Tom Gardali is the CEO of Audubon Canyon Ranch, a nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1962 in Northern California. Today, the organization collaboratively stewards a system of nature preserves totaling 5,000 acres across 26 properties the San Francisco Bay Area and works to make a significant difference for nature and people through its Strategy for Resilience. Tom also has a long career as a conservation scientist publishing over 60 peer-reviewed publications and one book.