CO-FOUNDER

Nathaniel Maddux is a filmmaker, creative director, and one of the most influential modern storytellers in wild turkey culture. Based in Lebanon, Missouri, he is the Founder and CEO of Slate + Glass, a production studio known for emotionally driven documentary work and brand storytelling across the outdoor world.

Nathaniel has produced some of the most celebrated films in the turkey-hunting community, including The Disease (2014), the Undivided series, and the 2024 documentary The Colonel & The Fox — a landmark exploration of the legacy of Colonel Tom Kelly and Mr. Fox Haas. His work blends heritage, faith, and artistry, capturing the deep emotional connection Americans have with the wild turkey and the calling woods.

In 2020, Nathaniel received the NWTF Colonel Tom Kelly Communicator of the Year Award, recognizing his profound impact on turkey-related media and cultural storytelling. He was also honored by The Prairie Foundation as 2025 Communicator of the Year for excellence in communication for his PBS series Healing the Heartland.

As a founding Director of AWTHF, Nathaniel leads the organization’s creative direction, digital strategy, multimedia production, and national outreach. His work ensures that the Foundation’s future its archives, films, exhibits, and digital storytelling, reflects both authenticity and artistic excellence.

Faith and family ground everything Nathaniel does. He is deeply involved in his church community, and he and his wife Shelby are raising their two children in Lebanon, instilling in them the same values of gratitude, stewardship, and reverence that define his work and films.

CO-FOUNDER

Brent Rogers is one of the nation’s leading historians of the American wild turkey, a writer, educator, collector, and cultural steward whose work has deeply influenced how the modern turkey hunting community understands its own heritage. With a B.A. in Biology and over 32 years of research and development experience at Cargill, Inc., Brent blends scientific insight with a lifelong passion for turkey history, culture, and literature.

Raised on a family farm in Iowa, where his family raised Standard Bronze turkeys, Brent experienced firsthand the restoration of wild turkeys across the Midwest. As the birds returned to the landscape in the 1980s, he became deeply engaged in conservation, hunting, and the broader story of America’s turkey-hunting traditions.

Brent is the author of three respected works on turkey history — Turkey Call and Literature Collector’s Guide, Yelp & Gobble, Inc., and The Origin and Evolution of Turkey Calls along with numerous magazine articles and historical essays. His scholarship has made him a leading authority on the evolution of turkey calls, hunting literature, and the cultural history of the sport.

His expertise has been sought by the outdoor industry’s most respected names. Brent contributed to Mossy Oak’s Bottomland Book Club and served as a History Advisor for Mossy Oak’s landmark 2024 film The Colonel & The Fox.

Brent has served in leadership roles at the local, state, and national levels of the National Wild Turkey Federation and is an active member of Turkeys For Tomorrow. In 2025, he became a founding Director of the American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation, where his historical knowledge, archives, and passion form the backbone of the organization's preservation work.

Brent and his wife Renee have two grown children.

CO-FOUNDER

Paul Campbell is a storyteller, communicator, and lifelong turkey hunter whose work sits at the crossroads of heritage, culture, and conservation. As a co-founder of the American Wild Turkey Historical Foundation (AWTHF), Paul leads efforts to document and preserve the stories, traditions, and people who shaped America’s wild turkey legacy and to inspire the next generation to carry that story forward.

Paul is the host of The Turkey Season Podcast, one of the most recognized modern platforms for turkey hunting culture, conversations, and storytelling. He is also the founder of the How to Hunt Turkeyspodcast and previously hosted the Turkey Call All-Access podcast for the National Wild Turkey Federation.

His work with NWTF extended beyond media, supporting major donor engagement, national communications, and cultural storytelling. Prior to AWTHF, Paul served as a spokesman and strategist for outdoor brands including GoWild and MTNTOUGH, and he brings years of legislative experience advocating for conservation and public-land access in the Ohio Legislature.

Driven by a belief that the wild turkey is more than a species, it is a symbol of tradition, family, and the uniquely American stories that bind generations. Paul is committed to fostering a living reverence for the bird and its culture. His leadership helps shape AWTHF’s mission, public voice, and long-term storytelling initiatives.

Paul lives in Ohio with his wife Ashley and their three children.