Patrick O’Leary has worked in conservation and environmental research, policy, and advocacy for the last 30 years, including 20 years working in remote Australia at the overlap of Indigenous and environmental interests. He has worked as a policy advisor to the Northern Land Council and Northern Territory Government, for non-profit environment groups, as well as a consultant and advisor to small local Indigenous land and sea management groups. Since 2010 he has led advocacy work for the Pew Charitable Trusts Outback Australia program to grow Australia’s Indigenous land and sea management sector through the Country Needs People alliance with 38 Indigenous land and sea management groups across Australia as well as advising on Pew’s Indigenous partnerships and supporting Australian/Canadian collaboration via Pew’s Canadian Indigenous partners.