Bill Twist is a co-founder of Pachamama Alliance a non-profit organization formed in 1996 to work on conservation and indigenous peoples’ rights in the Amazon rainforest and also on global social transformation. Pachamama Alliance is the creator of the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium and the UP to US engagement pathway, both initiatives intended to engage a critical mass of people in building a thriving, just and sustainable future for all. In a previous career, Bill worked in the financial services industry. Bill has an undergraduate degree in engineering and a masters degree in business administration.