Morgan is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker. She loves helping wildlife and people and wants them to do a better job of living together. She is an International Conservation Photographer Fellow, and her work appears in outlets such as BBC Wildlife, Smithsonian, Nature Conservancy, Newsweek, and National Geographic. She supports budding storytellers and leads workshops around the world.

Lisette Boosooboy is a designer and senior project manager with M.C. Harry Associates, an architectural and interior design firm that has been practicing in Miami and the South Florida region for 56 years. Lisette is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and came to Miami to study Interior Design at Florida International University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and a Master of Interior Architecture. Her master’s focused on how interior design affects the social and cultural re-development of persons displaced by natural disasters.  Professionally, her design experience has included various architectural and interior design projects with educational, municipal, aviation and historical renovation scopes.  

Lisette’s involvement in the design community extends beyond the office. An active member of FIU’s Interior Architecture Advisory Board, Lisette chaired their Fundraising Committee and was head of their major annual fundraiser Her Festival of the Trees for 10 years. She also participates in design orientated competitions that raises funds to benefit organizations such as the Miami Children’s Hospital, IIDA’s Interior Design Academic Foundation and Kristi House.

Michael lends a bit of a seafood industry perspective. He helps seafood producers generate and execute go-to-market strategies. He previously worked for several prominent finfish farms throughout the supply chain. Prior to joining the seafood industry, Michael earned graduate degrees in aquaculture and business. He enjoys the diverse cast of characters found in the seafood business.

Molly has an MA in Journalism with a focus on Environmental Policy. She moved to Fairbanks to work as a reporter for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in 2010 and covered government, science, and education. She started working at the nonprofit Cold Climate Housing Research Center in 2011 because she loved the mission of creating sustainable, culturally appropriate housing for Alaskans.

MS – Environmental Science and Management, BA – Economics 

Alex Smith is a researcher and ocean-lover with an interdisciplinary background in economics and coastal resource management.  Her work has focused on applied fisheries modeling, climate resilient resource management and sustainable development projects. 

Her time working with small-scale fishing cooperatives in Belize and Mexico inspired her passion for inclusive and actionable research that supports communities who depend on their natural resources.  She is currently working for Scoot Science, modeling ocean risk to improve fish welfare and encourage sustainable practices in aquaculture. Through this work she continues to explore how interactive technologies and data sharing can engage new audiences in understanding and protecting our changing ocean environments.