Our guest, Mamie Parker, is an American biologist, conservationist, executive coach, facilitator, and inspirational speaker from Wilmot, Arkansas. She holds a PhD in limnology (study of inland aquatic ecosystems) and spent 30 years with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. She is a pioneer in the field, she was the first Black woman to serve as the assistant director of Fisheries and Habitat Conservation and the first African American to lead a USFWS regional office.