The Smithsonian Foundation of Panama is a non-profit Panamanian organization created in 1996 by a group of well-known members of the Panamanian community. After a series of meetings with Dr. Ira Rubinoff, Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, this group of individuals decided to form an organization that would support and disseminate the work of the Institution in Panama.
Dr. Ira Rubinoff, Joseph L. Salterio and Cristián Samper
Our mission
To support, disseminate, facilitate and promote the activities of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Our vision
To make the Panamanian community fully understand, make use of and benefit from the work of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in order for it to value and actively protect its natural wealth for the wellbeing of future generations.
Board of Directors
- Joseph L. Salterio - President
- Gladys Navarro de Gerbaud - Secretary
- Mirei Endara de Heras- Treasurer
- David Lowinger - Director
- Eldredge Bermingham- STRI’s Representative
Directors
- Peter Miller
- Alfredo Fonseca
- Victoria de Cederkvist
- Robert J. Boyd
- Pedro Heilbon
- David de Castro
Executive Director
- Giselle Muschett