Gabriel Holschneider serves as chairman and CEO of the Rainmaker Group, a consulting company in Mexico City that focuses on risk management. Aside from his professional responsibilities, Gabriel Holschneider serves on the Board of Directors of the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, or Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FMCN).
One of the largest and most effective environmental funds in Latin America, FMCN is dedicated to fighting for the preservation of natural areas within Mexico. A key initiative for the group is the Monarch Fund, a permanent project that works to promote the conservation and protection of wilderness areas within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
Each year, millions of the iconic orange-and-black butterflies make a 4,800-kilometer journey from Canada all the way to their winter sanctuaries in Mexico. Using the sun to navigate, the butterflies spend eight months crossing the continent. Once they arrive, large clusters of monarchs rest together high in the trees within an area of about 56,000 hectares, approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Mexico City.
In an effort to conserve and protect the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, FMCN actively works to raise funds that support efforts toward environmental education, restoration, forest fire protection, and community involvement.
