Maria has spent most of her professional life working on marine and coastal conservation in the Gulf of California. Before co-founding SuMar, where she is responsible for public relations and fundraising, she spent 16 years with Conservational International, much...
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Danielle Hirsch worked for three years in Mexico, Paraguay and Kenya during and after her studies in Economics. In 1995 she started working as an international consultant, working for governments and international agencies in Central and South Asia, Latin...
Over the last 29 years, Michaelyn has worked at the intersection of sustainable development, agriculture & trade, delivering cutting edge solutions for transformative change. Along her professional path, she has served as a Peace Corps volunteer, an organic farmer...
Newey founded the School of Changemakers to build support for people working for change in Thailand, in 2017, after a decade working with Ashoka. The School of Changemakers now runs a social incubator program to support the launch of innovative...
Natalie has nearly thirty years of experience in sustainable materials management including twenty five years with DSM Environmental where she is a Principal. Natalie has worked to improve resource recovery, solid waste management and sanitation throughout the United States...
Jenna leads the open space/greenways collaborative, “Embrace Open Space,” that brings together local officials, staff, soil and watershed district leaders, non-profits, agency staff and environmental consultants. The collaborative promotes sustainable land use in the Twin Cities and outlying fast...
Dr. Dayna Baumeister is the Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8. With a devotion to applied natural history and a passion for sharing the genius of nature, Dayna has worked in the field of biomimicry with business partner Janine Benyus since...
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation is a member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (USA). He is serving on the Sargasso Sea Commission. Mark is a Senior Fellow...
Kathy is a Cherokee artist and semi-retired attorney. She writes a weekly opinion editorial for the Tahlequah Daily Press. In 2019, she co-founded a 20+ artist-member cooperative art gallery in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She teaches classes in creative expression. Before that,...
Jen Sokolove is Director of Programs and Strategy at the Water Foundation, where she drives grant making to secure safe water for people, restore and sustain freshwater ecosystems, and build climate resilience. As a member of the senior management...