
Staff and Board of Advisors
World Sensorium/Conservancy Staff
Gayil Nalls
Founder, Director, Editor
Jake Eshelman
Contributing Editor of Ecological Thinking
Lizbeth Macklin and Frank Deichmeister
Biophilic Design Editors
Octavia Overholser
Contributing Editor, Eat More Plants
John Steele
Contributing Science Editor
Greg Svetz
Digital Development and Management
Morgan Nalls Steele
Media Advisor
Karen Bauer
Editorial Assistant
World Sensorium/Conservancy Board of Advisors
Deborah Anderson
Philanthropist, Anderson-Nalls Family Endowed Scholarships, George Mason University
Braden Bjella
Culture journalist based in Eastern Europe covering music, politics, history, and the intersections therein
Mary Lou Falcone
Classical music public relations specialist who created M.L. Falcone Public Relations
Stuart Firestein
Professor and Former Chair, Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University
Joan D. Firestone
Theatre Producer and Arts Advocate
Véronique Firkusny
Executive Director of the Avery Fisher Artist Program, diction coach for singers, and literary translator
Abigail Fleming
Gardener, Sustainable Horticulturalist
Octavia Overholser
International Business Director and Environmentalist based in Brussels
Azra Raza
Medical Oncology Specialist, Professor of Medicine, and the Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University
John Steele
Publisher and Editorial Director, Nautilus Magazine
Lewis Ziska
Plant Physiologist, Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, at Columbia University, Irving Medical Center. Formerly with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service