Bioneers Presenters
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Social and scientific innovators with breakthrough solutions
The Bioneers Conference is a leading-edge forum presenting breakthrough solutions for people and planet. Social and scientific innovators focus on solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity. The Bioneers Conference and the Bioneers Radio Series bring you inspiring speakers from the world over.
Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews, Ph.D., is the Director of the Steinhart Aquarium, and Chief Operations Officer, at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. His previous positions include the Curator of the Aquarium at London Zoo, the head of animal, conservation and research programs at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, and the founding Executive Director of the South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC.
Carl Anthony
Carl Anthony, co-founder and Co-Director of Breakthrough Communities and a former executive at the Ford Foundation responsible for worldwide programs on the environment and community development, was the founder and first Executive Director of the Urban Habitat Program, one of the U.S.’ oldest environmental justice organizations.
John Antonelli
John Antonelli is a film documentary director, producer and writer. His recently completed Sam Cooke-Crossing Over was broadcast on the acclaimed PBS series American Masters. His feature length documentary, Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats, has played around the world.
Judith F. Baca (Judy)
Judith F. Baca, a world-renowned painter and muralist, community arts pioneer, scholar and educator, has been teaching art in the UC system (including at UCLA) for 20 years.
Kaimana Barcarse
Kaimana Barcarse is the Director of the Honuakai Exploration Sciences and Voyaging Division of the 'Aha Punana Leo, whose mission is to utilize the wa'a (canoe) as a platform to strengthen the Hawaiian language skills and cultural traditions of its participants.
Zenobia Barlow
Zenobia Barlow, Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, has led the center’s grant-making, educational, and publishing programs since its inception. One of the nation’s pioneers in creating models of schooling for sustainability, she has designed many strategies for applying ecological and indigenous understanding in K-12 education.
Nora Barrows-Friedman
Nora Barrows-Friedman, an award-winning independent journalist, radio producer and writer, was the senior producer and co-host of Flashpoints on KPFA for seven years, and currently is on the editorial staff at The Electronic Intifada.
Reid Martin Basso
For over twenty years, actor, author and social commentator Reid Martin Basso has actively championed on those diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - particularly disabled veterans, has championed for the mentally ill homeless community, and has mentored at-risk children afflicted with both Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Dayna Baumeister
Dayna Baumeister has worked in the field of biomimicry with Janine Benyus since 1998 as a business catalyst, educator, researcher, and design consultant. Together they founded the Biomimicry Guild, The Biomimicry Institute, and Biomimicry3.8, collectively fertilizing the movement of biomimicry as an innovative practice and philosophy to meet the world’s sustainability challenges.
Deon Ben
Deon Ben, a member of the Navajo Nation of the Many House People Clan (born for the Salt People Clan; his maternal grandfather is of the Weaver People Clan, and his paternal grandfather is of the Red House People Clan) who specializes in environmental conservation and the conservation of tribal traditions, is currently working for the Grand Canyon Trust in Flagstaff, Arizona.
