Leila Conners Petersen is Founder and President of Tree Media Group. Conners Petersen is director, producer, and writer on
The 11th Hour, as well as the short films
Global Warning and
Water Planet (also with
DiCaprio). Conners Petersen was associate editor at New Perspectives Quarterly and Global Viewpoint, focusing on international politics and social issues.
She is now Editor-at-Large. She has been published in International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Le Monde and Wired. Conners Petersen is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Next, she will direct
Original Instructions, a film about nature's operating instructions.