Tim Kelly
Tim Kelly is the former President of the National Geographic Society and Executive Director of Earth HQ—an independent nonprofit building the cultural, cognitive, and narrative infrastructure that makes all climate and planetary solutions more effective. Earth HQ partners with a growing ecosystem of science, media, and philanthropy organizations.
Tim's work spans the full media landscape: environmental journalism that translates science into accessible information; entertainment and storytelling that humanizes nature and planetary health for mass audiences; creator and influencer platforms that build trusted communities; and interactive educational tools that develop systems literacy and agency.
Tim serves on the boards of the IUCN-US Fund, Great Plains Conservation Trust, and Mongabay.
Current initiatives:
Talking Climate Collaborative — a women-led climate communications initiative co-founded with climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and Bernadette Woods Placky, Emmy Award-winning meteorologist and former Chief Meteorologist of Climate Central, designed to reach audiences that traditional science communication has never broken through to.
Living BIG Nature — a creator-economy conservation platform that sends the world's most influential digital creators on expedition alongside leading wildlife scientists — connecting tens of millions of followers to the animals and ecosystems that need them most.
AI-Powered Climate Simulator Game Platform — a game-based climate solutions simulator powered by MIT Sloan and Climate Interactive's EN-ROADS model, designed to give students, educators, and citizens the experience and know-how to actually solve climate change.
Earth Intelligence Media Fund — a longer-horizon initiative to build sustained philanthropic infrastructure for the journalism, entertainment, and education ecosystem that closes the culture gap on climate and nature.