PRESENTED BY DEEP ROOTS

Erin Presley

Horticulturalist, Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Camille Dungy

Award Winning Poet, Acclaimed Essayist & Critic

Brad Guhr

Education / Prairie Restoration / Concert Series Coordinator

Kristen Baum

Director of Monarch Watch, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Eric Eaton

Author

Dr. Gerardo Camilo

Professor, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University

Dr. Abigail Derby Lewis

Executive Director, Citizens for Conservation

Kate Austin

Green Infrastructure Asset Coordinator

Shannon Currey

Education & Outreach, Izel Native Plants

Elizabeth Steele

Sales & Marketing, Hamilton Native Outpost

Mike Saxton

Manager of Ecological Restoration & Land Stewardship, Shaw Nature Reserve thru December 2025, Executive Director, Nachusa Grasslands January 2026

Dr. Liz Koziol

Assistant Research Professor, University of Kansas, co-founder MycoBloom

Luke and Linda Black Elk

Food Sovereignty Activists, Teachers

Stacy Passmore

Principal and Co-Founder, Superbloom, a Denver-based Landscape Architecture firm

Rita Cunha

Native Seed Technician, Conservation Blueprint

Dana Ripper

Executive Director, Missouri River Bird Observatory

Jesse Nippert

Grassland Ecologist, Konza Prairie Biological Station; University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University

Danae Wolf

Conservation Photographer, Writer, and TEDx speaker