Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Robert Rabinowitz
Rabinowitz at the PopTech 2010.
Born	December 31, 1953 Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	United States
Institutions	Bronx Zoo Panthera
Alma mater	Western Maryland College University of Tennessee
Known for	Wildlife conservation Jaguar Corridor concept
Notable awards	International Wildlife Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)

Alan Robert Rabinowitz (born December 31, 1953), an American zoologist, is the CEO of Panthera, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 37 wild cat species. Called the "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" by Time, he has studied jaguars, clouded leopards, Asiatic leopards, tigers, Sumatran rhinos, bears, leopard cats, raccoons, and civets.

Rabinowitz was born to Frank and Shirley Rabinowitz in Brooklyn, New York but moved to Queens, New York soon after. In grade school, he was placed in a special education class due to a severe stutter. Unable to communicate with his peers and teachers, Rabinowitz became interested in wildlife, to which he could communicate.

Today, Rabinowitz frequently tells this childhood story in interviews, lectures, books and other publications to explain how he became interested in wildlife conservation. In 2008, the video of Rabinowitz telling this story on The Colbert Report went viral. He serves as a spokesperson for the Stuttering Foundation (SFA).

In 1974, Rabinowitz received his bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in Westminster, Maryland. He then received his M.S.(1978) and Ph.D. (1981) in ecology from the University of Tennessee.

Prior to co-founding Panthera with the organization's Chairman, Thomas Kaplan, in 2006, he served as the Executive Director of the Science and Exploration Division for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he worked for nearly 30 years.