Vance G. Martin (born July 20; 1949, Washington, D.C.) is an expert in international nature conservation and wilderness protection, an amateur photographer, and a writer. Martin specializes in bridging the interests of people and nature. He has worked in more than 50 countries, lived in many countries, and served on the boards of numerous conservation and business organizations. Since 1983, he has served as President of The WILD Foundation, an international conservation organization explicitly dedicated to protecting wilderness, connecting wild nature to people, and to communicating the values of wilderness and its benefits for human communities.