Jill Leaness is the Director of the Climate Speakers Network, a program of the Climate Reality Project. In this role, Jill collaborates with a diverse group of local, state, national, and international partners to develop solutions-based trainings to empower peer messengers working to connect climate change with their community. Prior to working at Climate Reality Jill served in the Peace Corps as a Community Environmental Conservation Volunteer in Panama, where she worked with a small mountain community to mitigate the impacts of climate change. She has also worked and interned with the National Park Service and various environmental nonprofit organizations across the United States. Jill holds a BS and an MS in environmental science. In her free time Jill can be found outside whether it be hiking, backpacking, running, or reading in her hammock!