Executive Director
Intercultural Outreach Initiative (IOI)
Johann Besserer, born and raised in Germany, is a dedicated conservation practitioner with a background in management consulting. Following a calling to conservation, he gave up his consulting career in Germany to get a Masters in Marine Policy at the University of Miami. During this time he founded the Intercultural Outreach Initiative (IOI), a non-profit for Conservation and Education Abroad, which led him to live in Galapagos, Ecuador, for 6 years. After another Masters in International Studies and a PhD in Conservation Policy, he currently lives in Hawaii, working with IOI from his sustainable coffee farm.
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
2:30 PM – 3:20 PM MDT