Michael DeYoung is an award winning, full-time landscape, travel and adventure photographer. Starting in Alaska in 1992, he has transformed his Air Force meteorological and weather forecasting expertise into mastery predicting and capturing optimal outdoor lighting. As a major contributor to several stock image agencies since the early ’90s, his lifestyle, adventure and landscape images have appeared in countless national magazines, books, calendars, catalogs, brochures, websites and many other commercial uses.  Michael has executed many editorial and commercial assignments in the travel and tourism industry in Alaska and beyond.    

Select awards include a first place winner in a Photo District News Great Outdoors Photo Contest, and a highly honored recipient in the Nature’s Best, Windland Smith Rice awards featured at the Smithsonian, and being featured as a master of outdoor lifestyle photography by Digital Photo Pro Magazine. Michael teaches and guides landscape, adventure and business related workshops for notable institutions focusing on creativity, vision and mastering of weather and light. On their own, the DeYoungs lead custom tours in Alaska and the Southwest under Active Photo Tours.

Gordon and his wife, Cathy, have been working as full time professional nature photographers since 2000. Their work appears in nearly every major nature and travel publication, including numerous covers of magazines like Backpacker, Defenders, National Geographic Young Explorer, National Geographic Kids, National Wildlife and Ranger Rick. In the extreme print category, several of their images decorate the tails of Frontier Airlines’ jets. They have also done well in photo contests, the highlight of which was being flown to London to accept awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Their livelihood now revolves around sharing the magic of wild things and wild places with other photographers because they lead photo tours under the name Adventure Photography. 

Roz is an editor, photo-editor and writer specialising in wildlife and environmental issues. Editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine for more than 20 years, she now project-manages, edits and writes photography-led books. Roz is author of 50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year and The Masters of Nature Photography for the Natural History Museum, London, as well as the Unforgettable photography titles. She has judged the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition over nearly four decades and edits the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio books. Other titles she has project-managed include Our Planet, and for BBC Books, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet, The Hunt and Planet Earth II. She is an affiliate of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Lisa Langell is a full-time, award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous prestigious publications, galleries and more. She currently sits on the board of directors for the North American Nature Photography Association. She is also an ambassador for Tamron and FotoPro. Whether it was working as a master floral designer, a licensed psychologist, university faculty, an international consultant in K-12 education, the chief business development officer of an education technology company, a researcher, a writer, or an artist—she enjoyed meeting each challenge. Still, her strongest calling was photography–ever since childhood–when bird watching ignited her lifelong love of nature and the camera. In 2010, she turned her passion for photography into a business—and in 2015 she successfully transitioned to photography full-time and left the corporate and consulting world behind. The journey with photography has definitely been Lisa’s favorite – she loves combining her diverse background and skills into her photographic art and instruction. Bringing joy to others brings joy to her! She thrives on creating innovative learning experiences and pushing photographic boundaries. She equally enjoys enriching, stimulating and expanding fellow photographers’ minds emotionally, creatively and intellectually.

Mary Ann McDonald is a NANPA Fellow and a founding member of the organization. She has emceed several summits and volunteered to contribute to both the high school and college student programs during the summits. Mary Ann is a full-time professional wildlife and nature photographer who, along with her husband Joe, has taught photo workshops and lead photo tours around the world for the past 34 years. She is the author of 29 natural history children’s books and a coffee table book on The Amish. Her images have appeared in all of the major natural history publications and calendars and she recently published the Hoot Hollow Cookbook. She’s a contributor to the couple’s YouTube Channel. Mary Ann has won numerous times in the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, has named a baby mountain gorilla in the Kwita Izina Naming Ceremony in Rwanda, has participated in several conservation conferences and, along with Joe, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from NANPA in 2021.

Susan has been the photo editor for Ranger Rick magazine for close to 20 years and was a photo journalist and editor for 20+ years prior to that.

Cindy is a full-time travel and wildlife photographer with 25 years’ experience and over 6,000 publications to her credit. Cindy has more than 100,000 images represented by two major photo agencies, one in the U.S. and one based in the U.K. Her images can be seen on the pages of thousands of text books, travel brochures, calendars, fine art prints, consumer products, U.S. and international TV spots, magazines and newspapers. Her freelance, assignment and workshop career has taken her to all seven continents and to over 150 countries. Some of her clients include National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Wells Fargo, American Express, Microsoft, AAA and Frommer’s travel guides, Smithsonian Journeys, Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, Quark Expeditions, Silversea Expeditions, Blount Small Ship Adventures, Chester Zoo, BING homepage images and TV’s Food Network and the Discovery Channel. She has images on permanent display at the Museum of the Bible and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Her 2018 shot of 5-species penguins in one frame is thought to be the only one like it in the world and is currently the lead image in a campaign to fully protect South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Along with her stock photography business, Cindy teaches digital photography classes and workshops, works as a pro-photographer/lecturer on expedition ships and leads photo safaris around the world. She is past president of the NANPA Foundation board of trustees and a current NANPA Foundation board member. On average, Cindy is out of the country more than 200 days a year. When not traveling, which isn’t often, she lives at home with her husband in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

Sonia S. Wasco is president and CEO of Grant Heilman Photography Stock Photo Library which is the world’s most noted source for American agriculture images, natural science including a significant horticulture and wildlife collection, and lifestyle and travel.  The collection contains nearly a million high-quality images which represents the work of more than 100 photographers.  Sonia is responsible for contracting all new photographers and reviewing incoming imagery. She has 35 years’ experience in the stock photo business and is past president of Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), now Digital Media Licensing Association, and has served on their board of directors for over 20 years. She has volunteered and served on the board of directors of several conservation organizations for more than 30 years.  Sonia is a frequent speaker at industry events and has been a presenter at past NANPA Summits, PACA International Conferences, ASPP events, and PhotoPlus Expos.  Sonia also serves as a trustee on the NANPA Foundation board of trustees. She will bring the specialty agency perspective to the panel of reviewers.

Tom Wear is currently Content Manager and Senior Editor at Danita Delimont Stock Photo. He is also a consultant and editor for stock photo agencies and photographers. His 30+ years of experience in the photo industry include positions as manager of contributor communications at Getty Images, director of photography and editorial services at Digital Railroad and art director and senior director at Getty Images, Corbis and Comstock.