Tia Lee Nelson

Activist

Birthday June 21, 1956

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Madison, WI

Age 67 years old

#229531 Most Popular

About

Activist and former Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. She is Managing Director of the Climate program at the Outrider Foundation. She is known for her environmental activism and work to fight Global Warming. She has received many awards, such as Environmental Leader Award by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2015.

Before Fame

Her father was elected Governor of Wisconsin when she was two-years-old. He was elected at Senator four years later, and they moved from Wisconsin to Washington D.C. She returned to Wisconsin to attend college. Throughout her father's political career, she would accompany him on campaign stops. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelors degree in Wildlife Ecology.

Trivia

Her tialeenelson Twitter has 2,000 followers. She posts updates about the climate crisis around the world and the political decisions that affect it. She shares inspirational quotes and meditations on the importance of nature. 

Family Life

Her father was US Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. In July of 2005 she spoke at her father's memorial service. 

Associated With

In October of 2022 she publicly thanked David Attenborough and Snoop Dogg on her Twitter after the latter did a parody of himself narrating Planet Earth.