Executive Team

Madeleine Moon-Chun is a high school birder from Georgia. She was one of two recipients of the Richard Parks Young Birders' Scholarship in 2023 and the only one in 2025. She is the editor for the GOShawk—the Georgia Ornithological Society's quarterly newsletter—and the president of her school's Bird Club. Her poetry collection Not Made of Lines donates all its proceeds to the Georgia Ornithological Society. She founded Birding for Beauty out of the belief that birding should be an accessible, inclusive activity that melds social justice and conservation.

Beatrice Pritchard is a young birder from Atlanta. She has competed in the Georgia Youth Birding Competition for thirteen years and her team has won the championship trophy twice. She co-founded and co-leads her high school’s Nature Club, which gets students outside through outings to banding stations, overnight camping trips, and more. Additionally, Beatrice helped to design and implement an outdoors-based summer program for refugee middle schoolers. Beatrice joined the Birding for Beauty team because she believes that the most effective strategy for conservation is fostering a love for nature.

Benjamin Moon-Chun is a young birder from Georgia. His Youth Birding Competition Team placed in 2023, and he is a regular contributor to his school's Backyard Birds daily photography series. He is a dedicated member of his school's Bird Club.