Russ McSpadden, Center for Biological Diversity

Russ is currently the Southwest Conservation Advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity where he has worked since 2012. He leads campaigns to protect public lands — and the wildlife who call them home – in Arizona and the rest of the Southwest. He holds a master’s degree in environmental history from Florida Atlantic University and is board president of La Tierra Del Jaguar, a non-profit regenerative agriculture and education site in Sonora, Mexico.