Gabe Sheoships is the Executive Director of the Friends of Tryon Creek, where he leads efforts focused on community building, environmental engagement, and protection of the natural world. Gabe is […]

Nat Gillespie serves as the Assistant National Fish Program Leader for the US Forest Service in their Washington, DC headquarters. He assists the Forest Service regions across the country with […]

Hailing from Fredericksburg, Virginia, Wes Gobar is currently a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment. He is a co-founder of Evergreen Action and currently sits on their […]

Pursuing my curiosity for living things that began with day camp in grade school I became a stream ecologist, with particular interests in aquatic insects and riparian food webs. I […]

Dr. Jill Deppe is the Senior Director of Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative. She leads a team of scientists who make migratory bird science accessible for use in conservation, policy and […]

Doug Ellison joined NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in 2010 to work on data visualization projects for education and public outreach before joining the Curiosity rover team in 2016 and the […]

Megan King is a filmmaker and Associate Producer at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. At the Lab she works to serve conservation partners using the power of visual media to […]

Entrepreneurial owner of GRIPH (Guarding the Respective Interests of Predators and Humans) The first and only business in Washington state to focus on human-wildlife conflict mitigation using non-lethal methods. Executive […]

Nalini Nadkarni’s unique academic career interweaves her research on rainforest canopy biota with innovative public engagement. She has written 140 scientific papers and books, supported by the National Science Foundation […]

Jess Stahl is the editor for creative storytelling at Grist, a nonprofit, independent newsroom covering climate, justice, and solutions. In that role, she oversees reporting and projects that aim to […]