Past & Present Sc3 Speakers Workshop Leaders

2025 Plenaries

  • Dr. Maime Parker

    Former Head of Fisheries, US. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Steve Chase

    Acting Deputy Director for Program Management & Policy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

  • Ryan Haggerty

    FWS, Photographer

  • Tina Morris

    Bald Eagle Naturalist

  • Dennis Liu-E.O

    Wilson Biodiversity Foundation

  • Brandon Dennison

    Founder and CEO of Coalfield Development

  • Pete Dominick

    Podcaster, Comedian & Journo-Activist

  • Compton “Jim” Tucker

    Senior earth scientist at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Jacqui Painter

    Sc3 Alum & District Leader for Assembly District 51

  • Bridget Mariano

    K-12 Grants Coordinator for Virginia Beach City Public Schools

  • Abrah Steward

    Program Manager at Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas (CFROG) & Sc3 Alum

  • Randy Robinson

    Instructional Systems Specialist and Outreach Coordinator at the USFWS National Conservation Training Center

Past Plenaries

  • Dr. Maime Parker

    Biologist, Former Regional Director: US Fish & Wildlife Service

  • Pete Dominick

    Comedian, Commentator & Journo-activist

  • Casey Clemens

    Sr. Director of Education, Educated Choices Program

  • Bill Mckibbon

    Climate Advocate, Author & Leader of 350.org

  • Steven Chase

    Director, National Conservation Training Center

  • Dr Biswajit De

    Founder & President, WildRoots-India

  • Robert Watson

    Founder of LEED & SWEEP; Principal at Upland Road

  • Ryan Harvey

    Musician; National Field Director, Public Citizen

  • Rodney Stotts

    Master Falconer, and Mr. Hoots

  • Alejandro Morales

    Sicangu Lakota

  • Dr. Sylvia Earle

    Marine Biologist

  • Dr. Kurt Meine

    Biologist, Environmental Historian & Writer

  • Juan Martinez

    Natural Leader & Director of Fresh Tracks (Aspen Institute)

  • Dr. Virginia Burkett

    Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change, USGS

  • Carl Safina

    Ecologist & Author

  • John Francis

    Environmentalist, “The Planetwalker”

  • Dr. Mitchell Joachim

    Furutirs & Co-Founder, Terreform ONE nonprofit architecture & urban design

  • Joe Riis

    National Geographic Contributing Photographer & Photography Fellow

  • Dr. Thomas Lovejoy

    Biologist, President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center

  • Ian Cheney

    Documentary Filmmaker

  • Dr. Robert M. Pyle

    Lepidopterist & Author

  • Tem Blessed

    Hip-hop Artist & Author

  • Dr. Douglas Brinkley

    Historian & Author