Paul Stanley joined the JAHP Board in the year 2002. He is the co-founder and President of two not-for-profits, Angel Conservation based in the U.S and Fundación Etnika in Caracas, Venezuela.  He is of English descent and resided in Brooklyn, New York from 1986 to 2011 after which he moved to Caracas to be with his wife who is a Venezuelan citizen. They are currently living in Catalunya, Spain with the hope of returning to Venezuela one day soon.

Paul is the proud father of two grown lads, one who lives in England and the other now in Dubai. He is a self-proclaimed traveler and entrepreneur and has always enjoyed travel and immersing himself in local cultures during his world travels. Through his journeys he has developed a special relationship with Venezuela, its people, the biodiversity and different cultures – most especially the Pemón of Kamarata Valley where he founded a program called Project Kamarakoto. Project Kamarakoto has many facets and is a work in progress working with the local Indigenous including the building of a museum and an infocentre to help document and preserve their language and Indigenous culture including their myths and legends.

Most of Paul’s working life has been in the printing and publishing business, having worked for over twenty years in the United States in sales and strategic development. He has served on a number of boards, including the Jimmie Angel Historical Project and Literacy Assistance Center in New York City, and has raised money for many causes through the years.

Paul says, “I originally formed an ecotourism company, Angel-Eco Tours, Inc to work exclusively with Venezuela for one reason – to help support the Indigenous communities in Kamarata Valley. Collaborating with the Pemón we developed a sustainable model of tourism and now I am happy to say that we can now reach out to the whole community through Angel Conservation and Fundación Etnika’s not-for-profit models. In all honesty,  I want to help the Pemón more than anything – they have become special friends. Their culture and language are in danger of being lost as the elders in the community pass on. If we could have some successes in Canaima there are many other cultures worldwide that could benefit from the programs that we are developing.”

Paul’s background includes extensive international and United States travel, communications, marketing and technology as it relates to the printing/publishing industries and the promotion of ecotourism in Venezuela. He attended the launch at the United Nations of The Year of Ecotourism and also the inaugural conference in Quebec City on Sustainable Development. He was also the founder of Expoecoturismo and EcoAlianza in Venezuela but no longer has ties to these entities.

Paul has also written and edited a book called Venezuela’s Lost World: Discovery, Conservation and Cooperation in Kamarata Valley. To date it has not been published, but hopefully that will change during 2026. Jimmie Angel is mentioned many times in the book because he was a huge part of the history of the area during the 1930s.