BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Harry “Skipper” Darlington IV
Founder, Executive Director
Pilot/Innovator
Gil Grosvenor
Senior Advisor
Former President and Chairman of National Geographic; recipient of The Presidential Medal of Freedom
Ken Beeks U.S. Navy (ret.)
Chief Technology Officer
Flag Secretary to the Commander of the Sixth Fleet; U.S. Navy, Chief Rotary Wing Test Pilot, Pax River (helicopters/jets/airships)
Tedd Determan
Global Conservationist/Entrepreneur
Theodore Dovi-Akue
Philanthropist/Humanist
Jay Fetner
Founder of the African Development Group; author of The African Safari: The Ultimate Wildlife and Photography Adventure
Ron Maxwell
Writer/Conservationist/Filmmaker
Gettysburg, Gods & Generals, Copperhead
Bill Walton
Host of The Bill Walton Show, Managing Partner of Rappahannock Ventures, LLC and public policy entrepreneur
EXPERT ADVISORS
John Waugh
Program Development Consultant and Regional Chair for North America, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management. Has 35 years experience of experience in environment and development policy and program development spanning more than 40 countries. He has addressed the UN General Assembly twice on biodiversity and conflict.
Per Lindstrand
Pilot/Innovator
Designer and builder of airships/aerostats deployed in forty-eight countries; first to cross Atlantic and Pacific oceans by hot air balloon; builder of parachute for the Mars Lander; recipient of the most prestigious flying award, the Harmon Trophy
Manan Patel
Founder, Executive Director SOS, Special Operations Solutions, a company that provides turn-key airborne reconnaissance services for complex, mission critical customers, including the U.S. government
Nazim Zilkha
Legal Counsel
Partner at Dechart LLP, a global law firm with over a thousand lawyers in twenty-six offices across twelve countries.
SPECIAL THANKS
Bryant Foundation | The Helen Clay Frick Foundation | FLIR | The Elephant Sanctuary | Outsider Labs
TEAM
Rachel Thompson, Social Media Coordinator
Mike Wicklein, Video and Film Editor
Mary Bahr, Communications