James was born and raised in Singida, Tanzania. He went to the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and completed a bachelor of science degree in Wildlife Science and Conservation. He joined Wild Nature Institute in October 2017 as a volunteer for their education program before being hired as the Education Program Coordinator. He is currently organizing and conducting giraffe photographic data. He is the leader of team Twiga Team Alpha, WNI’s first all-Tanzanian research group. We are excited to have James join our get together! You can count on Giraffologist Anne Innis Dagg to be at the meeting and her daughter, Mary Dagg, is our fantastic host. See you there!