Ronald Trigg resides in the Indiana Dunes, an hour outside Chicago. He is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer whose diplomatic postings were in Africa and Asia. He holds the Department of State's Superior Honor Award for his service as a political officer in South Africa and two Meritorious Honor Awards for his work in Nigeria and Turkmenistan. Trigg has traveled and worked in more than seventy countries. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, with wartime service in Vietnam. Since retiring from federal service, Trigg has devoted much of his time to land conservation. He was executive director o...