Richard Louv, author of 'Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder,' has helped spawn the Children & Nature Network (www.cnaturenet.org), an organization helping to build the international movement to connect children with nature.

In 2008, he was awarded the Audubon Medal by the National Audubon Society. Past recipients have included Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson, Robert Redford, and Jimmy Carter. In 2006, the “National School board Journal” chose 'Last Child in the Woods' as a notable book in education, and in 2005, “Discover Magazine” named it one of the top science books of the year.

Marcia Maslonek, Vice President of Programs for the Wildlife Habitat Council, assists corporations in managing their property for wildlife habitat and place-based education. She encourages over 100 corporate members and various stakeholders to think beyond regulatory requirements alone in order to strive for effective conservation and education across the landscape.

Over 433 corporate programs are Wildlife at Work certified, and the Council is in a quest to achieve 100 certified Corporate Lands for Learning by year’s end. She is a wildlife biologist, oversees the biologist and educator staff, and develops new programs and initiatives to serve the members and further private lands conservation. She specializes in conservation partnerships and community-based restoration and education.

Jeffrey Potter has more than 10 years experience in conservation education and communication, including major projects on the Great Lakes in the U.S. and Canada. In 2007, he led the first headwaters-to-Gulf public opinion research project on the Mississippi River. The resulting communications strategy report, 'Restoring Passion - Restoring America’s Greatest River,' includes recommendations to help reconnect residents of the 10 river states with the river and its protection. A graduate of New York University and the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Jeffrey is presenting as a consultant for the Madison, WI–based Biodiversity Project.