City in A Forest Screening (at Cascade Nature Preserve)

Lineup

• More details about Krystle Chanel - Director

  Krystle Chanel - Director

  Director / Photographer Krystle Chanel is an Atlanta-based artist and social practitioner whose work bridges art, community health, and social impact. Through photography and film, she engages communities to explore how the social determinants of health, as well as the natural and built environment, shape daily life. Her layered visual narratives highlight neighborhood strengths, environmental concerns, and community stories

  • Krystle Chanel - Director's website
  • Krystle Chanel - Director's website
• More details about Adam Betuel - Executive Director, Birds Georgia and Panelist

  Adam Betuel - Executive Director, Birds Georgia and Panelist

  Adam Betuel is the Executive Director of Birds Georgia and has been with the organization for more than a decade, previously serving as the Director of Conservation and Senior Director of Programs. A trained ornithologist, Adam received his Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology from The Ohio State University, and led a graduate study at Indiana State University on the molecular ecology and breeding behavior of the White-throated Sparrow. Thus far at Birds Georgia, Adam grew the conservation program from a single part-time role into a statewide team of six full-time professionals, expanded habitat restoration work and monitoring initiatives, and cultivated philanthropic partnerships to advance the organization’s mission. Adam has represented Birds Georgia at state, regional, and national conferences, been featured in various media outlets, and has led dozens of Birds Georgia travel programs to birding destinations around the world. Since becoming the executive director, Adam has guided the organization into its centennial year and launched its legacy project, the Georgia Birding Trail. He is an eBird fanatic, enjoys cooking and a diversity of beverages, and adores spending time with his rambunctious dog, Goose, his nature-loving daughter, Cora, and his non-birding spouse, Melissa.

  • Adam Betuel - Executive Director, Birds Georgia and Panelist's website
• More details about Corina Newsome - Panelist

  Corina Newsome - Panelist

  Corina Newsome is a wildlife biologist dedicated to the advancement of justice-centered conservation science, policy and practice. Corina, who serves as the Conservation Scientist on National Wildlife Federation’s Science Team, earned her bachelor’s degree in zoo and wildlife biology from Malone University and her master’s degree in biology from Georgia Southern University. With a specific passion for avian conservation, Corina’s research has focused on answering landscape ecology questions to help birds thrive in a changing world. Corina’s fascination with birds extends beyond her research and into the communities where she lives and works, serving as beautiful vehicles through which she connects herself and others to the world around them. In addition to her work as a wildlife scientist, Corina is committed to increasing the representation and visibility of Black science professionals for the next generation of STEM experts, and centering the leadership and perspectives of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color in wildlife conservation, environmental education, and exploration of the natural world.

• More details about Raphael Bostic - Artist

  Raphael Bostic - Artist

  Raphael Bostic, PhD, served from 2017 to 2026 as the 15th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he was is responsible for all the bank’s activities, including monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services, and he served on the Federal Reserve’s chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee. From 2009-2012, Bostic served as the Senate-confirmed assistant secretary for policy development and research at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. In that capacity, he led a 150-person interdisciplinary team with his broad expertise in housing, community development, and economic development. For 16 years, he was on the faculty of the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy. At USC Price, Bostic served in many capacities, including as the founding director of the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast, the chair of the Governance, Management and Policy Process Department, and chair of USC’s Bedrosian Center on Governance. Bostic’s work has appeared in leading economic, public policy, and planning journals.