FINALISTS

DAVID DIAZ

Executive Director, ActiveSGV

Prioritizing community and health in San Gabriel Valley

FARWIZA FARHAN

Founder, HAkA

Advocate protecting Indonesian ecosystems

CHOOK-CHOOK HILLMAN

Teacher, Mentor, Community Advocate

Klamath organizer bringing together diverse practitioners

NOMINEES

ALEJANDRA ECHEVERRI

Conservation Scientist, Stanford University

Giving communities influence over conservation

AMELIA WENGER

Associate Conservation Scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society and Research Fellow, University of Queensland

Shifting human activities to reduce marine pollution

ANAND VARMA

National Geographic Photographer, National Geographic

Understanding how animals move through inventive photography

CAROLINE SPEARS

Executive Director, Climate Cabinet

Tailoring climate policy to be district-specific

DANIELA FERNANDEZ

Founder and CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance

Advocate ocean sustainability through startups and grassroots organizing

DANY SIGWALT

Co-Executive Director, Power Shift Network

Empowering youth movements through infrastructural support

ETOSHA CAVE

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Twelve (formerly known as Opus 12)

Pioneering technology to create value from CO2 emissions

JAMES KANOFF

Co-Founder & CEO, The Farmlink Project

Solving food insecurity with farmed surplus

KAIYU GUAN

Co-Founder & President, Aspiring Universe Corporation

Uncovering large agricultural insights through novel sensing technology

LEHUA KAMALU

Captain & Lead Navigator, Voyaging Director, Teacher, Ocean Movement Builder, Mechanical Engineer

Polynesian voyager centering indigenous knowledge in global efforts

LOLA FATOYINBO

Research Scientist, NASA

Measuring ecological value of wetlands with satellites

MONIKA SHANKAR

Senior Project Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility-LA

Giving academic tools to communities to improve public health

TRISTIN ANOUSH MCHUGH

Kelp Project Director, California Oceans Program The Nature Conservancy

Squestering carbon through kelp conversation

YOLANDA JOAB MORI

Founder & Director, Island PRIDE Micronesia; Program Coordinator, Blue Prosperity Micronesia

Community leader improving climate resilience across Micronesia

ZACK PARISA

CEO, The Natural Capital Exchange

Getting ordinary Americans paid for storing carbon