Mr Kyle COPAS

Communications Manager, GBIF Secretariat

Kyle Copas is a U.S. expat and creative and communications professional whose work has focused for more than two decades on the intersection of sustainable design, conservation and biodiversity information.

Copas joined GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—as a science writer and now serves as communications manager, leading outreach and engagement with the GBIF network and its stakeholders while contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of GBIF.org. He previously served in several roles with NatureServe, a biodiversity conservation non-profit based outside Washington, D.C., and as communications director for the pioneering architecture and sustainable planning consultancy, William McDonough + Partners. Prior to moving to Copenhagen, Copas was a long-time resident of Charlottesville, Virginia, a native of Lafayette, Indiana, and a graduate of Wabash College.