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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.

Gerald Chertavian is dedicated to closing the Opportunity Divide that exists in our nation. Determined to make his vision a reality, Gerald combined his entrepreneurial skills and his passion for working with urban young adults to found Year Up in 2000.Gerald's commitment to working with urban youth spans more than 25 years. He has actively participated in the Big Brother mentoring program since 1985 and was recognized as one of New York's outstanding Big Brothers in 1989. He is the recipient of the 2003 Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Manhattan Institute and the 2005 Freedom House Archie R. Williams, Jr. Technology Award. In 2006, Gerald was elected as a Fellow with the Ashoka Global Fellowship of social entrepreneurs, and in 2008, he was appointed by Massachusetts' Governor Deval Patrick to serve on the MA State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. In 2013, he was appointed by Governor Patrick to serve as Chairman of the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees.Gerald began his career on Wall Street as an officer of the Chemical Banking Corporation. Following graduate school he co-founded Conduit Communications and fostered its growth to more than $18M in annual revenues and more than 130 employees in London, Amsterdam, New York and Boston. Following the sale of Conduit to i-Cube in 1999, Gerald turned his full attention to opportunities for others.Gerald earned a B.A. in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College and an M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School. He has received honorary doctorates from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and Mount Ida College. He is on the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative and a member of the World Economic Forum's Youth Unemployment Council. Gerald is a former Board member of The Boston Foundation and an Emeritus Trustee of Bowdoin College. His 2012 book, A Year Up, is a New York Times best seller.

Donald H. Gips is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of directors. He is also currently CEO of the Skoll Foundation. Previously he was a Principal of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm, also serving as Chair of the U.S.-South Africa Business Council, Senior Advisor at Blackstone, and outside director on the boards of Zayo, Black Rhino, Nextnav and Omnispace. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gips served as the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, ran the Office of Presidential Personnel for the Obama Administration, served in the White House during the Clinton administration, and served as Chief of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, from 1998 to 2008, Mr. Gips was group vice president of global corporate development at Level 3 Communications. He received an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where he was honored as a Donaldson Fellow, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University where he was presented with the Ames Award and the Paul Revere Frothingham Prize.

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

Sejal Palande is a Joint Chief Executive Officer at American Chemical Society (ACS) and is based in Thane, Maharashtra, India. She has worked as Management Intern at robotics, Embedded System and Robotics at Team Robocon KJSIEIT, and Trainee at Vital Electronics And Manufacturing Corporate. Sejal studied at Dr Datar Science Dr Behere Arts and Shri Pilukaka Joshi Commerce College S K Patil Nagar Chiplun Tal Chiplun Dist Ratnagiri 415 605, Gharda Foundations Gharda Institute Of Technology At & Post Lavel Tal Khed Dist Ratnagiri between 2017 and 2018, and K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology between 2018 and 2021.

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.

CEO at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, impatient optimist, father, former journalist, and avid learner. He/Him/His.