Julie Scardina

A lifelong love of all animals led Julie to careers as animal trainer, conservationist, and educator. Julie has been recognized for her work in these fields with a variety of awards: a trainer’s association lifetime achievement award, a US Fish & Wildlife Service award for conservation, an Emmy for educational programming, and a collegiate Hall of Fame induction to name a few. Julie co-authored the book Wildlife Heroes highlighting 40 conservationists and their dedicated life’s work to save imperiled species. Julie was also the most frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and appeared on the Today Show over 100 times discussing animals and conservation. Julie is President/CEO of Mission Wildlife, an organization dedicated to saving species and supporting conservation. After decades of travel to all seven continents, often filming for wildlife and conservation content, Julie also works as a travel advisor and planner, utilizing travel to increase understanding and support for wildlife and wild places, the very things she holds most dear.