Foundation Mission
Gathered Light Foundation is an institutional literacy and transparency organization dedicated to strengthening the informational systems that shape how environmental work is understood, funded, and governed.
We develop and publish voluntary standards that advance conservation literacy, contextual clarity, and communication integrity across environmental institutions. Through research, advisory collaboration, and open frameworks, we support long-term institutional sustainability and public trust.
We work to build the informational infrastructure necessary for environmental initiatives to endure beyond campaigns, news cycles, and personalities.
Board of Directors
Coming Soon
The Board is currently in formation as we build a thoughtful and aligned advisory group.
Mount Rainier, Washington
Founder & Executive Director
Micheal MacEoghain - Founder / Executive Director
Micheal MacEoghain is the Founder and Executive Director of Gathered Light Foundation and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Gathered Light LLC, an independent conservation media and institutional development organization working at the intersection of environmental communication, publishing, documentary filmmaking, and public education.
His work explores how understanding becomes stewardship by strengthening the relationships between people, institutions, and the natural world.
Drawing upon more than four decades of experience spanning executive leadership, organizational operations, construction, publishing, journalism, photography, and wilderness exploration, Micheal develops communication frameworks that help people better understand the relationships connecting ecological systems, institutions, and human communities.
Rather than approaching conservation as a collection of isolated issues, his work emphasizes systems thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration, and human dignity. Through journalism, documentary storytelling, photography, publishing, and institutional framework development, he seeks to create accessible pathways for understanding complex environmental challenges without sacrificing scientific rigor or thoughtful dialogue.
Before founding Gathered Light, Micheal served in executive nonprofit leadership directing multi-site operations, facilities, organizational systems, and capital development for a large California nonprofit organization. He continues to lead MacEoghain Construction, providing strategic facilities leadership, capital project management, and executive advisory services.
Across every initiative, the goal remains the same: helping people better understand the relationships that sustain both human communities and the natural world.
Address
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
info@gatheredlightfoundation.org