Fellows

Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows

We convene and strengthen the impact of a talented network of sustainability champions from around the world who practice environmental, social and economic sustainability from a whole systems approach. Our Fellows are graduates of the Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program, and are well versed in the disciplines of systems thinking, organizational learning, reflective conservation, visioning and creative expression.

Susanne Moser

Susanne Moser Research and Consulting

Director and Principal Researcher

Santa Cruz, California

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Brooke Simler Smith

The Kavli Foundation

Director, Public Engagement with Science

Los Angeles, CA

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Amba Jamir

The Missing Link (TML-India)

Executive Director

Guwahati, Assam, India

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Ashley Lanfer

Wellspring Consulting

Partner

Boston, Massachusetts

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Natalie Starr

DSM Environmental Services, Inc.

Principal

Windsor, Vermont

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William Young

US Air Force Warfare Center.  

Lieutenant Colonel & Special Advisor to the Commander

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Justin Maxson

Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Executive Director

Berea, Kentucky

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Elizabeth Luc Clowes

Delivering Sustainable Projects from Concept to Construction

Landscape Designer & Owner

Boston, Massachusetts

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Tse-Sung Wu

Nektar Therapeutics

Director, Research Program Management

San Francisco, California

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Gabriela Anaya Reyna

Independent consultant

Mexico City, Mexico

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Angela Park

Consultant

Vermont

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Michelle Miller

Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - University of Wisconsin – Madison

Associate Director

Madison, Wisconsin

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Lynn Stoddard

Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University

Executive Director

Willimantic, Connecticut

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Lena Hansen

Rocky Mountain Institute

Managing Director, China

Beijing, China

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Antoinette Royo

The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility

Executive Director

Stockholm, Sweden

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Michael Dupee

Global Sustainability and Innovation Executive

Entrepreneur, Educator

Shelburne, Vermont

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Virginia Farley

September 8, 1955 - February 24, 2022

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Andrea Athanas

African Wildlife Foundation

Europe Director

Gland, Switzerland

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Kristi Kimball

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation

Executive Director

Bend, Oregon

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Phonchan (Newey) Kraiwatnutsorn

School of Changemakers

Founder and Managing Director

Bangkok, Thailand

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Christina Page

Climate Interactive

Business Partnerships

Seattle, Washington

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Karabi Acharya

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Director, Global Ideas for US Solutions

Pennsylvania

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Sudha Soni

The Environment Collaborative (TEC)

Chief Functionary

Alleyppey, Kerala, India

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Sally McGee

The Nature Conservancy

Project Manager, Shellfish Growers Climate Coalition and Northeast Marine Program Director

Mystic, Connecticut

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Abigail Corso

Elevate Energy

Chief Strategy Officer

Chicago, Illinois

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Rachel Bagby

Advisor & Culture Change Partner

Vocal and Social Artist, Keynote Speaker, Composer

Charlottesville, Virginia

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Maria de los Angeles Carvajal (Machángeles)

SuMar, Choices for Nature

Founder

Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico

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Catharina Any Sulistyowati

Kuncup Padang Ilalang (KAIL)

Coordinator for Youth Program and Sustainable Community Initiative

Bandung, Indonesia

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Anna Jones-Crabtree

Vilicus Farms

Owner/Farmer, Vilicus Farms & Executive Director, Vilicus Training Institute

Helena, Montana

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Huma Mustafa Beg

Serendip Productions

Co-Founder and Co-Director

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Agnieszka Rawa

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Managing Director

Washington, DC

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Laura Freeman

Mt. Folly Farm & Laura’s Lean Beef Company

Founder, Farmer, and Entrepreneur

Winchester, Kentucky and Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

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Jed Davis

Cabot Creamery Co-operative

Director of Sustainability

Waitsfield, Vermont

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Tim Brown

Tradewater, LLC

President

Chicago, Illinois

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Jennifer Mayer

King County Metro

Program Manager, Equity and Social Justice Capital Implementation

Seattle, WA

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Cynthia Pansing

Berkshire Agricultural Ventures

Executive Director

West Stockbridge, MA

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Michaelyn Bachhuber Baur

Solidaridad

Managing Director, Central America and the Caribbean

Burlington, Vermont

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Ellen Wolfe

Resero Consulting

President

Granite Bay, California

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Mary Roscoe

Children in Nature Collaborative

Coordinator

Alameda, California

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Sarah K Khan

www.sarahkkhan.com

Freelance multimedia journalist, writer, researcher

New York City, New York

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Maria Latumahina

Climate Change Unit, UK Department for International Development

Independent Consultant

Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia

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Nicole Betancourt

Film Producer, Director, and Strategist

New York City, New York

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Dayna Baumeister

Biomimicry 3.8

Keystone and Co-Founder

Bellingham, Washington

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Dana Lanza

Confluence Philanthropy

Co Founder, President, and CEO

Pound Ridge, New York

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Kathy Tibbits

Formerly Cherokee Nation

Artist & Attorney

Park Hill, Oklahoma

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Danielle Hirsch

Both ENDS

Director

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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John Fisk

Henry A. Wallace Center, Winrock International

Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Arlington, Virginia

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Michelle Erickson

6 Degrees Health

Software Engineer

Portland, OR

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Mark Spalding

The Ocean Foundation

President

Washington, DC

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Shanna Ratner

Yellow Wood Associates

Principal

St. Albans, Vermont

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Dominic Stucker

Collective Leadership Institute

Managing Partner

Monterey, Massachusetts

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Christine Negra

Versant Vision LLC

Principal

New York City, New York

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Steven Smith

Two Friends Farm

Sole Proprietor

Marshalltown, Iowa

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Valerie Langer

Canopy

Consultant, Fiber Solutions Strategist

Vancouver, Canada

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Karin Jakubowski, PhD

Practitioner in Residence

New Haven, Connecticut

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Elaine Kohrman

USDA Forest Service

Branch Chief Presentations

Washington, DC

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Jennifer Fletcher

Trust for Public Land

Program Director

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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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

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Evelyn Arce

Coastal Escape HMB

Founder

Half Moon Bay, California

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María Suárez Toro

CCB Embajadores

CCB Embajadores and NAS 2 student

Manzanillo, Costa Rica

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Alexandra Bauermeister

Intra Yoga Therapy

Founder of Intra Yoga Therapy

Boston, Massachusetts

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Julia Novy

Stanford University

Professor of Practice, Change Leadership for Sustainability Program

Portland, Oregon

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Marcelo Michelsohn

Madron & Michelsohn Consultancy in Organizational Systems

Sustainability Consultant and Process Facilitator

Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Jerry Nagel

Meadowlark Institute

President & Co-Founder

Lake Park, Minnesota

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Terrie Lind

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM)

Associate Vice President of Teen Programs

Sacramento, California

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John Mlade

Wight & Company

Senior Project Manager, Sustainable and Healthy Environments

Chicago, Illinois

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Matt Roman

Varroc Lighting Corporation

Global Plant Engineering and Construction Manager

Beverly Hills, Michigan

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Josephine Brennan

Sustainable Value Creation Ltd.

Founding Director

East Twickenham, United Kingdom

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Jennifer Sokolove

Water Foundation

Director of Programs and Strategy

Oakland, California

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Amália Souza

Socio-Environmental Fund - CASA

Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Cunha, São Paulo, Brazil

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Nirmala Nair

School of Practical Sustainability

Director

Cape Town, South Africa

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Trista Patterson

USFS Pacific North West Research Station

Ecological Economist

Sitka, Alaska

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Elizabeth Soderstrom

The Water Foundation

Strategic Partnerships Officer

Nevada City, California

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