Virtual Summit Dates:
January 3-February 1, 2026

We’re Presenting,
Inviting Conversation,
and Sparking Change

Summit Topics include:

• Wild horses and burros on public lands
• Public lands and livestock grazing
• Roundups and the FY26 schedule
• How to talk to members of Congress
• Storytelling and social media
• How to make your voice heard effectively
• Media, letters to the editor, and more

Erik Molvar, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project
Erik cut his teeth in conservation fighting oil and gas projects in Wyoming during the Bush administration, and his signature accomplishment is defeating the 1,240-well Seminoe Road Coalbed Methane Project during that time.  He is a wildlife biologist with published research in the behavior, ecology, and population dynamics of Alaskan moose as well as large-scale conservation planning.  He spent 13 years as a conservation advocate and later Executive Director of Wyoming-based Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, and led WildEarth Guardians’ Sagebrush Sea Campaign for three years.  Over this period, he became of the conservation community’s leaders in sage grouse conservation and recovery.  He now heads Western Waterdsheds Project, the nation’s leading organization in advocating for land health and livestock reform in the West. He is the author of 16 hiking guidebooks and backpacking techniques manuals for national parks and wilderness areas spanning the West from Alaska to Arizona.

Ashley Avis — Filmmaker, Author & Founder of The Wild Beauty Foundation

Ashley Avis is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and the founder of The Wild Beauty Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild and domestic horses. She wrote and directed Disney’s Black Beauty and the Critics’ Choice–nominated documentary Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West, a film now widely used in classrooms, by policymakers, and by advocates across the country to illuminate the crisis facing wild horses today.

Through The Wild Beauty Foundation, Ashley leads national awareness campaigns, youth programs, and legislative advocacy efforts—including The Lost Horses, a major initiative to end the slaughter pipeline and advance lasting federal protections. She regularly collaborates with lawmakers, conservation organizations, and community partners to elevate this issue on a national stage.

As a storyteller and activist, Ashley is committed to giving wild horses a voice through powerful imagery, compassionate education, and the belief that every life has value.

Jon Eagle Sr.
Jon Eagle Sr is a nationally known consultant with over 36 years of experience working with children, families and communities. He has 26 years of experience
consulting with federal, state and tribal agencies, and is considered an expert on Systems of Care, the Wraparound Process, Equine Assisted Wraparound, Therapeutic Horsemanship, Cultural Competence, Leadership, Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act and the Native American Graves Protection Repatriation Act. Jon is the former Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and has done numerous trainings at tribal, state and national conferences across the United States and Canada. He has served on numerous tribal, state and national advisory boards during his career.

You can learn more about Jon and his work on his website: http://www.becomingonewiththespiritofthehorse.com

Cécile Zahorka, known as The Pixel Nomad, is a renowned equine photographer and author based in Germany. Through her projects “Forgotten Horses” and “Free Horses,” she travels across Europe and beyond to uncover rare and endangered horse breeds, shedding light on disappearing equine heritage and preserving diversity. Her work highlights the unique tradition of keeping horses extensively, seasonally free, or in semi-wild conditions. In addition, several feral populations thrive across Europe, facing challenges in some areas while being embraced in others. This journey into Europe’s wilder side reveals the free-roaming horses, their struggles, their benefits, and the remarkable efforts to ensure their survival. Europe is far wilder than it seems.

For more information visit: https://trimax-media.de/en/cecile-zahorka/

Craig Downer is the Founder and President of nonprofit 501c3 Andean Tapir Fund and it’s breach Wild Horse and Burro Fund. He continues to work as a wildlife ecologist and has conducted several field studies including the Sulpher Spanish mustang herd in western Utah and several other herds in AZ, NV, CA, and Utah, all of which resulted in professional results. Craig is also the author of scholarly and well rounded illustrated The Wild Horse Conspiracy available at https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Horse-Conspiracy-Craig-Downer/dp/1461068983

Mary A. Koncel is a longtime lover of equines – both domestic and wild. She received her M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from the Tufts/Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine where she is now an adjunct instructor at the Center for Animals and Public
Policy.  She has researched and written extensively on various equine topics, including wild horse adoption and the United States Forest Service and its management of wild horses with a special focus on Devil’s Garden. A recent project was a survey of rescues
and sanctuaries in the United States that care for equines in need.

Mark Meyers has been the Executive Director of the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue for the past two and a half decades, which he co-founded with his wife Amy in December of 2000. Mark’s professional background was originally in the construction field with a license and privately owned companies in both general and electrical contracting in Los Angeles, California. Mark retired from construction in 2005 to concentrate on improving the Plight of the American Donkey. Since his full-time involvement, the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue has grown into the largest equine rescue in the country.

Mark has written several books, including the popular series “Talking with Donkeys” Volume 1-4 (2005-2014 40,000+ copies sold through the Rescue’s website) and the series “Today’s Donkey in the New World” including “Donkeys of the Caribbean” and “America’s Wild Burros”. Mark and Peaceful Valley have been featured both nationally and internationally in television, documentaries, radio, podcasts and nearly every major market newspaper. Mark and his faithful companion Bonney were featured on National Geographic’s website. Aside from his rescue duties, Mark travels the country speaking publicly on promoting the welfare of the American Donkey.

Mark is a nationally published, professional wildlife photographer and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His three film titles are “Forgotten: The Plight of the American Donkey”, “Without A Voice: The Eradication of Australia’s Wild Donkeys” and “Donkeys of the Caribbean”.

On November 05, 2022, the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, due the efforts of Mark and Amy Meyers, opened the Donkey History Museum in Mesquite, Nevada. The first of its kind experience showcasing the many contributions of donkeys to our great nation.

Janelle Ghiorso – The Oregon Wild Horse Organization is a national nonprofit devoted to preserving native wild horses and their habitats, ensuring that these magnificent creatures remain part of our living heritage. Through our advocacy for legislation and engagement in litigation on wild horse conservation and public land management issues, we strive to create a better future. Moreover, we empower the public with the knowledge and tools needed to champion the welfare of wild horses, burros, and their environments.
Janelle Ghiorso, Vice President & Financial Manager, holds the position of Vice President and assumes the responsibilities of the President should the need arise. Her role encompasses oversight of financial transactions, preparation of annual reports and taxes, as well as serving as a research assistant within the organization.

With a career spanning from 1996 to the present, my experience in accounting began as a self-employed professional and continued with my employment at a major grocery chain in 2008, where I currently serve as the Head Bookkeeper. My expertise in accounting, coupled with a fervor for research, will greatly benefit this organization, and I am deeply honored to contribute.

In addition to her professional commitments, Janelle dedicates her time to volunteering for OWHO and is the proprietor of National Treasure Wild Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, a facility that provides a permanent sanctuary for 6 formerly wild horses and 3 burros. Janelle has been an advocate for wild horses for 20 years.

Janelle is an alumna of Oregon State University, having graduated with a BS Degree in Sociology in 1996, including coursework in Environmental Sociology and a Certificate in Women’s Studies.

Jen Britton, Christain Hunold and Abigail DelGross

​​Jen Britton is a wild horse photographer and advocate who visits and documents wild and free-roaming horses and burros across the US (@jenbrittonphotography). Jen has been involved with horses in one way or another since having been born as a horse-loving kid, learning in Pony Club and competing in dressage and eventing before shifting to wild horse photography and advocacy. Jen’s scholarly research is situated in the fields of science, technology & society (STS) and human-animal studies; she also publishes about anti-racism in higher education community engagement in spaces like Metropolitan Universities. Her research interests include 20th century American urban and suburban development and, with Christian Hunold, the politics of wild horses and burros. Jen is Drexel University’s Executive Director for Sustainable Development Strategy, designing the institution’s climate strategy in alignment with a local economic development mission, and her teaching interests focus on multispecies art and ethnography, climate change, and the social studies of space.

Christian Hunold, PhD, is a professor of political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia. With a background in social movement studies and democratic theory, he asks how we can better include nonhuman animals in political decision-making. Making governance more responsive to the needs of both human and nonhuman communities requires a multispecies approach to politics and justice that emphasizes mutual entanglements and dependencies among all life. In this vein, Hunold’s collaboration with Jen Britton has produced a series of papers on the contentious politics of wild horses and burros in the American West. Hunold is a passionate wildlife photographer and avid cyclist.

Abigail DelGross

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Ginger Fedak has spent decades teaching about and advocating for domestic and wild horses. Her work has appeared in The Observatory, AlterNet, Countercurrents, CounterPunch, LA Progressive, and NationofChange. 
A lifelong animal advocate and “horse person,” Ginger began her professional career at age 14 mentoring under a natural horsemanship trainer (before the term “natural horsemanship” was coined) and teaching horsemanship and riding lesson classes. She continued with these endeavors and eventually began her own business, Sun Pony Ranch, with two partners.  The exceptional horses she trained taught children and adults natural horsemanship and the horse/rider partnership with emphasis on consideration and understanding of, and for, the horse partner, with communication as key.
In her adult life, Ginger has had dual careers as a horse professional and a research scientist.  In her research scientist capacity she worked for a major medical university and later at a medical diagnostics company, developing testing and performing clinical trials for FDA clearance.  With this background, she has the understanding of the science behind equine fertility control, and she has also completed the intensive 3-day PZP training from the Science and Conservation Center.
Ginger earned her B.S. in Range Animal Science and Range Management from Sul Ross State University in west Texas.  This has helped her in her career as a horse ranch owner, and in understanding of range conditions and issues for both wild equines and livestock in her long-time wild horse and burro advocacy work.  
She retired on October 31, 2023 as the Wild Horse and Burro Senior Campaigner for the non-profit group In Defense of Animals and continues to teach natural horsemanship classes on weekends.

Scott Beckstead is a lifelong student and admirer of horses and all equines, Scott Beckstead grew up with horses on his family’s farm and spent much of his childhood and youth on horseback in the mountains of Idaho. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and his JD from the University of Utah, Beckstead worked as an attorney in private practice for 17 years on the central Oregon coast before going to work full-time in the animal protection sector as a legislative lobbyist, agriculture policy director, and equine welfare specialist. During his time on the coast he also served as the mayor of Waldport, Oregon from 2002 to 2007. Beckstead became known for his special expertise in the field of animal law, and has taught that subject as well as classes on wildlife, animal agriculture, cannabis, and polar law at Willamette University College of Law as an adjunct professor of law since 2010. In 2000, he co-authored Animal Law, the first casebook on the subject. Because of his familiarity with horses, livestock, and farm animals, Beckstead provides training to law enforcement agencies on how to handle and work with those animals, and how to investigate equine and livestock cruelty and neglect. He currently serves as Chief Equine Programs Director for The Wild Animal Sanctuary, overseeing the organization’s work to save and protect equines both wild and domestic. Beckstead is married to Jackie and has four children, two grandchildren, and an assortment of pets.

Suzanne Roy is a leading wild horse advocate and consultant for animal welfare causes. She currently serves as a policy advisor for American Wild Horse Conservation, where she was Executive Director from 2016-2025 and led the organization and its predecessor campaign for 14 years. Under her leadership, AWHC grew from 1,000 supporters to over 700,000 and achieved landmark victories including shutting down a federal wild horse slaughter pipeline program (in partnership with Skydog Sanctuary), securing major legal victories for wild horses in Wyoming, Nevada and other western states, establishing a scientifically-recognized fertility control program as a humane management model, and creating the first land trust for wild horse habitat protection. With expertise in nonprofit advocacy, communications, and fundraising, Suzanne writes a Substack publication and continues to advance humane, science-based solutions for wild horses and other animal protection causes.

Stephanie Milton’s experience with horses began in childhood at a traditional lesson barn on ponies with names like Orbit, Shiloh, and Miss Piggy (a favorite). Over the years, she has had both joyful and heart-rending experiences in the horse world, both in show barns and as an amateur. Before starting her career as a high school English teacher, she obtained a certificate for Equine Reproduction and Artificial Insemination through Colorado State University and worked as a breeding manager for one of the most eminent Morgan saddle seat barns in the country, where she saw the glamor of the win and the glimpses of its underbelly. Deciding to leave that sphere, being a one-horse person for many years was where her happiest moments with equines unfolded and her venture into the world of mustangs took root.

Stephanie, like so many others, was enamored with the tenacious spirit of the American mustang, its diverse and inimitable beauty, its hardy and hale independence. She adopted her first mustang in 2022, an unknown, Sand Wash Basin 11-year-old gelding who arrived in sanctuary with the bay markings on his muzzle in the shape of a heart and a five-inch gouge under his right eye in the shape of a cross. That is where real learning about wild horses began.

The following years saw her educated on the realities of the lives of horses and burros in the wild, the traumatic status they inherited after the Wild and Free-Roaming Wild Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the current warehousing of tens of thousands of horses and burros, the successes and failures of gentling equids, and their vulnerability to being sent to slaughter. Two mustang adoptions later, Stephanie met with her Congressional Representatives’ offices on Capitol Hill, protested outside of the Department of the Interior, and started a 501c3 non-profit, named eponymously after her mare: Lily’s Wild Heart. Stephanie has a BA in the Humanities, an MA in English, and a 200 RYT certification. She is completing a certification in the practice of positive reinforcement with equines through Shawna Karrasch Equine and has several projects on the horizon including a mixed-genre memoir addressing the contours of the stories of her mustangs: Behne, Buddha, and Lily. Given the tenuousness of the future of wild mustangs and burros on American public lands, she is fully committed to advocating for them through all avenues, one of which is the promising, empathic, and scientifically grounded methodology of positive reinforcement.

Julie Nation, a veteran teacher of over 25 years, has long advocated for animal rights, especially wolves. She has participated in countless protests over the years in support of military veterans and animal welfare. Julie has been a dedicated donor to multiple horse and donkey rescues and by following the challenges sanctuaries face in grappling with the slaughter pipeline and auction houses, she found her way to the adoption of her first mustang, Vinnie, from Antelope Valley. A passionate animal activist, she adopted a vegan lifestyle decades ago and is a frequent protester and visitor to Capitol Hill to advocate for veterans’ rights and animal rights. She serves on the board of Lily’s Wild Heart, Inc., a new non-profit in Maryland, whose mission is to advocate for wild mustangs and burros, to educate the regional community about their vulnerability, to spur interest in mustangs, to share their iconic Americana with the public, and to support other wild horse and burro entities.

Christine Kman, Co-Founder and President of Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates (CHWHA)
 Christine is a graduate of DePaul University with a degree in journalism.   In December of 2022, when Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) announced their plans to eliminate the entire herd of horses from the park, Christine went to work sounding the alarm with their followers and alerting the media.  She also began working with state and federal legislators asking them to advocate with CHWHA for the state’s only wild horse herd.  CHWHA’s efforts paid off!  In April of 2024, TRNP announced that they would be abandoning their Environmental Assessment process.  Christine’s hard work and efforts have caught the attention of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Times in London.  Bis-man Magazine featured Christine in their August 2024 issue as a “Woman You Should Know”.  Christine has also been chosen for inclusion in the Marquis Who’s Who in America for 2024-2025. Christine and her organization are currently working with Senator John Hoeven to pass S1377, The Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horse Protection Act. This will finally gi e You can learn more on their website at www.chwha.org

Janine Dallow has been a Wild Horse Advocate since 2016. She grew up on Cape Cod, MA, has a BA in English from the University of Vermont, and Certificate in Advertising from The New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA. Her professional career includes titles of Art Director and Graphic Designer in Manhattan, NY and Mountain View, CA . Her non-professional career was stay-at-home mom of three. In 2004 her family moved from New York to Santa Barbara, CA, where they enjoyed Nature year-round. After a divorce in 2016, Janine was determined to find a vocation as fulfilling as being a mom. She worked part-time as an educator, volunteered for conservation groups, and began researching wild horses. Initially her research was from afar… reading books, watching documentaries, attending local events, volunteering and networking with folks who had first-hand experience. The closest she got to wild horses included visiting a nearby sanctuary and volunteering for a local trainer of rescued mustangs. It wasn’t until 2019 that Janine made her first major trek, a ten hour car ride north to see wild horses in the Wild. Hooked, this became the first of many trips which often including camping within Herd Management Areas. To date she has visited over twenty HMA’s/WHT’s across seven states. Janine also began attending round-ups, and has now documented five helicopter gathers including chase to trap, and captured horses in holding. In September 2024, Janine made another major life change. She left the security of family and friends in Santa Barbara and headed 14 hours north to Surprise Valley, CA, where her main focus is the wild horses and wilderness known as the Carter Reservoir HMA. Her intent is to educate herself and others by immersion in the issues surrounding wild horses. She made a conscious choice to live minimally, working part time in order to allow time and attention needed to document and share. Over the past sixteen months she has been out on the range almost every day, through all seasons and weather, often not packing in until the sun has set. She documents not only the horses, but also range conditions and surrounding wildlife. Through this journey, her world has opened up immensely. She has gotten to see first-hand the culture that exists in rural ranching communities where wilderness is often in conflict with human institutions. Her perspective has changed, and much of what she’d been told, challenged. Regarding wild horse and public land management, she believes problems are not so much due to “bad” people, more to bad information and multiple pressures. She finds herself in a new community full of kind, intelligent people. She sees a real need for grace and bridge building among people. A main goal has been to find support for unbiased, scientific studies on the positive role of wild horse herds in healthy North American ecosystems, in wilderness areas where their populations are managed by Nature, not humans. She sees wild horses as ambassadors to Nature… Through shared consciousness, wild horses are not only accessible indicators of unhealthy human disconnection to the natural processes on which all life depends, but also teachers on how to reconnect and heal our relationship with Nature. Much of Janine’s documentation is available through her “Scene and Herd Wild Horses” social media accounts, primarily Facebook and YouTube, and she is working on a website. She is very much open to input and collaboration.

Patrick Springer learned of the wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park on his first visit to the park shortly after moving to North Dakota. He was surprised to see one standing on a bluff overlooking the scenic loop road running through the park’s south unit. Years later, in 2006, he first wrote about the Nokota horses, a breed that originated in the park — and became obsessed with the story of the horses, which he actively covered for the next 20 years as a reporter for The Forum of Fargo, N.D. He wrote a book about the horses that The Forum will publish, Untamed: The Story of the Wild Horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, that will be published in 2026. He retired at the end of 2025.

Sabina Pierce is a professional photojournalist/photographer based in Philadelphia, USA. She has spent over 25 years capturing images for editorial & commercial assignments for Fortune 50 companies, magazines and national news outlets, including National Geographic magazine but her camera has always led her back to her love of horses.  Pierce was awarded a National Geographic Society grant in 2023 to support her storytelling project “Are the Nokota Horses in North Dakota the ‘Extinct’ Horses on North America’s Timeline,” which examines whether horses went extinct in North America as history suggests or if this endangered breed of 750 Indigenous Nokota horses survived by being tamed by the Lakota in the Northern Plains as their origins stories depict. She dug deep into their origins and into what makes these endangered horses so special that people have devoted their lives to save them. As a lifelong horse lover she fell in love with the breed so much so that she now has a 4 year old feral Nokota. Pierce has been recognized among TIME’s “The Best Photographs of the Year” in 2006 and American Society of Media Photographers “Best Photographers of 2007” for behind-the-scenes images of the Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro after he was critically injured. Having always had horses and dogs in her life, she believes it has made her a better photographer. She embraces opportunities to merge her love of animals into her photography work.

Victoria Kirchoff
Based in Sydney, Australia, Viktoria serves as Fondation Franz Weber’s (FFW) Representative in Australia and Project Manager for two exceptional sanctuaries: the
Wild Horse Sanctuary Bonrook in Australia and the Sanctuary Equidad for rescued horses in Argentina.
In addition to her work in Australia and Argentina, Viktoria is in charge of the German edition of FFW’s quarterly magazine, Journal Franz Weber. She also works closely with the team in Bern and Montreux, Switzerland, on campaigns and social media activities.
Driven by a lifelong passion for animal protection, Viktoria initially built a strong foundation in business through roles at a major healthcare company in Basel,
Switzerland, and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Rome, Italy, where she gained invaluable and diverse experience. Her commitment to animal welfare deepened after volunteering for projects in Thailand and Japan, eventually leading her to transition to FFW—first at its headquarters in Bern and later based in Sydney. Viktoria holds a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from the University of Basel and a Certificate in Film Production and Digital Media from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Nicole Hayes MSc. Conservation Scientist
American Wild Horse Conservation

Nicole Hayes has always been passionate about animals and conservation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in marine science from the University of South Carolina, with an emphasis in biological oceanography. Nicole then received her master’s degree in marine biology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale in 2019. As a community ecologist, she worked extensively on numerous research projects, presented data nationally and internationally, and
published 3 peer-reviewed papers on coral community ecology. Nicole then decided to combine her dedication to conservation and her love of equines. Since 2022, she has worked with American Wild Horse Conservation in Reno, Nevada, implementing the Virginia Range
Fertility Control Program, the world’s largest free roaming wild horse immunocontraception project. This program utilizes the remote darting of an immunocontraceptive vaccine to a free roaming horse population of around 3,500 horses. Nicole spearheads scientific and analytical research into protocols, reports, and peer-reviewed publications for the humane management of wild equids, including a publication describing the first 4 years of results for the Virginia Range Fertility Control Program, published in 2024. Nicole is passionate about expanding relationships with the scientific community, government agencies and the public regarding
immunocontraception, especially for free roaming horses.

Carol Walker started her business photographing horses, Living Images by Carol Walker, in 2000. In 2004 she visited her first wild horse herd in Adobe Town, Wyoming and became an advocate for wild horses after viewing her first helicopter roundup. She has three coffee table books about wild horses, an educational blog Wild Hoofbeats and Podcast, Freedom for Wild Horses. Through her blog and podcast as well as through social media, she keeps people informed about what is happening to our wild horses and tells stories about them and their families so that people can see how well suited they are to the lands they live on, our public lands, which belong to every American.

Grace Kuhn is a conservation advocate focused on protecting wildlife and public lands in the American West. She currently serves as Digital Director at Western Watersheds Project, where she works to educate the public about the ecological damage caused by commercial livestock grazing on public lands and to advance reforms that prioritize wildlife, intact ecosystems, and the public interest. Grace spent more than a decade with American Wild Horse Conservation, the nation’s leading wild horse advocacy organization, where she served as Communications Director. In that role, she helped shape national narratives around wild horse and burro protection, counter industry-driven misinformation, and elevate the issue across media, policy, and public audiences.

Linda Greaves has dedicated her life to advocating for animals, with a special passion for protecting wild horses. She is the Founder and Director of the “Saving Our Wild Horses and Wildlife Conference,” which began in 2019 as an outdoor one day event and is now in its 5th consecutive year. In 2025, the conference expanded to include two major efforts—one in Washington, D.C., and another in the western United States.

Linda is committed to bringing organizations and individuals together to create a larger, unified voice for wild horses and wildlife. She believes collaboration is key to driving meaningful change and amplifying advocacy efforts.

In her hands-on role as a Volunteer Documenter with Wild Horse Education, Linda supports one of the nation’s leading organizations for wild horse and burro preservation. Based in Washington, D.C., she plays a pivotal role in organizing rallies, public awareness campaigns, and lobbying efforts, both for her cause and in support of others visiting the nation’s capital.

Linda is also the wild horse specialist for Horse Plus legislative collation 501 C4 lobby in organization. 

Linda’s dedication to wildlife extends beyond wild horses. She serves on the board of Trapfree America, a nonprofit dedicated to wildlife protection, and is the founder of “Preserving American Wildlife.” Her work reflects her unwavering commitment to ensuring the safety and freedom of America’s iconic wild horses and wildlife.

Kerry Ferguson is the Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation, a Colorado-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild horses and burros through education, advocacy, and policy accountability. A former educator and nonprofit executive, Kerry brings extensive experience in public policy analysis, grant management, and stakeholder engagement at both the state and national levels.

In her role with The Cloud Foundation, Kerry focuses on analyzing Bureau of Land Management and government directives and translating complex federal policy into clear, accessible information for advocates and the public. Her work centers on transparency, public process, and the real-world impacts of administrative decisions on wild horse and burro populations.

Diana McPherson is a wildlife and conservation photographer, environmental educator, traveler, photography instructor, podcaster, and blogger. She teaches photography workshops throughout the year, leads local and international photography tours, hosts her podcast, Nature Detectives, and encourages women to travel through her blog, Globe Trotting Women. Diana serves on the board of Art Works Northwest as webmaster and serves on the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Ethics Committee. When not photographing, Diana enjoys activities with her family, participating in activities such as skiing, kayaking, watching movies, reading books, and playing music on her drum set.

Senator Josh Boschee was first elected to the ND House of Representatives in 2012 where he served for 12 years before being elected to the North Dakota Senate in 2024. Josh served three legislative sessions as the House Democratic-NPL Leader and is currently the Senate Democratic-NPL Assistant Leader.

Josh serves on several committees in the Senate including the Education Committee, Workforce Development Committee, Employee Benefits Committee, Budget Section and Legislative Management. While in the House of Representatives, he served on the House Industry, Business and Labor Committee and the House Agriculture Committee. He was instrumental in partnering with horse advocates to get resolutions and legislation introduced during the past two North Dakota legislative sessions and helped coach advocates on the legislative process in North Dakota.

When he’s not representing his north Fargo constituents in Bismarck, Josh serves as the Broker for Real Broker, LLC, leading a team of over 120 real estate agents and support professionals in North Dakota and NW Minnesota. Before he jumped into real estate, Josh worked in Student Affairs for ten years at NDSU and MSUM, where he found his passion for helping people establish, implement and achieve their goals.

An avid fan of everything downtown Fargo, in his free time, you can find Josh enjoying the food, sounds and life along Broadway.  A veteran of many FM area nonprofit boards, he currently serves on the NDSU College of Arts and Sciences Board of Directors and the Fargo Moorhead Science Museum Board of Directors.