Shannon Currey

Education & Outreach, Izel Native Plants

Doug Ladd

Author of Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Common Wildflowers and Plants of the Prairie Midwest

Rashid Poulson

Horticultural Director, The Brooklyn Bridge Park

Kristen Heath-Acre

Missouri State Ornithologist

P.J. Born

Deep Roots KC, Land Manager

Fred Rozumalski

Barr Engineering Company

Chris Oursler

DCA Outdoor

Jim Locklear

Author of In the Country of the Kaw, Director of Conservation, Lauritzen Garden

Nick Nelson

Director of the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Caleb Sanders

Springfield, Missouri Parks Conservation Coordinator, Special Facilities

Shannon Tyree

President and owner of Habitat Architects, LLC

Julie Farstad

Artist, Professor and Co-chair of the Painting Dept. at the Kansas City Art Institute

Alan Branhagen

Executive Director, Natural Land Institute & Author

Linda F. Hezel

Ecosystems Steward/Artisanal Producer, Prairie Birthday Farm LLC

Chris Helzer

Program Director, The Nature Conservancy & The Prairie Ecologist

Guy Sternberg

Co-Founder, Starhill Forest Arboretum, author

Justin Thomas

Director and primary instructor at the Institute of Botanical Training

Cydney Ross

Outdoor Education Program Manager, Deep Roots KC

Nancy Lawson

Author of The Humane Gardener

Annabel Renwick

Curator, Blomquist Garden of Native Plants