Jake has worked on a variety of environmental issues for advocacy groups, federal agencies, and industry. In September 2025, he returned to Defenders as the V.P. of Conservation Policy, where […]

Justin Catanoso has been a regular correspondent for Mongabay since 2015 and has written stories from South America, Africa, Europe and the US, including Alaska. He’s covered seven United Nations […]

Dana Hedgpeth is a Native American journalist who has been at The Washington Post for 25 years. She is an enrolled member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe of North Carolina. At […]

Iiris Härmä is an experienced and multi-awarded director and producer from Finland. Her over 20 years of filmmaking has taken her around the world from the Japanese humanoid robot laboratories […]

Marianne Lavelle is the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for Inside Climate News. She has covered environment, science, law, and business in Washington, D.C. for more than two decades. She has […]

Quentin Scott (he/him) joined CCAN in January 2021 as part of the newly created CCAN Federal Team. He moved from Chicago specifically to build political will for groundbreaking national climate […]

Nina B. Elkadi is an Editor-at-Large for Sentient. Her investigative reporting explores corporate influence within the agricultural industry, the environmental impacts of factory farming, and how negligence impacts consumers and […]

Dr. Elizabeth Gray serves as Audubon’s Chief Executive Officer, leading the organization toward its vision of a future where birds thrive. A champion of science-based conservation and a renowned expert […]

Edward Winters is an American film producer, advocate for wildlife, and co-founder of the boutique production company Winterstone Pictures in Los Angeles. He also serves as co-founder of The Wild […]

Ashley Avis is a filmmaker, journalist, and lifelong equestrian. She wrote and directed Black Beauty for Disney+, starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet, Mackenzie Foy, and Iain Glen, along with the […]