Service Before Strategy: How Roberta Swann Built Lasting Impact at the Table

Service Before Strategy: How Roberta Swann Built Lasting Impact at the Table

January 7, 2026 · 42 min · Season 1 · Episode 89

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Roberta Swann discusses her journey into environmental leadership and the importance of partnership-building and service.

What does it take to bring scientists, business leaders, government officials, and communities together around a shared vision? In this episode, Roberta Swann of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program shares her unexpected journey from economics and community development into environmental leadership. She reflects on partnership-building, long-term thinking, conservation as quality-of-life strategy, and why listening, service, and faith have shaped the way she leads.

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