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About Brett Jenks

Brett Jenks is the President and CEO of Rare. Brett oversees Rare’s global effort to equip people in the world’s most biologically diverse areas with the tools and motivation they need to protect their natural resources.

A Rare Approach to Conservation

Rare CEO Brett Jenks

Rare CEO Brett Jenks gave an entertaining presentation at the 2011 WWF Fuller Symposium, outlining how Rare uses social marketing and community engagement to change behaviors that threaten habitats and livelihoods around the world. Continue reading

Can Rare get on board with Mission Blue?

This post was written by Brett Jenks, CEO of Rare. Terrestrial conservation has made incredible advances in the past few decades. More than 10 percent of land is now under some form of protection. The marine world, however, has a long … Continue reading

Protecting the Red Knot and its habitat in Argentina

This blog post is written by Rare’s CEO Brett Jenks. In early March 2010, Rare hosted a trip with our partner Manomet to San Antonio Oeste, Argentina.  There are three campaign sites in Argentina, each of which is focused on … Continue reading

Rare celebrates the launch of first thematic cohort at board meeting

[photopress:2010_01_30_09_12_09_049.jpg,full,pp_image] It was a big week for Rare in Latin America. On Thursday Jan. 28, in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, Rare opened its board meeting by celebrating the launch of its first thematic cohort,  12 Pride conservation campaigns implemented simultaneously across … Continue reading

Giving a helping hand to the Yongzhi village in China

Great news! During our inspiring trip to Yunnan Province, China late last year, several of us decided to chip in and help finance the reconstruction of the Tibetan Cultural Center in Yongzhi village. Thanks to Rare trustee Ruth Yeoh, Kenneth … Continue reading