Kristine McDivitt Tompkins

President, Tompkins Conservation

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Why you should listen

The former CEO of Patagonia, Kristine McDivitt Tompkins left the world of business to focus on protecting and restoring wild beauty and biodiversity, creating or expanding 15 national parks in Argentina and Chile, including two marine national parks. Together with her late husband, Douglas Tompkins, she has helped protect nearly 14.8 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina, making her one the most successful national park-oriented philanthropists in history. Through Tompkins Conservation and its offspring organizations, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, she continues to push the boundaries of possibility in conservation, using it to restore wildlife, inspire activism and foster economic vitality.

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins’ TED talk

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Kristine Tompkins

Let's make the world wild again

Posted May 2020

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