Our Team
FIAA Argentina is an interdisciplinary organization made up of professionals and volunteers passionate about conservation, convinced that only collaborative work can protect wildlife and their habitats.
Our team brings together expertise in scientific research, wildlife management, ecosystem restoration, environmental education, and community engagement, joining forces to coordinate active conservation efforts.
We believe that by combining knowledge and commitment, we can preserve our country’s biodiversity for present and future generations.
Mariella Superina – President FIAA Argentina Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, PhD in Conservation Biology. Veterinarian and researcher specialized in armadillos and One Health, with extensive experience in international conservation projects. Her leadership and strategic vision inspire the foundation’s mission to integrate science, conservation, and local communities.
Cristian Von Reitze – Vice President FIAA Argentina. Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Conservation Engagement for FIAA, Foundation for International Aid to Animals, USA. Engineer in Business Management and Marketing. Since childhood, he has been passionately involved in rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife and in raising animals of all kinds. His work as CEO involves creating, organizing, programming and personally participating in projects and conferences for FIAA involving not only wildlife rescue, scientific research and educational activities related to protection of biodiversity, but also operative campaigns for domestic animal health, population control and responsible ownership, especially as that affects the health of proximate wildlife.
Guillermo Ferraris – Treasurer FIAA Argentina. Environmental and wildfire management expert with over 30 years of experience in forest fire prevention and control, and ecological conservation. As a ranger, he has a strong background in biodiversity conservation and protected area management. His commitment to ecosystem restoration and sustainable management makes him a key pillar in the development of field-based projects.
Mindy Camponeschi – Director FIAA Argentina. President and Founder of FIAA, Foundation for International Aid to Animals. BA in Biology, Oberlin College; BFA, San Francisco Art Institute. A lifelong passion for animals and the natural world led her to a creative life inspired by both science and fine arts. In 2001, impassioned by natural training techniques for domestic animals and rejecting careless abandonment of dogs in so many parts of the world, she founded FIAA in the US with a mission to actively create programs for responsible pet ownership internationally. FIAA quickly evolved into an organization whose mission was not only to protect domestic animals, but to focus on the conservation of native wildlife, habitats and biodiversity, providing co-inhabiting human communities with educational and medical tools to contain human-wildlife conflict and the spread of population and contagious disease in domestic animals, thus mitigating further damage to local ecosystems.
Melisa Morales – Secretary FIAA Argentina. Veterinarian and Doctor of Biological Sciences, dedicated to the study of medicine, ecology, and epidemiology of wildlife and insect vectors, with a research approach based on One Health. She has held positions in governmental institutions, participating in conservation projects and actions against wildlife trafficking. Her commitment and sensitivity towards local communities are reflected in the educational workshops she conducts and her constant efforts to promote coexistence and biodiversity conservation.
Kenny Coogan – Webmaster / social media. Bachelor of Science in Animal Behavior and Master’s degree in Global Sustainability. He created and hosts the tv show Florida’s Flora and Fauna.