OVIE MUGHELLI

Ovie Mughelli is an award winning and nationally recognized retired professional athlete, turned environmental advocate and superhero creator. During his nine seasons playing in the National Football League, Ovie was considered one of the best fullbacks in the NFL, was the first Pro Bowl Fullback in the history of the Atlanta Falcons, and earned All Pro honors twice while playing for the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens. Ovie continues to leverage his platform as Founder and President of the Ovie Mughelli Foundation, as an environmental spokesperson, advocate and author, media correspondent, and business owner of a medical consulting firm.

The Ovie Mughelli Foundation has a vested interest in empowering and educating youth as well as the less engaged, diverse communities to become the next generation of environmental change agents. Ovie is a devoted husband and father of three young children. Becoming a father awakened Ovie to the connection of human health to our planet’s health through a series of family difficulties when his two youngest children were born premature. Ovie recognized that we need a shift in our culture of how we the people connect with, see and treat our planet — we can’t breathe if we don’t have clean air, we can’t live if we don’t have clean water.