Rob is  semi-retired with a diverse career spanning public and private sector leadership roles, including experience as a small business owner. Recently relocating to Flagstaff from Denver, Colorado, Rob has a rich background in community development, serving in both staff and board positions. A lifelong outdoor enthusiast and film buff, Rob spent years exploring the backcountry of the Colorado Rockies—hiking, biking, running, and skiing—while also enjoying the vibrant creative arts scene of Denver. His professional experience includes festival development, event creation, program development, and funding oversight, showcasing his enthusiasm for helping develop community connections through creative and meaningful projects. Those activities present themselves in a diverse array from the Winter Park Jazz Festival, Denver Science and Cultural Facilities District, The Big Eat-Eat Denver, SAME Cafe, Inc.

Taylor Miller is a Flagstaff-based creative director, photographer, and storyteller with deep roots in the Southwest’s outdoor and arts communities. As owner of Downstream Creatives and Taylor Miller Photo, she leads branding, web, and marketing projects for outdoor brands across the West. Taylor brings over a decade of experience in design, media, and environmental storytelling, using her work to connect people to place and purpose. Her background as a Grand Canyon river guide and filmmaker informs her belief that stories, especially those grounded in wild spaces, have the power to inspire empathy, action, and connection.

He recently retired from Northern Arizona University where he taught for 25 years. He began his NAU career as an archaeologist conducting excavations on the North Coast of Peru where he focused on prehistoric food systems. He has also collaborated with the Hopi tribe to promote cultural preservation. Wolf directed NAU’s Honors Program and then became the Founding Dean of the transformed Honors College. Wolf taught a range of interactive courses on composition and literature, archaeology, theory, human evolution, and food and culture.

Mindy Riesenberg is Chief Communications Officer for Grand Canyon Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, where she leads marketing, communications, public relations, brand strategy, and storytelling.

Since joining the Conservancy in 2017, Mindy has helped elevate the organization’s visibility and impact through major awareness and fundraising campaigns, national media relations, strategic partnerships, and award-winning storytelling. She has also led communications through significant moments in Grand Canyon’s recent history, including wildfire recovery and government shutdowns.

Mindy’s career has spanned journalism, arts and culture, public policy, and conservation, with previous roles at the Kimbell Art Museum, Walters Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Center for the Future of Arizona, and Cronkite News.

She holds a BA in Journalism from San Diego State University and an MA in Mass Communication from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School. She is a graduate of Flagstaff Leadership Program, a Leading for Change Arizona Fellow, and serves on the board of Affirm Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Outside of her communications and community work, Mindy is also a professional jazz, standards, and blues singer and a passionate advocate for public lands, arts and culture, and civic engagement.