Dr. Xiao is an Associate Professor at Hainan University – Arizona State University International College in the School of Community Resources & Development. Her research in recreation, parks, tourism, and natural resources focuses on parks and recreation planning, tourism geography, and community engagement. Her expertise spans diversity and social justice issues related to parks, transportation management in parks, quantitative methodology in tourism management, decision-making sciences in tourism management, social aspects of climate change and adaptation, and applications of geospatial analytics in tourism management.

Dr. Jelena Vukomanovic is a geospatial land change scientist who studies how global environmental change – from increased wildfire and flood risk – influence human behavior and in turn, how human choices and preferences shape and impact the environment. Her research group is innovating geospatial mapping and participatory modeling methods that re-imagine how we engage stakeholders in co-production of knowledge and adaptation strategies in real-world communities. Dr. Vukomanovic is an Associate Professor in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management in the College of Natural Resources and Faculty Fellow in the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State.  

Hilary is a User Support Specialist for the Southeast Conservation Blueprint. She also serves as the communications lead for the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) partnership. Hilary has ten years of experience working in landscape-scale conservation and science communication in the Southeast. She is passionate about connecting lands and waters to support thriving ecosystems, fish and wildlife populations, and communities. She believes in the power of strong partnerships, innovative science, and user-friendly tools to bring together the conservation community to achieve shared goals.