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Sudha Soni
The Environment Collaborative (TEC), Chief Functionary
Alleyppey, Kerala, India
Sudha has been engaged for more than 14 years in the development/environment/sustainability sectors and for 5 years in her current position as Chief Functionary of [...]
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Steven Smith
Two Friends Farm, Sole Proprietor
Marshalltown, Iowa
For twelve years the Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (INCA) has been fostering connections between farmers and community members who are growing sustainable local food [...]
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Shanna Ratner
Yellow Wood Associates, Principal
St. Albans, Vermont
Shanna is a semi-retired researcher, writer, and trainer, with 35 years of experience specializing in rural economic and community development throughout the United States with [...]
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Sally McGee
The Nature Conservancy, Northeast Marine Program Director and Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition Project Manager
Mystic, Connecticut
Sally has in-depth knowledge and expertise in oceans, fisheries, aquaculture, and marine policy. Currently, she is the Northeast Marine Program Director for The Nature Conservancy, [...]
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Rachel Bagby
Choral Earth and Singing Farm, Vocal Artist, Activist, Founder
Charlottesville, Virginia
Rachel’s work as a vocal artist and composer has earned her acclaim from audiences and critics worldwide. As a member of Bobby McFerrin’s a cappella [...]
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Michelle Miller
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - University of Wisconsin – Madison, Associate Director
Madison, Wisconsin
Michelle Miller, Donella Meadows Fellows cohort 1, is at the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, the campus sustainable agriculture research center. She is a [...]
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Josephine Brennan
Sustainable Value Creation Ltd., Founding Director
East Twickenham, United Kingdom
Josephine is a Sustainable Business Consultant and Executive Coach with 15 years senior level experience across renewable energy, cleantech project and sector development, top tier [...]
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Evelyn Arce
Coastal Escape HMB, Founder
Half Moon Bay, California
Evelyn Arce Erickson, is of Colombian Indigenous Muisca descent and is the Founder of a new business called Coastal Escape HMB (coastalescapehmb.com). She works with high tech companies [...]
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Elizabeth Luc Clowes
The Food Project, Masters in Landscape Architecture
Boston, Massachusetts
The Food Project (TFP) brings youth and adults together from city and suburb, to grow and distribute healthy food using sustainable agriculture practices. TFP’s community [...]
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Elizabeth Soderstrom
American Rivers, Senior Director of Conservation
Nevada City, California
Elizabeth joined American Rivers in 2008, and works in the California Office on headwater restoration, acquiring water rights for instream flows, and incorporating Native American [...]
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Elaine Kohrman
USDA Forest Service, Branch Chief Presentations
Washington, DC
Elaine is currently serving as the Acting Regional Forester for the Southwestern Region (Arizona and New Mexico). She has been in a permanent position as [...]
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Cynthia Pansing
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, Executive Director
West Stockbridge, MA
Cynthia Pansing is Berkshire Agricultural Ventures (BAV) Executive Director. For more than 20 years, she has brought strategic direction to nonprofit and public organizations working [...]
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Christine Negra
Versant Vision LLC, Principal
New York City, New York
Dr. Christine Negra partners with scientists and public and private sector decision makers to address agricultural sustainability and food security in the context of climate [...]
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Brooke Simler Smith
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), Executive Director
Corvallis, Oregon
At COMPASS (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea), Brooke has helped build a non-traditional bridging organization that connects ocean scientists and science to the media, [...]
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Andrea Athanas
African Wildlife Foundation, Program Design Manager – Agriculture and Energy
Arusha, Tanzania
Andrea is a Program Design Manager – Agriculture and Energy with the African Wildlife Foundation. Her ambition is to find pathways for societies to transition [...]
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Abigail Corso
CNT Energy, Senior Energy Efficiency Consultant
Chicago, Illinois
Abby is Senior Energy Efficiency Consultant at CNT Energy, a leading think-tank focused on urban sustainability, defined as “…the more effective use of existing resources and [...]
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Amba Jamir
The Missing Link (TML-India), Executive Director
Guwahati, Assam, India
A development consulting expert with over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience from policy formulation to project development, Amba is professionally trained as an environmental lawyer [...]
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Catharina Any Sulistyowati
Kuncup Padang Ilalang (KAIL), Coordinator for Youth Program and Sustainable Community Initiative
Bandung, Indonesia
Any is a Donella Meadows Leadership Fellow and a LEAD Indonesia Fellow (1998-2000). She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Bandung Institute of [...]
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Huma Mustafa Beg
Serendip Productions, Co-Founder and Co-Director
Islamabad, Pakistan
Through Serendip Productions – the media and communications company she founded with her husband – Huma has created hundreds of documentaries on all issues of [...]
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Susanne Moser
Susanne Moser Research and Consulting, Director and Principal Researcher
Santa Cruz, California
Susi is an action researcher whose work focuses on the societal impacts of, and responses to, climate change, and on how to communicate global warming [...]
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Jennifer Sokolove
Water Foundation, Director of Programs and Strategy
Oakland, California
Jen Sokolove is Director of Programs and Strategy at the Water Foundation, where she drives grant making to secure safe water for people, restore and [...]
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Kathy Tibbits
Cherokee Nation, Strategy Group
Stilwell, Oklahoma
Kathy has worked as a planner, organizer, and policy analyst for ten years with Cherokee Nation, with a focus on sovereignty and sustainable self-governance. Today she [...]
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Jerry Nagel
Meadowlark Institute, President & Co-Founder
Lake Park, Minnesota
Jerry is President of the Meadowlark Institute, based in Minnesota. Meadowlark is committed to developing individual and collective capacity to be responsive during times of [...]
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Mark Spalding
The Ocean Foundation, President
Washington, DC
Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation is a member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [...]
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Dayna Baumeister
Biomimicry 3.8, Keystone and Co-Founder
Helena, Montana
With a background in biology and applied natural history, and a passion for sharing the wonders of nature with others, Dayna has worked in the [...]
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Anna Jones-Crabtree
US Forest Service, RegionalOperations Coordinator, Rocky Mountain and Northern Regions
Helena, Montana
As the Forest Service’s first Sustainable Operations Coordinator, Anna provides both regional and national leadership for the Rocky Mountain and Northern Regions. She works to [...]
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Michaelyn Bachhuber Baur
Solidaridad, Managing Director, Central America and the Caribbean
Burlington, Vermont
Michaelyn has been with Solidaridad since May 2012. She is a specialist in the international trade of certified products, sustainable rural development, sustainable livelihoods, and [...]
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Danielle Hirsch
Both ENDS, Director
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Danielle Hirsch worked for three years in Mexico, Paraguay and Kenya during and after her studies in Economics. In 1995 she started working as an [...]
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Marcelo Michelsohn
Madron & Michelsohn Consultancy in Organizational Systems, Sustainability Consultant and Process Facilitator
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo’s life is dedicated to questioning pre-determined structures and practices of our current culture, finding out and engaging in experiences that provide a new way [...]
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Virginia Farley
Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service (NPS), Director of Leadership Programs
Woodstock, Vermont
Virginia has worked in the conservation field for over 25 years. She served as a Regional Director for the Vermont Land Trust and currently serves [...]
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Sarah K Khan
www.sarahkkhan.com, Freelance multimedia journalist, writer, researcher
New York City, New York
Maker, scholar, Dana Meadows Fellow. Sarah writes and creates content—prints, photography, films—about food, culture, women, and migrants. She is a former Asian American Writers Workshop [...]
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John Mlade
YR&G, Senior Sustainability Manager
Chicago, Illinois
John has over 12 years of experience as a specialist in sustainable building design, construction, facility operations, and management of strategic sustainability initiatives. His skills [...]
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Matt Roman
Varroc Lighting Corporation, Global Plant Engineering and Construction Manager
Beverly Hills, Michigan
Matt currently works for Varroc Lighting Corporation, an automotive supplier, as the Global Plant Engineering and Construction Manager. He is responsible for all new [...]
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Lorie Loeb
TellEmotion, Inc, Co-Founder and President; DALI Lab, Co-Founder and Executive Director; Dartmouth College, Professor, Director of Digital Arts
Hartland, Vermont
Lorie builds technology tools to help affect change. She gets giddy about the innovation and creativity that happens at the overlap of science, art, visualization [...]
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Justin Maxson
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Executive Director
Berea, Kentucky
Justin Maxson is the Executive Director of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, a 66-year old foundation that seeks to move people and places out of poverty in [...]
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Nicole Betancourt
Filmmaker, Producer, Director, and Strategist
New York City, New York
Nicole’s work is driven by a search for new ways to use images and stories to heal and connect people to each other and to [...]
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Michael Dupee
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Vice President, Innovation Exploration
Shelburne, Vermont
Mike serves as Vice President for Innovation at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, where he leads efforts to embed sustainability into the company’s product innovation and [...]
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John Fisk
Henry A. Wallace Center, Winrock International, Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Arlington, Virginia
John Fisk, PhD, is the Strategy and Partnerships Director of the Wallace Center at Winrock International. The Wallace Center works across the nation to foster [...]
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Jed Davis
Cabot Creamery Co-operative, Director of Sustainability
Waitsfield, Vermont
Jed has been involved in dairy agriculture and cooperatives his whole life. Raised on a seven-generation family dairy farm in Central Massachusetts, he moved to [...]
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Karabi Acharya
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Director, Global Ideas for US Solutions
Pennsylvania
Karabi Acharya is the Director of Global Ideas for US Solutions at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Global team examines promising solutions from around the [...]
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Nirmala Nair
School of Practical Sustainability, Director
Cape Town, South Africa
As a sociologist, and systems inspired permaculture designer, Nirmala’s expertise is in developing strategies on the ground to enhance a deeper connection to life and [...]
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Mary Roscoe
Children in Nature Collaborative, Coordinator
Alameda, California
Mary coordinates the Children in Nature Collaborative in the San Francisco Bay Area, part of an international movement to increase equitable access to nature so [...]
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Antoinette Royo
The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, Executive Director
Stockholm, Sweden
Nonette actively bridges indigenous peoples and local community actors, their governments and institutions in key ecosystems, including forest and agroforest landscapes, in Asia, Africa, and [...]
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Laura Freeman
Mt. Folly Farm & Laura’s Lean Beef Company, Founder, Farmer, and Entrepreneur
Winchester, Kentucky and Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Founder of Laura’s Lean Beef Company and Mt. Folly Enterprises, Laura Freeman is part of the regenerative agriculture movement, wedded to the local food and [...]
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Amália Souza
Socio-Environmental Fund - CASA, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
Cunha, São Paulo, Brazil
Amália is Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of CASA Socio-Environmental Fund, with the mission to promote environmental conservation and sustainability, democracy and social justice by supporting [...]
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Lynn Stoddard
Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University, Executive Director
Willimantic, Connecticut
Lynn Stoddard has served as the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University since 2014. Under Lynn’s leadership the Institute [...]
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Tim Brown
Tradewater, LLC, President
Chicago, Illinois
Tim is president of Tradewater, LLC, which creates, develops, and implements high value projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their projects result in quantifiable and [...]
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Dominic Stucker
Collective Leadership Institute , Managing Partner
Monterey, Massachusetts
Dominic is an action-oriented collaborator who convenes diverse action teams to address complex sustainability challenges. He is facile with group processes and able to thrive [...]
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Angela Park
Mission Critical, Consultant
Vermont
Angela Park | Consulting Overview To contact Angela, please email: ruby.apconsulting@gmail.com Angela Park is an independent consultant, researcher, and writer dedicated to making social justice and equity hallmarks [...]
