Thomas Campion

Co-Founder & Chairman, Zumiez

Search every verified Thomas Campion interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Tom Campion, co-founder and chairman of Zumiez and a board member of the Alaska Wilderness League, spoke at the AWL Voice of the Wild event in 2018 about his advocacy for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He described the reliance of Indigenous communities on caribou hunting for food security and criticized proposals to allow oil drilling in the region. Campion said that "the majority of their food security in the protein comes from hunting caribou" and that "we're going to change us so we can export some well - we're trying to Saudi Arabia right you know, there this week it's insane." Campion noted that former President Jimmy Carter was a founding board member of the league and that former President Barack Obama "was a champion of protecting this place and couldn't get it done with our Congress." He called for continued pressure on elected officials and support for legal and activist efforts, stating that "the fight kind of just beginning and it's for all of us." Campion also referenced a couple who wrote to President Richard Nixon in 1969 about the refuge, saying "over all these years is why you win."