In this episode of Our Sacred History, Katie Coleman (@katieofthelake) talks about philanthropist and big cat enthusiast Reed Erickson.
Sources:
Devor, Aaron. "Reed Erickson and The Erickson Educational Foundation"--University of Victoria, CA
Devor, Aaron. "Reed Erickson and the Beginnings of HBIGDA"
--Didn't notice before I recorded, but this guy is clearly the expert on Erickson, virtually all the papers I could find are the same author--K80