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Director of Nature
GreenBiz
Alex Novarro is Director of Nature at GreenBiz, where he empowers business leaders to value, protect and restore natural ecosystems. He co-leads Bloom, an annual event focused on corporate nature strategies and actions, leads a peer-to-peer network for corporate sustainability leaders, and develops biodiversity- and water-focused content across all of GreenBiz's events and digital media products. Alex has served as a scientist, land steward, and conservation leader for 15 years. Before joining GreenBiz, he managed 45k acres of land as Director of Stewardship & Ecological Management for The Nature Conservancy. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Maryland and a BS in Environmental Science from SUNY Brockport.