Krishna Roy

Background

About Krishna Roy

Ms. Krishna K. Roy is a conservationist and social activist. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for three decades as a grant maker, consultant and in senior management positions specializing in capacity building, strategic planning, development, marketing, event planning, and public relations. She was a Branch Chief at the US Fish and Wildlife Service and held positions at Island Press, San Diego Zoo, The Nature Conservancy, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and New York University among other assignments. From 2010-2015, Ms. Roy was the U.S. government representative to the Ramsar Wetlands of Importance Convention and co-chaired the reform of its Scientific and Technical Committee that was approved by 170 countries. She was instrumental in the adoption of a migratory bird conservation plan at the Convention of Migratory Species Conference of Parties. She has raised millions of dollars and developed groundbreaking environmental media and marketing partnerships with Discovery Communications, Black Entertainment Television, Telemundo, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Exxon, among others. In 1984, Ms. Roy worked on the Oscar nominated film The Garden of Eden, on the importance of saving biodiversity that won numerous other film awards. She won a Telly in for co-producing a documentary entitled "Killing our Oceans." Ms. Roy has a B.A.(Honors) in Political Science from Jadavpur University in India and an M.A in Comparative History and Television Production and Direction from the University of Michigan. She serves on several nonprofit boards.