Robin Leong was a submarine designer, then environmental engineer, before retiring in 1999. A birder since 1978, he was president and has been on the board of the Napa-Solano Audubon Society since 1981 and has also served on the boards of Point Blue and the American Birding Association. Among other accomplishments, he co-authored Breeding Birds in Napa County and the Breeding Birds of Solano County and helped save a 1,510-acre parcel that became part of San Pablo Bay Wildlife Refuge. He has participated in many bird studies in Solano County and received Point Blue’s Lifetime Conservation Achievement award in 2015.