Dr. Len Necefer, a member of the Navajo Nation, is the founder and CEO of Colorado-based outdoor apparel company NativesOutdoors. After earning his PhD in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, he worked for the US Department of Energy. His work focuses at the intersection of indigenous people and natural resource management policy. He has published academic articles on the legacy of uranium mining for the Navajo Nation, directed a film on energy infrastructure impacts to food security for the Gwich'in people near the Artic Circle, and is a board member of the American Alpine Club as well as the Honnold Foundation.

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