Bio: Michelle is the Executive Director of Carolinian Canada, since 2003. With 40 years of experience in wildlife research and conservation, she has worked with diverse species, rightsholders and stakeholders from the Carolinian Zone to the arctic and Australia. She specializes in cross-sector solutions for healthy ecosystems on complex landscapes for a green and just economy. She currently sits on the Ontario Biodiversity Council and lives in the Dorchester swamp where she found her love of nature as a second generation European settler.Personal note: I'm passionate about saving nature for healthy, resilient and prosperous communities through science, collaboration and innovation.Specialties: program development, strategic planning, conservation impact bond, non-profit /social enterprise management, ecological stewardship, co-creation, innovation, environmental writing, fundraising