Pre-recorded discussion featuring Dominic Gill (Director), Dane Waters (Founder and President, The Elephant Project), moderated by Mara Webster.

Dominic Gill is an award-winning director who has been shooting and directing films for the last 10-years. He utilizes his background in environmental biology along with passion for outdoor recreation and adventure to focus his films on issues dealing with our natural world. He works with outdoor brands like Black Diamond Equipment and Red Bull. Most recently he was awarded the Jackson Wild Media Award in Short Form Series for his films Last Call For The Bayou, and a German Emmy in cinematography for his work on the feature documentary Riders of Destiny.

Dane Waters has worked on six continents with government officials, activists, academics and NGO’s. He has worked on presidential and prime ministerial campaigns all over the world and has traveled to over 100 countries. He has consulted on projects with the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State and the International Republican Institute. He was a political appointee in President George H. W. Bush’s administration, and served as the Political Director of the Humane Society Legislative Fund and the Humane Society of the United States, one of the largest NGO's in the U.S. Dane has been drawn to the plight of elephants since he first saw an elephant in a zoo as a kid. He grew a strong attachment to Africa through his many travels to the continent and after decades of developing and executing solutions to difficult problems, he felt it was time to use his diverse experience and skills to help do what he could to find new ideas and new solutions to this epic struggle.

Mara Webster is a programmer, producer, content curator, moderator and interviewer. She is the Co-Founder and Head of Programming for In Creative Company, a year round digital talk series focusing on in depth craft driven discussions around the creative process across film, television, theater and the arts. Prior to this her most recent role was programming, producing and moderating screenings and talks at SAG-AFTRA Foundation both in person and online. She has also moderated numerous panels for other companies including Netflix, AppleTV+, HBO, IFC Films, BAFTA and numerous film festival Q&A's. In her time as Director of Panels & Special Events and an Associate Programmer at Tribeca Film Festival she grew the talks program creating new strands of programming in film, tv, theater, VR and music and produced the inaugural TIME'S UP conference. At Tribeca she was involved in programming feature films and tv where she helped to launch television into both the festivals main slate and contributed to the creation of the Tribeca TV Festival.