The Pride Alliance was founded by six women with proven success leading lion conservation projects across Africa. 

COLLEEN BEGG, PhD is Co-founder and Director of Niassa Lion Project in Mozambique. She has lived in Niassa Reserve – one of the largest and wildest protected areas in the world – with her family since 2003. Colleen has 25 years of field conserv…
SHIVANI BHALLA, PhD is Founder and Executive Director of Ewaso Lions in Northern Kenya. A fourth generation Kenyan, Shivani has lived and worked with the Samburu community since 2002. Shivani’s passion and commitment to Kenya’s lions has earned…
AMY DICKMAN, PhD is Director of WildCRU's Ruaha Carnivore Project (RCP) in Southern Tanzania. As a result of closer collaboration through Pride, RCP has now merged with Lion Landscapes to form one organization working across some…
STEPHANIE DOLRENRY, PhD is Co-founder and Director of Science of Lion Guardians based in Maasailand, Kenya and across sites in East Africa. Stephanie has studied human-wildlife conflict throughout North America and East Africa, and has spent th…
LEELA HAZZAH, PhD is Executive Director and Co-founder of Lion Guardians. Leela has worked on conservation issues in East Africa for more than 15 years, where her research focuses on understanding the predictors and motivations behind lion kill…
ALAYNE ORIOL-COTTERILL, PhD is Founder and Director of Lion Landscapes. She began her field conservation and research career in 1991 and, over the past 25 years, she has spent more time in the field with wild lions than nearly any conservationist al…
 
 
Ewaso Lions
Lion Guardians
Niassa Lion Project
Ruaha Carnivore Project
Lion Landscapes