Expedition Team Directory

Browse our directory of expedition team members who will join us on upcoming expeditions.

By Expertise
  • Expedition Leader
  • Naturalist
  • Undersea Diving
  • National Geographic Photography Expert
By Destination
  • Alaska
  • Galápagos
Expedition staff are subject to change.

Our Team

National Geographic Expert

Lauren Eckert

Lauren Eckert a conservation scientist, adventure enthusiast, and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria. Her early research experiences around the globe exposed her to the complexities of interrelated social and ecological systems and motivated me to delve into conservation science that recognizes humans' important role in global ecosystems, engages communities directly, and supports Indigenous Nations reasserting their knowledge and rights. Lauren's MSc work, supported in part by The National Geographic Society, bridged Indigenous knowledge and ecological science through a community-engaged, Indigenous-led approach to conservation in partnership with Central Coast First Nations in their territories (often known as the Great Bear Rainforest). Her current research interests include: the intersections of Indigenous and western sciences, Canadian environmental policy, human-wildlife relationships (with a focus on human-bear relationships), and ultimately, conservation conflicts and collaborative ways to transform them. Lauren is also an avid storyteller, Canada Vanier Scholar, Raincoast Conservation Fellow, National Geographic Explorer, dog mom, avid hiker and peanut butter aficionada.

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Annie Griffiths

One of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic, Griffiths has photographed in more than a hundred countries during her illustrious career.  She has worked on dozens of magazine and book projects for the National Geographic Society, including stories on Lawrence of Arabia, Baja California, Galilee, Petra, Sydney, New Zealand, and Jerusalem. In addition to her magazine work, Griffiths is deeply committed to photographing need around the world.  She is founder and executive director of Ripple Effect, a collective of photojournalists who are documenting the programs that help poor women deal with the effects of climate change.  Griffiths is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers.  Known for her warmth and for her ability to create photographs that humanize situations and cultures, Griffiths is one of the National Geographic Speakers Bureau's most popular lecturers.  Griffith’s work has also appeared in Life , GEO , Smithsonian , Stern , Time , and many other publications.  With author Barbara Kingsolver, she produced Last Stand: America’s Virgin Lands , a book celebrating the last pristine wilderness in North America.  Proceeds from the book have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for grassroots land conservation.  In 2008, Griffiths published A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel , a photo memoir about balance and the joy of creating a meaningful life.  Her newest book, Simply Beautiful Photographs , was published in October 2010.  Griffiths has received awards from the National Press Photographers Association, the Associated Press, the National Organization for Women, the University of Minnesota, and the White House News Photographers Association.   She lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with her two children.

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