Brian A. Rosborough
Founding Chairman of Earthwatch Institute, Brian A. Rosborough has been a pioneer in the environmental field. During his 25-year tenure as CEO, Rosborough supported innovative research in the rainforest canopy. Since its founding in 1971, Earthwatch has supported over 3000 scientific expeditions in 120 countries to investigate and monitor environmental change. More than 80,000 volunteers have contributed about $60 million and over 10 million hours time and talent to essential fieldwork. Among them have been 10,000 teachers and students sponsored on scholarship. Today, Earthwatch Institute continues to be a major sponsor of scientific inquiry, currently supporting 130 projects annually to document changing world conditions. These explorations search for solutions to sustainability, delving into problems such as global warming, habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and public health issues such as access to clean water, and the preservation of our cultural and biological heritage.
Earthwatch partners with the Explorers Club to identify young explorers and students for assignments to expeditions where they have a career interest. Both organizations are improving public understanding of the science of conservation.
Mr. Rosborough serves on civic and educational boards in fields of interest. Recently he advised or designed projects for Ossabaw Island Foundation, Deerfield Academy, Tulane University, the Rocky Mountain Institute, Cape Cod National Seashore, International Development Enterprises, Digital Nations, the UN ICT Task Force, and MIT Media Lab.
Prior to joining Earthwatch , Mr. Rosborough was an investment banker in New York and served as First Lieutenant on a U.S. destroyer in southeast Asia. He lives in Concord, MA, a mile from Walden's Pond, with his wife Lucy Carlborg, a foundation trustee and former book publisher, their two children, Annabelle and Davis, and other wildlife.
Brian Rosborough