Dr. Ricardo “Ric” D. Lopez has provided leadership on diverse environmental science issues for the last four decades, with a current focus on integrating environmental science, social, and governance frameworks at multiple scales, internationally. During his tenure in both academia and in public service with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ric has inspired scientific research teams and natural resource managers across a variety of geographic areas, from Asia and the Indo-Pacific Regions to the Americas. His current work centers on shifting organizational mindsets from compliance to holistic risk resilience, leveraging advanced sensing technologies to model environmental conditions across multiple scales. Dr. Lopez most recently led a large team of science and management professionals, as Administrator of all U.S. National Wildlife Refuges and Marine National Monuments in the Pacific.Dr. Lei Wang is currently a Professor at Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China, specializing in the spatial structure and functional services of urban and rural ecosystems. As a visiting scholar and research assistant, Dr. Wang has also completed two academic positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Upon return to China, she is leading a research team in ecological urban landscape construction optimizing and restructuring urban and rural ecological landscapes. She has published a monograph and two textbooks, has led over ten projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program of China, among others. Additionally, she received the Higher Education Scientific Research Excellence Award from the Ministry of Education. Moreover, her team won the 2023 American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award.