Dr. Bruce W. Bunting is Director Emeritus of the Bhutan Foundation and the Foundation’s former President. Prior to this, Dr. Bunting was a Managing Director and Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund. He first visited Bhutan in 1986 and has been a long-time advisor to the Bhutanese government on a variety of issues including the establishment of Bhutan’s national park system, the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, the world’s first such trust fund, and the Bhutan Health Trust Fund. He has authored several articles, including “Bhutan, Kingdom in the Clouds” for National Geographic Magazine. He received a B.S. in zoology and a doctorate in veterinary medicine with high honors from Michigan State University.
