Kristin Rechberger

Kristin Rechberger is CEO of Dynamic Planet, an advising and investing firm for businesses that restore nature. Dynamic Planet focuses on Wilderness Areas, Smarter Food and Circular Economies. Prior to founding Dynamic Planet, Kristin was Senior Vice President of Global Programs and Partnerships at the National Geographic Society, where over 14 years she helped lead its global expansion through the launch and growth of its international cable channels, corporate partnerships, leadership gifts, and research, conservation, exploration, and education programs. Before National Geographic, Kristin lived in Seoul, Korea as a Luce Foundation Fellow and traveled extensively throughout Asia for four more years, designing inclusive educational systems and producing documentary films. In 2009 Kristin was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, where she has served on the Advisory Council and working groups including oceans, the sharing economy, and the future of global development. She is a judge of The Circulars, an annual World Economic Forum award for those driving economies that don't rely on scarce natural resources for growth, and serves on the advisory boards of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas, Global Island Partnership, Global Dignity, the Environmental Investigative Agency, Sustainable Travel International, and the Anacostia Waterfront Trust. Kristin has a public policy degree and documentary film certificate from Duke University and has completed executive programs at Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Oxford, and is certified with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Kristin has a wide variety of productions and publications, and her work has taken her to the wildest places on the planet, from the tropics to the Arctic.

All the other species on Earth and how we’re interconnected

Aligning top-down policy and capital with habitats, land and sea, so local communities can live equitably and in harmony with nature again, eradicating over-exploitation and poverty

Perfect eggs over easy, savoring Belgian beers, playing French Horn (not at the same time)