and partners to engage a range of audiences and stakeholders including non-scientific, underrepresented, and youth groups.
Prior to joining National Geographic, Catherine worked in the Conservation Biology department at Denver Zoo, and was a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at USAID, where she helped address issues from unsustainable fishing to illegal logging. Catherine is currently serving on the Board of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition and on the Editorial Board of the Vietnamese Journal of Primatology. She has a Ph.D. in evolutionary anthropology from Duke University.