The Explorers 50

The Explorers Club 50 (EC50) may well be the most important initiative our Club has ever undertaken. I do not make this statement lightly. For 118 years now, we have promoted exploration by all means, and as important as it is to get the history right, it is even more important to build on that foundation for the future. Our Club was founded and built in the image of the great European and American explorers of the Heroic Age. Today however, we recognize that many of the greatest contributions to exploration are coming from all parts of the world - places where we have historically failed to focus on. The EC50 program amplifies explorers from around the globe and across a wide field of disciplines that push the boundaries of exploration. Naming these global exploration leaders to the EC50 shines a bright light on their extraordinary work and provides the recognition they so deserve. Indeed, many in the EC50 inaugural class have found their careers uplifted soon after being named an EC50 awardee and having their work celebrated by The Explorers Club, and this year’s EC50 class is every bit as exciting as last year's! I cannot wait to share their stories, attend their lectures, and welcome them at ECAD and at the Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) in the Azores this July. But mostly, I can't wait to see the great ways they will help lead the Club, and the world, in the field of exploration.

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The Explorers 50

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chapter chairs

AROUND THE WORLD THE EXPLORERS CLUB® 50

AYANA OMILADE FLEWELLEN • ARCHAEOLOGIST

DANIELLE N. LEE • BIOLOGIST

SUPRAJA DHARINI • CONSERVATIONIST

MARK HANNAFORD • EXTREME MEDICINE PIONEER

JOEY ANGNATOK • SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR

MICHEL STROGOFF • FILMMAKER

JIM PRIGOFF • ART HISTORIAN

KAARE RAY SIKUAQ ERICKSON • ANTHROPOLOGIST

PETER RENGESA LALAMPAA • CONSERVATIONIST

DR. RUBEN ANTONIO ALEMAN LUCERO • VETERINARIAN

SATEESH VENKATESH • CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

BOLORTSETSEG MINJIN, PHD • PALEONTOLOGIST

ONKURI MAJUMDAR • CONSERVATIONIST

JOHN HOUSTON • INUIT ART SPECIALIST & ARCTIC FILMMAKER

MARIO RIGBY • ADVOCATE

BILLY GAUTHIER • INUIT ARTIST, ENVIRONMENTALIST

BRANDI DECARLI • ENTREPRENEUR

SCOTT STEWART THOMPSON • ENTREPRENEUR

JUSTIN DUNNAVANT, PHD • ANTHROPOLOGIST

K. DAVID HARRISON, PHD • LINGUIST

AVIJAN SAHA • JOURNALIST

LATONIA HARTERY, PHD • ARCHAEOLOGIST

SHELTON JOHNSON • PARK RANGER

AYANA ELIZABETH JOHNSON, PHD • MARINE BIOLOGIST

ROBBIE HART, PHD • ETHNOBOTANIST

DONALD WARNE MD, MPH • ADVOCATE AND PHYSICIAN

LOSANG RABGEY, PHD • ANTHROPOLOGIST

JOSHUA POWELL, CF • CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

DOMINIQUE GONÇALVES • ECOLOGIST

PAIGE WEST, PHD • ANTHROPOLOGIST

DAWN WRIGHT, PHD • OCEANOGRAPHER

CRAIG MATHIESON • EDUCATOR

YU JIAHUA • CONSERVATIONIST

MARC Ó GRÍOFA, MD • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER & PHYSICIAN

MARGARET O’LEARY AMSLER • MARINE BIOLOGIST

CALLIE BROADDUS • CONSERVATIONIST

SIAN PROCTOR, PHD • GEOSCIENTIST

SAMUEL E. SULEIMÁN RAMOS • MARINE BIOLOGIST

SUSAN R. EATON • GEOSCIENTIST

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