Jane Poynter

Jane Poynter is a Biosphere 2 crew member, sustainability consultant, author, and an environmental, non-profit and technology company president. She has flown in zero gravity, performed experiments in space, worked on projects to mitigate climate change, dived with sharks and raced motorcycles.

She is the author of, The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2, published in 2006. Her second book, Champions for Change: Athletes Making A World of Difference launched in November 2009 at the United Nations in New York.

In 2009, Jane received the National Association of Female Executives Entrepreneur of the Year for her contributions in both business and her community. She is President of Global Sports Alliance USA, an organization that uses the nation’s love of sports to promote awareness and motivation for positive change in communities, emphasizing wellness, sportsmanship and ethics, and the environment. She recently co-founded The Local Trust, a non-profit community-based carbon offset program.