Institution: University of Georgia – Athens, Department of Marine Sciences Dr. Joye began her work on the microbiology and geochemistry of Gulf of Mexico cold seeps in 1994, first studying […]

Ian Michler is a safari operator, specialist wilderness guide, consultant and environmental photojournalist. He has lived and worked across Africa for the last 25 years. His feature articles, diaries and […]

With his warm smile and affable manner, it’s difficult to believe that Michael was recently released from a federal penitentiary. When his mother fell ill with cancer in 2008, Michael […]

Charles is a sharp-witted, pensive man born and raised in DC. Since his brother received a lifetime jail sentence for murder, Charles thinks daily about the implications a single wrong […]

Steve Coleman is co-founder and president of Washington Parks & People, DC’s award-winning community green space alliance, which has worked for 25 years to help under-served DC neighborhoods advance park-based […]

Sonal Shah is Professor of Practice and the founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation. Sonal, an economist and entrepreneur, has spent her career focused […]

S. Elwood York, Jr – Washington Office Wilderness Program Leader, U.S. Forest Service. Elwood, as he most affectionately called is a 30 + year veteran civil and criminal trial attorney […]

James Reed has taken audiences on breathtaking journeys with films such as Disneynature’s Chimpanzees, Bears and Monkey Kingdom, as well as programs Nature Shock and Shark. Reed’s impressive portfolio of series and films, which span topics such as […]

Operations Director at Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival After spending most of her life on the east coast, Christie followed the call of the mountains to Jackson, WY in the […]

During the past twenty years, Mr. Oelman has dedicated himself exclusively to nature and more specifically macro insect photography. He, along with his assistant Christian Lopez, travel to remote rainforests […]