Jane Alexander is an accomplished stage, television and screen actress who came to wide public notice in 1970 in the film adaptation of The Great White Hope, which followed a Tony award and Drama Desk winning performance on stage. Her other movie credits include All the President’s Men and Kramer vs Kramer.

She has received Emmy awards for her TV portrayals of Alma Rose in Playing for Time, in 1980 and Sara Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs on HBO, in 2005. She was Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts during the Clinton Administration. She continues to perform in television series such as The Blacklist, The Book of Negroes, and The Good Wife. She has been nominated for an Academy Award four times.

Jane is also a committed wildlife conservationist, birder, and writer. She has been a Trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society, a board member of the American Bird Conservancy, the American Birding Association, and a Commissioner of New York State Parks. She is currently a board member of the National Audubon Society, the Global Advisory Group of Bird Life International, and the Conservation Council of Panthera. In 2012, The Indianapolis Prize inaugurated the Jane Alexander Global Wildlife Ambassador Award and made her the first recipient.

Jane will be reading from her recent book Wild Things, Wild Places, a memoir and first-hand assessment of what is being done to help the planet’s most at risk animals and the planet’s wildest place.