Meet the Team

Our Leadership

Trailblazer

Benji Backer

Founder & CEO

Nature Traveler

Debbie Levin

Chief Visionary Officer

Urban Walker

Michael Reszler

Chief Operating and Strategy Officer

Surfer

Mackenzie Feldman

Chief Movement Officer

Animal Lover

Nikki Arenas

Chief Brand Officer

Our Staff

Culture Enthusiast

Aïcha Bangoura

Sr. Director of Operations

Surfer

Bailey Daigle

Communications Manager

Adventurist

Benjamin Ferry

Director of Administration

Lake Lover

Brendan Creamer

Sr. Director of Communications

Kayaker

Evan Patrohay

Policy Director

Skier

Hattie Hobart

Chief of Staff

Urban Naturalist

Madison Link-Rees

Sr. Executive Assistant to the CEO

Geocacher

Mark Webb

Director of Campaigns

Trail Runner

Maya Cohn

Vice President of Policy & External Affairs

Beach Bum

Nitsa Jennings

Director of Development

Hiker

Sheina Crystal

Vice President of Movement

Scenery Enthusiast

Sheva Ahmadi

Head of Social

Glamper

Tevy Khou

Sr. Creative Designer

Our Board

Brandy Schultz

Executive Director of A Sound Future

Carlos Curbelo

Former GOP Congressman from Florida

David Livingston

Chief Strategy Officer, Galvanize

Isabel Brown

Host of the Isabel Brown Show

Isabelle Boemeke

Founder of @i_sodope, Model, and Nuclear Energy Activist

Jack Selby

Managing Director at Copper Sky Capital

John Kluge

Founder & CEO, Thistlerock Mead Company

Robbie Lauf

Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Peter Seligmann

Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conservation International

Robin Millican

Frmr. Head of Strategic Initiatives and Integration at Breakthrough Energy

Van Jones

CNN Host, Founder of DreamMachine.org, NYT Bestselling Author

Vasser Seydel

President at the Oxygen Project

Strategic Advisors

• Allen Covert (Comedian, Actor, and Producer)
• Brett Cooper (Political Commentator and Podcaster)
• Chase Cain (NBC News National Climate Reporter)
• Collin O'Mara (CEO, National Wildlife Federation)
• David Livingston (Chief Strategy Officer, Galvanize Climate)
• Daniella Pineda (Actress)
• Fiona McRaith (Director, The Climate Pledge)
• Jerome Foster II (Fmr. Biden White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council member)
• Kevin Dowling (Fmr. Advisor to Lee Zeldin, 3M Head of U.S. Government Affairs)
• Kristen Siemen (Fmr. Chief Sustainability Officer, General Motors)
• Mark Kenyon (Author, film/podcast host with MeatEater)
• Michael Brune (Former Executive Director of the Sierra Club)
• Steve Kuhn (Investor & Founder of Major League Pickleball)