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Terrie Lind
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM), Associate Vice President of Teen Programs
Sacramento, California
Terrie acts as an “internal consultant” to maintain the quality of education programs for PPMM and address system and service provision issues. She also oversees [...]
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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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Nirmala Nair
Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives, Director
Cape Town, South Africa
Nirmala has expertise in social activism, community organizing and systems thinking, and is Director of ZERI (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives) in South Africa. In [...]
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Michelle Miller
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - University of Wisconsin – Madison, Associate Director
Madison, Wisconsin
Through the sustainable agriculture research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Michelle works with over 50 researchers, representatives from 13 state agricultural organizations, and [...]
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María Suárez Toro
Creative Writing Consultancy, Consultant
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
María is a renowned social communicator, journalist, feminist and educator in local, national, regional and international arenas. She is originally from Puerto Rico and has [...]
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Karin Jakubowski
Clean Air-Cool Planet, Coordinator, Northeast Science Center Collaboration
Northford, Connecticut
Clean Air-Cool Planet is dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to climate change. As coordinator of the Northeast Science Center Collaborative, Karin works with more [...]
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Elaine Kohrman
USDA Forest Service, Branch Chief Presentations
Washington, DC
Elaine is a part of a USDA Forest Service team engaged in revising forest plans for the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests in northeast [...]
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Cynthia Pansing
Changing Tastes Consultants, Principal
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Cynthia is a principal with Changing Tastes, a consulting firm based in the Washington DC metro area. The firm provides strategic planning, facilitation, research, organizational change [...]
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Ashley Lanfer
Independent Consultancy, Consultant
Boston, Massachusetts
Ashley is raising three young children and consulting with nonprofits in the Boston area. For the past seven years, she was a Portfolio Manager for [...]
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Andrea Athanas
African Wildlife Foundation, Senior Program Design Officer for Eastern Africa Region
Arusha, Tanzania
Andrea is Senior Program Design Officer for Eastern Africa region of AWF (Africa Wildlife Foundation). Prior to joining AWF Andrea was the Senior Program Officer [...]
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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’s passion is to motivate people to act effectively in response to social and environmental problems. In 2002 she founded KAIL (Kuncup Padang Ilalang), an [...]
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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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Jennifer Sokolove
Compton Foundation, Program Director
Redwood City, California
Jen manages Compton’s grantmaking programs in environment, peace, and reproductive health, and represents the Foundation in the nonprofit and philanthropic communities, as well as serving [...]
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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, Co-Founder
Lake Park, Minnesota
Jerry believes strongly that participatory leadership and dialogue processes create communities and organizations where people are treated with respect and where there is an opportunity [...]
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Karabi Acharya
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Change Leader
Arlington, Virginia
Karabi has worked in the field of international health and development for over 15 years throughout Asia and Africa. Trained as a public health anthropologist, [...]
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Michaelyn Bachhuber Baur
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, Head of Latin America, Producer Services Unit
Bonn, Germany
Since 2009, Michaelyn has served as Head of Latin America and Caribbean Producer Services for Fairtrade International, the most widely recognized ethical certification label in [...]
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Marcelo Michelsohn
Madron & Michelsohn Consultancy in Organizational Systems, Sustainability Consultant and Process Facilitator
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo is developing a non-profit association for the advancement of systems thinking and the practice of liberating leadership in organizations. He is working in partnership [...]
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Sarah Khan
The Tasting Cultures Foundation, Inc., Founder and Director
New York City, New York
The Tasting Cultures Foundation, Inc. develops diverse educational programming about the intersection of food and culture. A main focus of TCF is “The Arts of [...]
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John Mlade
Perkins and Will Architects, National Market Sector Research Manager
Atlanta, Georgia
John is a green building and sustainability researcher at Perkins and Will, the third largest architecture firm in the country. Hired as part of Perkins [...]
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Matt Roman
Visteon Corporation, Environmental Health and Safety Affairs Manager
Beverly Hills, Michigan
Matt’s role is to design and implement the corporate environmental strategy for both products and manufacturing processes at Visteon, an automotive manufacturing company. In this [...]
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Lorie Loeb
TellEmotion, Inc, Co-Founder and President; 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
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, President
Berea, Kentucky
Justin has been engaged in social change work in Kentucky and across the country for over 15 years. He is currently President of the Mountain [...]
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Nicole Betancourt
Parent Earth, Founder, CEO
New York City, New York
Nicole has been working in media production and nonprofit management for fifteen years. Her work focuses on using media and story telling to shift consciousness, [...]
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Michael Dupee
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
Moretown, Vermont
Mike serves as the Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. He leads the company’s overall Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts, [...]
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Mary Roscoe
Children in Nature Collaborative, Coordinator
Mountain View, California
Mary coordinates the Children in Nature Collaborative in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of over ninety regional movements and a national movement to reconnect [...]
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Jennifer Mayer
Federal Highway Administration's Office of Innovative Program Delivery, Senior Project Advisor
San Francisco, California
Jennifer has more than seventeen years of experience in transportation and other infrastructure finance. Currently, she conducts policy research and education on funding and financing [...]
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Lynn Stoddard
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Environmental Analyst, Climate Change and Energy Team
Hartford, Connecticut
Lynn has developed and implemented numerous environmental sustainability programs in her work at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Her work has focused [...]
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Dominic Stucker
Sustainability Leaders Network, Programs Manager
Kentfield, California
Dominic is a convener, collaborator, and researcher who brings together diverse action teams to address pressing sustainability challenges. He is facile with group processes and [...]
