Cress, Doug - Executive Director

Pan African Sanctuary Alliance

PASAapes@aol.com

Doug Cress is the executive director of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA), the organization of African wildlife refuges that collectively care for over 850 chimpanzees, 85 gorillas, 65 bonobos, and approximately 3,000 other endangered primates at its 18 member sanctuaries in 12 countries. Cress joined PASA in 2002, and manages the day-to-day operations of the organization based in Portland , Oregon . Cress also serves as a trustee of the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia , one of the largest primate sanctuaries in the world, and is a vice-president of the Orangutan Conservancy, which works to protect wildlife and habitat in Asia . Prior to joining PASA, Cress served as the executive director of the Great Ape Project (GAP), and spent twenty years as an award-winning reporter for The Washington Post, the Atlanta Constitution, the Los Angeles Daily News, and Time Magazine.