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Brooke Bessesen is a research fellow with Osa Conservation, a veterinary technician, and an author. She has written seven books, including award-winning children’s books with wildlife-conservation themes, and an Arizona wildlife guide. She has also...
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Cheryl Heller is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at SVA and President of the design lab CommonWise. She was recently awarded a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellowship, and is a recipient of the prestigious AIGA Medal...
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Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who, through writing, lectures, and built work, advocates internationally for more walkable cities. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts, he oversaw the Mayors' Institute on City...
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Dr. Jeffrey D. Gunzenhauser serves as the chief medical officer and director of the Disease Control Bureau for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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Alison is Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage, where she is spearheading an ambitious plan to revitalize and interpret the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal, as well as other Georgetown historic sites. Previously, Alison Greenberg was a...
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Appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Ron Sims served as the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2011. As the second most senior official at HUD, he managed the day-...
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Pamela Murphy is an active volunteer for a number of organizations. In addition to serving as the Chair of the Island Press Board of Directors, she also serves on the board for the National Botanic Garden Fund and is a Trustee of the Chesapeake Bay...
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Katie Dolan, MBA, MES, and MFA, is an environmental writer. She is Chair of the Island Press board, Co-Chair of the Zoos and Aquarium Committee of the Wildlife Conservation Society, and an Advisor on the Tufts Veterinary School board. She is also...
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Terry Gamble Boyer is the co-founder and President of the Caldera Foundation that works to leverage solutions to climate disruption through the advancement of cleaner fuels, greater efficiency in energy use, and thoughtful stewardship of land and...
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Georgia Chafee Nassikas is an artist who works in encaustic, a medium using damar, pigment, and beeswax from her hives. A student of art and art history in Italy and Spain in the late 1970s, she pursued the study of art and architecture at graduate...