From late-night bat surveys in Croatia to engaging in wildlife policy within the European Union, ecologist Zrinka Domazetović has spent the past two decades proving that conservation is as much about diplomacy as biology. Less than a year ago, Zrinka took the helm of EUROBATS, the world’s only treaty devoted solely to bats, bringing with her a résumé that spans heading Croatia’s biodiversity service, leading delegations at CITES and the Bern Convention, and chairing the most recent EUROBATS Meeting of the Parties.