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David O’Neill is the Chief Conservation Officer and Senior Advisor to the CEO for the National Audubon Society. In this role, he is responsible for creating and advancing the implementation of an organization-wide conservation vision, developing conservation strategies with clearly defined outcomes and ensuring their successful delivery using science-based accountability tools. He manages the organization’s science and policy departments, working with the leaders of those teams to shape advocacy and science agendas that reinforce one another and advance Audubon’s conservation strategies. As a senior advisor, David provides CEO David Yarnold with organizational development advice and is a fundraising partner. He is also the President of the Audubon Action Fund, Audubon's 501c4 partner organization. Prior to joining Audubon, David served as the vice president for Conservation Programs at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) where he managed a national conservation team and oversaw a $100 million grant portfolio focused on a range of conservation issues including forest health, coastal resilience, estuaries and freshwater biodiversity. David worked closely with senior administrative officials from the Departments of Interior, Agriculture and EPA to shape and advance conservation strategies across the country. He raised tens of millions of dollars from foundations, individuals and corporations to support NFWF priorities. O’Neill has served in executive positions in both the private and non-profit sectors, including as a vice president for Cherokee Investment Partners, a private equity firm based in North Carolina, as the Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Trust, where he grew the organization and its influence across the Chesapeake watershed, and as the Director of Land Use Policy for the Urban Land Institute. He is the author of many publications on the relationship between land use and environmental health and was the recipient of the prestigious Andrew White Medal from Loyola University for his contributions to the recovery of the Chesapeake Bay.

Cristián Samper (born September 25, 1965) is a Colombian-American tropical biologist specializing in conservation biology and environmental policy. Since 2012, he has served as President and CEO of WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). He was acting secretary of the Smithsonian from 2007 to 2008, the first Latin American to hold the position. From 2003 to 2012, he was the Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, the world's largest natural history collection. In April 2015, Dr. Samper was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Mary Humphrey works at Jane Goodall Institute/The and a Chief Executive Officer at Jane Goodall Institute/The and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Executive-level communications and marketing professional with proven track record as an organizational and cultural change agent. Critical experience moving the needle on pressing social issues including equality, climate change and justice. Adept in cultivating and managing strategic engagements as well as extensive experience in management, crisis, marketing and communications across all major disciplines: media relations, positioning, branding, advertising, storytelling, social media, events and partnerships.Proud to be recognized by PR News as a "PR Gamechanger" and PR Week as a "Champion of PR." Architect of groundbreaking campaigns including the red logo equality campaign-one of Facebook's most viral campaign in its history as well as numerous others for social and environmental change. Winner of the Mashie Award for Best Social Media Campaign, SXSW Digital Campaign of the Year, Best in Show and Social Media Campaign of the Year, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, PR Week Winner Best Use of Social Media/Digital, two Shorty Social Good awards and three time awardee of the PRSA Silver Anvil Awards. Finalist for Three Social Media Icon Awards and proud to be recognized as one of PR News’ Top Women in PR. Honored to be one of Advertising Women of NY's Gamechangers and named "Digital Innovator of the Year." Featured in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Associated Press, Mashable, The Washington Post, Advertising Age, NPR and others.

Dr. Felician Kilahama is a MCDI Chief Executive Officer at African Wildlife Foundation and is based in Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute.