Jenna leads the open space/greenways collaborative, “Embrace Open Space,” that brings together local officials, staff, soil and watershed district leaders, non-profits, agency staff and environmental consultants. The collaborative promotes sustainable land use in the Twin Cities and outlying fast...
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Dr. Dayna Baumeister is the Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8. With a devotion to applied natural history and a passion for sharing the genius of nature, Dayna has worked in the field of biomimicry with business partner Janine Benyus since...
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 (USA). He is serving on the Sargasso Sea Commission. Mark is a Senior Fellow...
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 sustain freshwater ecosystems, and build climate resilience. As a member of the senior management...
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 in a way that facilitates the necessary social changes. Since leaving academia proper, she has...
Through Serendip Productions – the media and communications company she founded with her husband – Huma has created hundreds of documentaries on all issues of development and poverty alleviation, including frontline flood impacts in Pakistan. In the last two...
Alex is an ever-learning awareness junkie helping people find more connection, agency and meaning in their lives. With a focus on therapeutic and trauma-informed yoga, Alex helps clients find relief from the mind-body manifestations of anxiety, depression, stress and...
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 on food systems and sustainable agriculture in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the US for...
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 Deputy Regional Forester for the Southwestern Region since May 2018. She held a previous...
Michelle, part of the first Donella Meadows Fellows cohort, is at the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, the campus sustainable agriculture research center where she directs programs. She is a practicing economic anthropologist engaged in participatory action research...