Conservation Nation
Mikel Blair is an experienced entrepreneur and community advocate, currently serving as Co-Founder of Modern Revival since August 2021, an organization focused on fostering connections for self-growth and community support. As an Advisory Committee Member for Conservation Nation, Mikel co-founded the Rewilding Collective, which aims to reconnect youth with nature through various initiatives in Washington, DC. Mikel also co-founded The David and Mikel Blair Family Foundation in 2008, dedicated to improving quality of life through purposeful giving in areas such as education and mental health. Additionally, Mikel holds the position of Board Trustee at Primary Day School in Bethesda, MD, where responsibilities include serving on the Audit and Development committees. Previous entrepreneurial ventures include founding Awakeish and leading Badlands, a community-focused organization promoting imaginative engagement. Mikel's academic background includes a degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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Conservation Nation
In the fight to save endangered animals and the planet, we need every smart voice and solution at the table. Unfortunately, long-standing systems have put up enormous barriers to careers in wildlife conservation. To save threatened wildlife and their habitats we must fuel a self-sustaining movement that brings a more representative and inclusive community of conservationists to the fight, today and in the future. By supporting and amplifying the work of underrepresented voices in the conservation field—specifically women, people of color, Indigenous people, and those from disadvantaged communities—we will help save wildlife today, and we will inspire, educate, and uplift a more representative group of future conservationists to follow in their footsteps.