Eric Goode

Co-founder and CEO of TC, Eric is an American entrepreneur and conservationist. He has focused much of his efforts on in range conservation initiatives around the world, making expeditions to over forty countries, including Madagascar, Thailand, China, Myanmar, Namibia, Brazil, Indonesia, and Mauritius. On his travels he has filmed and produced a number of documentaries featuring his conservation interests and experiences in the field. Having personally witnessed the decline and virtual disappearance of many common species.

Eric has authored and co-authored over 20 academic publications and popular articles on subjects ranging from the plight of the ploughshare tortoise in Madagascar, to the reproductive biology of turtles, to Pacific Pond Turtles in his own backyard of California. He currently sits on the boards of Rainforest Trust, the Turtle Conservation Fund, and is a member of theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.