Heidi Steltzer is a mountain scientist, speaker, writer, and professor. She is a lead author on High Mountains for an IPCC Report in 2019 and is working on her first book, stories of mountain and Arctic science.

She is the founder of the Heidi Mountains Cooperative and proprietor of the Haven, a Colorado leadership center and field station in Cortez. She values community and believes care of land is integral to human well-being.