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Science journalist
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Co-chair, Aspen Food Security Strategy Group
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Recent graduate and aspiring journalist
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Professor, Arizona State University
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Director, University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute
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Environmental writer
Amelia Apfel
freelance science writer
Christie Aschwanden
2013/2014 Carter Fellow
Sharon Ashworth
ecologist and freelance writer
Adam Aston
Independent journalist and writer
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Science journalist and founder of LatinAmericanScience
Cynthia Barnett
Author of the water books Mirage, Blue Revolution and Rain
Anthony D. Barnosky
Professor of integrative biology, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant professor of Religion and Ecology, California State University, Northridge
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Associate professor, University of New Mexico Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Minda Berbeco
Programs and policy director, National Center for Science Education
Nate Berg
Cities, science and design writer
David Biello
Associate editor at Scientific American
Brian Bienkowski
Michigan-based science and environmental journalist
Rebecca Boyles
Senior manager of Stakeholder Engagement, Future 500
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Writer and conservation biologist
Greg Breining
Journalist and author
Ed Brown
Filmmaker
Bill Browning
Partner and co-founder of Terrapin Bright Green
Emma Bryce
Freelance journalist
Robert Bullard
Dean, Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University
Margaret Buranen
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Amy Cannon
Co-founder, executive director, Beyond Benign
Liz Carlisle
Fellow, Berkeley Food Institute
Jamais Cascio
Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future
Emily Cassidy
Environmental scientist
Rachel Cernansky
Freelance journalist
Bill Chameides
Dean (former), Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Shilpi Chhotray
Senior manager of Stakeholder Engagement, Future 500
Sena Christian
Freelance journalist
Sarah Cooley
Science outreach manager, Ocean Conservancy
Alexander Creed
Reporter
Geoff Dabelko
Director, Ohio University Environmental Studies Program
Eve Daniels
Writer, editor and video producer
Shreya Dasgupta
Freelance science and environmental writer
Elizabeth Devitt
Freelance science writer
Stephanie Dloniak
Biologist and writer in East Africa
Felix Dodds
sustainable development expert and author
Simon Donner
Scientist and writer
David Doody
Ensia senior editor
Roger Drouin
environmental journalist and author
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Photographer and producer
Monique Dubos
Freelance writer
Peter Dykstra
Environmental reporter
Sarah Elton
Journalist, speaker, author
Peter Fairley
Independent reporter
Stephanie Feldstein
Director of the Population and Sustainability program, Center for Biological Diversity
Anne Field
Award-winning journalist
Elizabeth Finkel
Editor of Cosmos Magazine
Matthew Fitzmaurice
CEO, EcoAlpha Asset Management LLC
John W. Fitzpatrick
Executive director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Peyton Fleming
Peyton Fleming, senior director, Ceres
Jonathan Foley
Director, California Academy of Sciences
Joss Fong
New York–based journalist
Barbara Fraser
Independent journalist based in Lima, Peru
Richard Fuller
President, Pure Earth (formerly Blacksmith Institute)
Josie Garthwaite
environmental journalist and co-founder of Climate Confidential
Justin Gerdes
Independent journalist
Ryan Gerlach
Emily Gertz
Journalist and editor
Virginia Gewin
Freelance science journalist, 2016 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow
Erica Gies
Independent reporter
Tim Gihring
Senior editor at Minnesota Monthly magazine
Enrique Gili
Freelance journalist
Ben Goldfarb
Environmental journalist covering fish and wildlife
Sekita Grant
Associate, Advisory Services | BSR | San Francisco
Duncan Gromko
Climate change associate, Inter-American Development Bank
Elizabeth Grossman
Author and journalist
Bear Guerra
Photographer
Marc Gunther
Journalist, speaker and writer
James Gustave Speth
Professor of law, the Vermont Law School
Jeremy Leon Hance
Author and senior writer for mongabay.com
Jeannie Hanson
Science writer and author
Joe Hart
Freelance writer and editor
Fiona Harvey
Award-winning environment journalist for the Guardian
Dan Haugen
Freelance journalist
Neil Hawkins
Corporate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, The Dow Chemical Co.
Denis Hayes
President, Bullitt Foundation
Jessica Hellmann
Director, Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota
William F. Hewitt
New York University adjunct faculty member and writer
Leo Hickman
Director and editor, Carbon Brief
Mary Hoff
Ensia editor in chief
Tara Holmes
Senior manager of Communications and Marketing, Future 500
Eric Holthaus
Meteorologist and writer
Jason Houston
Independent photographer and filmmaker
Courtney Humphries
Freelance science writer
Mark Huxham
Professor of teaching and research in environmental biology, Edinburgh Napier University
Jude Isabella
Science writer and author
Tom Jackson
Africa-based reporter and co-founder of Disrupt Africa
Rowan Jacobsen
Author specializing in food, sustainability and natural systems
Brooke Jarvis
Independent journalist
Jesse Jenkins
Graduate student and researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ben Jervey
Energy, climate and environment writer
Julie M. Johnson
Freelance writer
Frank Jossi
Independent journalist
Tony Juniper
Campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser
Peter Kareiva
Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Sarah Karnas
Ensia creative director
Brandon Keim
Freelance journalist
Sarah Jane Keller
Independent journalist
Jonah Kessel
Visual media specialist and cinematographer
Margaret Kirk
Architect and educator
Kellen Klein
Stakeholder engagement manager, Future 500
Michael Kodas
Author and photojournalist
Maggie Koerth-Baker
Author and science writer
Alice Korngold
Consultant, author
Anja Krieger
Freelance journalist
Jill Langlois
Journalist
William Laurance
Distinguished research professor, James Cook University, Australia
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Author and filmmaker
Dave Levitan
Freelance science journalist
Justin Lichter
Environmental scientist and writer
Danny Lindholm
Ensia intern
Robert Litterman
Partner at Kepos Capital, LP
Peggy Liu
JUCCCE Chairperson
Philip Loring
Ecological anthropologist
Tim Lougheed
Canadian freelance science writer
Mindy Lubber
President, Ceres
Jane Lubchenco
Marine ecologist, Oregon State University
Max Luke
Policy Associate, Breakthrough Institute
Brian Machovina
Ecologist, Florida International University
Leslie Macmillan
Freelance reporter
Jason Mark
Author and editor of SIERRA
Jessica Marshall
Science journalist
Avery McGaha
Science writer and environmental educator
Zanna K. McKay
Independent, cross-platform journalist
Phil McKenna
Freelance writer
Richard McLellan
Director of Footprint at WWF International
John McNair
freelance journalist
Erik Meijaard
Conservation scientist
Justin Miller
Aspiring journalist
Tom Miller
Alanna Mitchell
Canadian science journalist and author
Chad Monfreda
Freelance writer
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Journalist, author and senior editor at Yale E360
Maywa Montenegro
Food systems researcher, UC Berkeley
Susan Moran
Print and radio journalist
Julie Morse
science writer / photographer
Jim Motavalli
freelance writer and author
Anya Moucha
Ensia communications assistant
Paulo Moutinho
Senior scientist, Amazon Environmental Research Institute
Gabriella Mulligan
Africa-based reporter and co-founder of Disrupt Africa
Raya Muttarak
Sociologist
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Computer scientist, futurist and author
Katie G. Nelson
journalist and photographer
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Freelance science journalist
Wendee Nicole
Freelance writer and photographer
Danielle Nierenberg
Co-Founder and President of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank
Matthew C. Nisbet
Associate Professor, American University
Timothy Nixon
Managing editor, sustainability site at Thomson Reuters
Michael Noble
Executive director of Fresh Energy
Rachel Nuwer
Freelance science journalist
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Independent journalist
Chad Oliver
Director, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry at Yale University
Madeline Ostrander
David Oxtoby
President, Pomona College
Lisa Palmer
Journalist, writer and editor
Cara Pike
Founder and director, the Social Capital Project
Olivia Poblacion
Freelance journalist
Paul Polman
Chief executive officer, Unilever
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Director, Global Water Policy Project
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Adjunct faculty, corporate sustainability, University of Minnesota
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Freelance journalist
Todd Reubold
Ensia publisher and director
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Director, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant professor, NC State University
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Biodiversity Team member, International Institute for Environment and Development
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Freelance journalist
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Independent journalist
Elizabeth Royte
science and environment writer and author
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physicist and astronomer
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Director of Sustainability, Annie's, Inc.
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Photographer and National Geographic fellow
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Ecologist, Charles Sturt University
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Ecologist and earth scientist
Kylie Schultz
Freelance writer and photographer
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Environmental science writer, author
Christina Selby
Freelance science and environmental writer
Leah Shaffer
Science writer
Mike Shanahan
freelance environment and development writer
Anju Sharma
Consultant and writer
Seth M. Siegel
Author
Daniel Simberloff
Nancy Gore Hunger Professor, University of Tennessee
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Communications intern
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Professor of Soils & Global Change
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Stakeholder engagement manager, Future 500
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Freelance writer
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Executive director, Rainforest Partnership
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Corporate vice president of Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Co.
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Explorer and author
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Conservation analyst, Breakthrough Institute
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Vice President, HR Center of Expertise, The Dow Chemical Co.
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freelance journalist
Heather Tallis
Lead scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Philip Taylor
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Colorado
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Freelance writer
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Author and lecturer at Yale University
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Senior analyst, Breakthrough Institute
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Science writer
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Student and environmental justice advocate
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Lead senior economist, Environmental Defense Fund
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California-based environment and technology journalist
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Colorado-based writer covering food and green business
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Freelance journalist and editor
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Washington, D.C.–based journalist
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Co-director and lead scientist, Global Landscapes Initiative
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Environmental journalist, Climate Confidential
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Senior manager of communications at Ceres
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Author
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Director, Research and Policy Program, Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
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