2022 Conference Keynote Speakers

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All featured speakers will be live-streamed and accessible by both in-person and virtual conference participants. Plenary sessions will be recorded and available for on-demand viewing for two weeks after the presentation.

Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time and will be on Mountain Standard Time during the conference.

Wednesday, October 12, 6:30 PM MST

Julie Packard

Monterey Bay Aquarium
2022 NAAEE Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Julie Packard is executive director of the acclaimed Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she helped found in the late 1970s as the nation’s first major public aquarium dedicated to interpreting marine life of a single region. Julie is an international leader in the field of ocean conservation and a leading voice for science-based policy reform in support of healthy oceans. She is equally a strong advocate for advancing equity and diversity in the sciences, including endowment of scholarships that support individuals from historically marginalized communities and aquarium programs that help young women develop confidence and identity in the sciences.

Julie Packard’s remarks will be presented virtually during the in-person opening ceremony.

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Mayor Regina Romero (Invited)

Mayor of Tucson, Arizona

Raised by immigrant farm-workers in Somerton, Arizona, Regina is the youngest of six children and began breaking barriers early on as the first member of her family to vote and the first to graduate from college. She is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona and holds a post-graduate certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Indigenous Knowledge for Education and Sustainability

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, which was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

This session will be presented virtually.

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Leander Lacy

Owner and Founder, Lacy Consulting Services, LLC, Denver, Colorado
Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey

Lacy Consulting Services helps environmental organizations and sustainability-minded businesses meet their goals of improving human and community well-being through conservation action. Leander is trained traditionally as a wildlife ecologist and received his MS in human dimensions of natural resources with thesis work on how to improve the quality of life of the urban poor through environmental action. He also worked on global teams with The Nature Conservancy and advocated for increased social science and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in conservation projects.

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EE 30 Under 30 Honorees

The conference culminates with our annual awards luncheon and a panel of selected honorees from NAAEE’s 2022 EE 30 Under 30, inspirational young leaders at the forefront of environmental change worldwide.

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