Glenn Nelson

About

Glenn Nelson is an accomplished entrepreneurial journalist who founded The Trail Posse to explore the intersection of race and the outdoors. He has decades of experience as a founder/co-founder of three digital companies, communications executive, inclusion and anti-racism leader, and national-award-winning writer, photographer and web publisher. Nelson recently led an inclusive, yearlong renaming and re-branding effort for Seattle Audubon to Birds Connect Seattle that garnered input from more than 1,000 stakeholders and was the subject of dozens of national and local media stories. A print journalist who branched into web publishing and still and video photography, Nelson has earned awards from the likes of Society of Environmental Journalists, Online Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press Sports Editor, Audubon Photography Awards, and Bird Photographer of the Year. He has been profiled by NPR and has had a photo in an exhibit at The Smithsonian. After nearly two decades at The Seattle Times, Nelson became a founding executive at Rivals.com, co-founded Scout.com, founded and sold HoopGurlz to ESPN, and founded The Trail Posse, which has partnered with High Country News, the National Audubon Society, and the Mountaineers. He also was a senior executive at The Maven Coalition (now The Arena Group) where, among other things, he oversaw diversity, equity, and inclusion during the George Floyd killing. Nelson loves his family and dog, as well as the arts, movies, books, and travel. He has served on five boards and volunteered for several community task forces and committees. He also has been a keynote speaker, presenter, and panelist for more than two dozen different conferences, organizations and government entities, including: * National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance * Olympic National Park * Washington State Trails Coalition * University of Washington Alumni Association * American Society for Environmental History * Choose Your Adventure * Cultural Relevancy and Inclusion in Outdoor Organizations * Forterra Northwest * Grantmakers for Effective Organizations * Mountaineers * National Parks Conservation Association * National Park Service * New Horizons in Conservation * Organization of American Historians * Public Interest Environmental Law * Regional Trails Coalition * Refuge Outdoor Festival * Seattle Audubon * The Seattle Times * Wasatch Audubon * Washington Parks and Recreation Commission * Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office * Washington Trails Association * Wild and Scenic Film Festival