Benji Backer
CEO & Founder
Career & Advocacy
Benji Backer is the Founder and CEO of Nature Is Nonpartisan, a movement redefining the environment as a nonpartisan issue in America once and for all. He is also the founder of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC), which he founded during his freshman year of college.
Benji serves on multiple boards and commissions, including America's Rural Future — the Brookings - AEI Commission on U.S. Rural Prosperity — and is one of the leading environmental voices in the country.
Author & Recognition
A best-selling author of The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future, Benji has been named a NYTimes Changemaker. He has also been honored on the TIME 100 Climate list, and awarded the Fortune 40 Under 40, Forbes 30 Under 30, GreenBiz 30 Under 30, and Grist 50.
Background
Benji proudly grew up in Wisconsin, where he fell in love with the state's natural beauty and its sports teams. Above all, Backer is an avid hiker & skier who spends most of his free time in the mountains out West. He's a proud graduate of the University of Washington and currently resides in Arizona with his wife, Zayna.