Elsa Haubold, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, is passionate about working with partners and stakeholders to innovate and find common ground and solutions to seemingly insurmountable conservation challenges.  She is currently the acting Assistant Director for International Affairs in the US Fish and Wildlife Service with a team of staff conserving global wildlife and plants. In 2020 she led a team developing recommendations to create a more inclusive, welcoming work environment in the Service. Since 2017, Elsa has served as a member of the Fish and Wildlife Relevancy Roadmap Coordination Team providing tools to fish and wildlife agencies to better connect with the public they serve. She served as the national Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network coordinator where she coordinated a network of thousands of partners working toward establishing and implementing a common conservation vision across state and international boundaries.  Prior to joining the federal government, she worked for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission collaboratively solving challenges for manatee, non-game, and endangered species conservation.