About

The sum is greater than the parts. We work with a broad array of people to achieve conservation with greater impact. We practice this work with active listening, seeing/observing, connecting with purpose, working through conflicts and challenges, and experimenting to make progress.

Ali Duvall, Managing Director

A few years ago, I made the bold decision to transition from a senior position at a conservation organization to pursue my passion by founding Eco-Alliances for Change, LLC. This journey has been one of the most fulfilling chapters of my career – what many refer to as the “purpose years.” It’s a time where I embrace continuous learning and growth, reckon with harder questions and issues in conservation, move beyond my comfort zone, and work with colleagues to drive meaningful change. I’d be thrilled to meet up and talk about what’s on your mind and heart about the future of conservation, the challenges you face, and how we can create positive impact together!

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Ali Duvall, Managing Director of Eco Alliances for Change, LLC

Wendy Ninteman

For decades I committed my time, energy and passion to conserving land, water, and wildlife, and supporting the conservation professionals tirelessly working to make a difference. This is “heart-work” and it comes at a cost. I’ve seen the effects of chronic stress, overwhelm and even trauma in the conservation workforce. But I believe humans have the capacity to develop the skills, habits, and connections needed to increase our resilience in the face of these ecological threats. My focus now is on providing access to the resources needed to support human resilience in the conservation community.

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Andrew Laue

I have found that there is power that can be unleashed when we find the courage to move towards the heat of the largest dilemmas that we face. Over the last decade I have seen this creative engagement in my work with domestic violence shelters in rural Montana, with street medicine workers who serve the unhoused in urban Portland , in large hospital systems, on military bases, in court rooms, with police officers and social workers, academic teams, and environmental and conservation practioners. When I have the courage to stand in the heat with these groups and bring to bear the cutting-edge knowledge from neuroscience, attachment and trauma theory and embodiment work that has emerged in the last thirty years, magic happens. People turn suffering into strength and grow effective resilience skills. We grow, rather than collapse, from the important work we do.

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What People Have to Say About Us

Ali Duvall has the experience, empathy and strength of character to support difficult work on complex conservation challenges. She is a capacity-builder and a connector, unafraid to grapple with hard truths. Ali brings optimism and pragmatism to help groups shape shared vision and navigate the loss that comes with change. She uses leadership, facilitation and coaching skills to meet people where they are. Ali empowers others, pointing the way to a future where, together, we solve our toughest challenges and thrive.

Julia Fabris McBride

Interim President & CEO, Chief Leadership Development Officer, Kansas Leadership Center

This emerging effort to build more cohesive teams and inspired leaders is happening at the right time and Ali Duvall is the right person to lead it. Her background building partnerships and capacity to enhance our most important habitats and her work with the Western Conservation Leadership Development program make Ali and her team exceptionally well suited to do great things for those who care about wildlife and wild places.

Brian Nesvik

Director, Wyoming Game and Fish Department

It has been my honor and pleasure to work alongside Ali Duvall in the creation of the Western Conservation Leadership Development Program. Simply put, Ali’s leadership has made this cutting-edge and collaborative initiative possible. The capacity being built and expanded through this transformational initiative will have ripple effects in western conservation for the decades to come. You will be hard-pressed to find a more professional, hard-working and inspiring individual than Ali. She truly moves the needle.

Chris McBarnes

President, The WYldlife Fund

At a time when seas are rising, temperatures climbing, storms intensifying, and floods and droughts worsening because of fossil fuel emissions, deforestation, and human consumption, some analysts warn that we are only at the start of a global warming era that will make present-day civilization impossible. The brain-child of Ali Duvall, Eco-Alliances for Change, LLC (EAC) provides the type of leadership urgently needed to address these paramount environmental and humanitarian challenges. Ali’s more than 20 years experience and practice in community-based and landscape-scale conservation has equipped her with the leadership capacity required to empower and inspire a new generation of leaders around the world. With nearly 10 years experience in adaptive leadership, she has been an important catalyst to create training, forums, and other opportunities for conservation professionals to address a range of complex environmental challenges.

Hugh O’Doherty

Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Senior Associate of Cambridge Leadership Associates

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Ali Duvall, Managing Director

Wendy Ninteman

Andrew Laue

What People Have to Say About Us

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