Tina Morris Author

Raised in a large family and surrounded by myriad orphaned creatures both domestic and wild, Tina Morris was imbued with a lifelong love of animals. After a few wrong turns and a stormy relationship with science in college, she found a way to make her life’s ambition—rescuing endangered birds of prey—into a reality. Tina earned her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her graduate degree in ornithology and wildlife biology from Cornell University, where she helped develop the first techniques for releasing introduced Bald Eagles. Her field research ultimately became the instruction manual for eagle restoration programs in other eastern states. Tina was formally inducted as an honorary Iroquois into the Confederacy of Six Nations for her work returning the Bald Eagle to the nation’s skies.

Dr. Elizabeth Gray serves as Audubon’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role, she leads Audubon towards its vision of a future where birds thrive. Elizabeth is a champion of science-based conservation and a renowned expert in the field of global conservation and climate change. She joined Audubon in March 2021 as President and Chief Conservation Officer and was named Chief Executive Officer later that same year. She is the first woman since Audubon’s founding in 1905 to hold the role.