Explorers Club Member Tomas Koeck is a 26 year old award-winning filmmaker, SPJ award-winning journalist, photographer, and expeditionist. In simpler terms, he’s a storyteller, an environmentalist and, most importantly, an optimist. As a filmmaker and artist, Tomas has worked on projects for National Geographic, PBS Nature, the Smithsonian Channel, the National Audubon Society, ESPN, and others and while on assignment has covered animals ranging from great gray owls to great white sharks. His work has has allowed him to become endorsed by Canon USA imaging's largest camera brand. As an avid environmentalist, Koeck puts the subject first, this allowed him to be endorsed by the Connecticut Audubon Society as an ethical nature photographer. Tomas has won awards in the environmental field such as the University of Connecticut Environmental Issues Award and currently is on the board of directors at the Connecticut Audubon Society.