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Hunter McIntosh is president of The Boat Company, the world's only nonprofit cruise line, which his family founded in Southeast Alaska in 1979. Over 45 years the company has reinvested more than $30 million in operating surplus into conservation — funding Tongass roadless litigation, habitat protection, and policy advocacy. He has testified before the U.S. Senate on expedition cruising and Alaska conservation, serves on the board of ClientEarth, and writes on the intersection of travel, economics, and environmental stewardship for Forbes, Travel + Leisure, and the Alaska Beacon.

Hunter McIntosh is the president of The Boat Company, the world's only nonprofit cruise line, which his family founded in Southeast Alaska in 1979. For 45 years, The Boat Company has operated 24-passenger voyages through the Tongass National Forest and reinvested every dollar of operating surplus — more than $30 million to date — into the conservation of the places its vessels explore. McIntosh has been a central figure in the decades-long legal and policy battle to protect the Tongass from clear-cut logging, co-funding litigation that contributed to the 2015 restoration of roadless protections across 9.4 million acres. He testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in 2023 on the economic model of mission-based travel and serves on the board of ClientEarth. He writes on expedition cruising, conservation economics, and Alaska policy for Forbes, Travel + Leisure, and the Alaska Beacon, and is a sought-after speaker on the business case for structurally embedding environmental commitment into travel enterprises.