Leilani Munter

Leilani Münter is an environmental activist, documentary filmmaker, biology graduate, and a retired race car driver. Discovery’s Planet Green named her the #1 eco athlete in the world, ELLE Magazine awarded her their Genius Award, and Sports Illustrated named her one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world.

In 2007, Leilani began adopting endangered rainforest to offset the carbon footprint of her race car and she protected over 1500 acres of rainforest during her racing career.

Leilani is on the board of Oceanic Preservation Society and was featured in their Emmy-nominated film Racing Extinction. Leilani is also on the board of Empowered by Light, a patron of Population Matters and an ambassador for Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project.

Leilani is vegan, drives an electric car and lives in a solar-powered home. Her motto is: never underestimate a vegan hippie chick with a race car.