POI Ambassadors
Nathalie Boltt - ActressBest known for her role as villain, Penelope Blossom, on the CWs Riverdale. Golden Globe winner, District 9; award-winning BBC hit, Inspector George Gently and Doomsday, directed by Game of Thrones' Neil Marshall and 24 Hours to Live alongside Ethan Hawke are highlights of her international career. She is a highly adaptable performer, bilingual (German- English), with a broad range of character and accent abilities. As a voice artist, she is adored by millions of viewers as lead character, DottyWot on The Kiddets. Nathalie is also a writer, director, producer and co-founder of Rodrigo Films. Nathalie's IMBd listing. You can follow Nat on Instagram via @natboltt
Nathalie is extremely passionate about the palm oil issue and the critically endangered species that are facing extinction due to habitat destruction for its production. 
Bonnie-Jill Laflin - Sportscaster / Television personalityBonnie-Jill is the first and only female NBA scout, holding the front office position with the Los Angeles Lakers. She is the first to cheer on a professional level for three teams, in two sports, starting with the NBA and the Golden State Warriors, and moving to the NFL with both the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys.
Bonnie-Jill is currently the co-host of KNBR's Morning Show, the #2 sports radio show in the country, host of Westwood One's "The Weekly Pass", segment reporter for FOX Sports, the NBA insider on the UK’s BBC Sports, and host of NBA China. Bonnie-Jill’s presence is truly global. Additionally she is a strong voice in the animal welfare movement. ...from Capitol Hill to traveling the world to save animals. She works with PETA, Humane Society, Sea Shepherd, Best Friends Animal Society and International Animal Rescue and others as a celebrity ambassador on numerous national campaigns. She is very passionate on protecting the orangutan and exposing the Palm oil industry, which is the leading cause of orangutan extinction. Her philanthropy work for both the military and animal welfare is a passion for Bonnie-Jill which caused her to form her 501c3 charity "Hounds and Heroes". "I became involved in the animal welfare movement as a child. My parents were both animal lovers and instilled in me the importance of having compassion for all animals. As an animal activist now I'm very passionate about making a difference each and every day. I really like to use my name as platform to use my voice for the voiceless!" You can follow Bonnie-Jill on Instagram via @bonniejill |
Shannon Wild - Photographer & Cinematographer Australian-born Shannon Wild, is an award-winning wildlife photographer and cinematographer.
She has also authored three books, gives frequent photographic workshops, runs photographic expeditions and gives public speaking presentations internationally. For the last 15 years, Shannon has worked as a wildlife photographer and cinematographer for clients such as NatGeo Wild, WildAid, United Nations as well as various wildlife NGO's & non-profits along with commercial campaigns for Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Bvlgari and Converse among others. Shannon is a passionate wildlife lover and conservationist and works wherever wildlife calls. Shannon is well known on the social media platform Instagram @Shannon__Wild which she uses to present her dynamic wildlife photography. 
Tahlia Walsh and her brother Joshua with Dr Jane Goodall.
Tahlia Walsh - Youth Ambassador
My name is Tahlia Walsh and I am a passionate 11-year-old environmentalist, in Year Six at the Distance Education Centre of Victoria (DECV). I live in Melbourne, Australia. I am part of Dr Jane Goodall’s international Roots and Shoots program and have had the privilege of meeting Dr Jane personally. She has now become my most inspirational mentor and we are in touch regularly.
My interest in palm oil started when I chatted to Dr Jane last year and she spoke to me about her time in Gombe. From then on, I have been very passionate about educating people about the environmental problems with palm oil. I have contacted the ABC and am hoping they will feature me on TV so I can talk about palm oil. I have been chosen to speak at the school awards day about my conservation work on palm oil in front of about 400 people! Outside of my environmental work, I love doing my Year 7 Italian through the Victorian School of Languages, and all the rest of my Year 6 schoolwork with the Distance Education Centre Victoria (DECV). DECV are extremely supportive of all the work I do with Palm Oil, Roots and Shoots, and Foodbank. I am also looking forward to displaying my own LEGO design at Brickvention in January 2019, a huge LEGO exhibition that thousands of visitors come to see! When I am not doing all of this, I love playing with my Our Generation Dolls and Sylvanian Families, and learning the glockenspiel and the dulcimer (a guitar type instrument), with my fantastic teacher Verna. I love trying to do what I can to change the world. View my page HERE. |