Alex is an experienced non-profit executive and consultant who has worked with a variety of non-profit organizations in the international development sector.  She is particularly interested in the issues of women’s empowerment, education, the environment, and biodiversity conservation around the world.  With an extensive background in finance, strategic planning, fundraising, and operations, Alex joined iLCP in May 2012 to help the organization develop and implement new programs that build upon iLCP's core strengths: its conservation photography expeditions around the word, an amazing library of people, animal and landscape images, and the support and dedication of the organziation's Fellow Photographers and Affiliates.

A lifelong lover and collector of photography, Alex loves working with iLCP’s Fellow Photographers to promote their conservation efforts and increase the impact of the Fellowship’s many individual and collective activities in this field. "I am always inspired by the dedication of our Photographers to our conservation goals and watching them work with our Conservation Partners to help these organizations meet their own objectives is always impressive."

Alex received her BS in Finance with a minor in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University.  She is currently pursuing a Masters at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs with a concentration in Climate Change and Energy policy, their impact on women in the developing world and on the natural resources and landscapes in which these women live and work to raise their families.

Alex is fluent in French and Spanish.  She has lived and traveled extensively around the world.  She and her husband have two college-aged children.

Dawn Whitmore has been involved with photography and the outdoors since a very early age.  As a student at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, she began her professional training as an assistant to the photo editor at Washingtonian Magazine. After graduating in 2005 with a focus on fine art photography, Dawn got her first professional work while traveling with several journalists throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East.

 After two years abroad, Dawn moved back to the states, and spent time working as the Assistant Photo Editor at ARTnews Magazine (in New York City), and later at Barnes & Noble Publishing. More recently, Dawn working as a photo archivist at the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow Alaska, where she helped develop a system of cataloging a 10,000 image collection dating as far back as the early 1900's.

 Dawn has since returned to her hometown of Washington, DC, to work in the field of environmental conservation. In her spare time, Dawn is working on a photography book about dogs, and hikes in Shenandoah National Park whenever possible.

Gaston Lacombe is a photographer and filmmaker based in Washington DC. Originally from Canada, he lived in Latvia for 12 years before moving to the United States in 2008.  Gaston studied at the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D levels in History, and also holds a Photography degree from the Boston University Center for the Digital Imaging Arts (Washington DC campus). He specializes in documentary projects and travel photography. He has been part of the iLCP team since September 2011.

One of Gaston’s most recent photographic projects is “Captive,” a critical look at the living conditions of animals in captivity.  This on-going series has garnered numerous awards, been published in Burn Magazine, and has been featured in galleries and publications in North America and Europe. Gaston was also a guest of the Argentine government, as an Artist-in-Residence in Antarctica in January and February 2012. During this time he produced the film "Living Esperanza" which has been shown to audiences all around the world.

Gaston also works with various other organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution, Momenta Creative and is a Photography lecturer at the Boston University Center for the Digital Imaging Arts.