John D. Claussen is the Asia Program Director of the Chemical Strategies Partnership. In this role he coordinates the development and launch of Asia-specific industry and CSP partnership initiatives. He has developed initiatives with industry, government and non-government stakeholders in Western Pennsylvania and the Silicon Valley. Mr. Claussen is currently based in Southeast Asia.

Additionally, Mr. Claussen has been involved in the launch and management of the Conservation and Community Investment Forum, a non-profit consultancy focused on assisting private, corporate, and multi-lateral investors seeking direct and extraordinary conservation returns on their investments. CCIF specializes in applying the tools, strategies and capital sources of the private sector to urgent conservation issues world-wide.

Mr. Claussen holds a B.S. in Biology from Valparaiso University in Indiana and is active in a number of San Francisco Bay Area professional and educational organizations.

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