Geri Unger is a consultant with TerrAqua Environmental Science and Policy, and Adjunct Faculty at University of Maryland Global College. She was the Executive Director of the Society for Conservation Biology, a global membership organization, where she facilitated The Strategic Plan 2016-2020, and global diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. She was the Director of Education and Research for the Cleveland Botanical Garden, and has worked at the New England Aquarium, Funders’ Forum on Environment and Education, and Environmental Law and Policy Center. With a degree in environmental biology, she has worked on large landscape planning projects, educational innovation in environmental science, fisheries management, and biological assessment of biodiversity and restoration options in diverse ecosystems on multiple continents.