Lee Botts is founder of the Lake Michigan Federation. Botts considers her continuing role as a mentor to young persons who care about the environment to be most important, but the Great Lakes remain her great passion. She is an activist who has worked for more than 30 years both inside and outside government to address crucial national environmental problems. Currently, Lee is president of the Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center at Lake Michigan, a public/private partnership between the not for profit Learning Center and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which provides innovative education programs for elementary and high school students.
Paul Muldoon is the Executive Director and counsel at the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). Muldoon is the author of four books and numerous articles. He is the coeditor of Canadian Environmental Law Reports.