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More than 300 people from many different sectors, specialties, businesses, bioregions and communities were at the 2013 Slow Living Summit, including:
*denotes program committee member
#denotes speaker, moderator or panelist
- Michael Abbate, chief operating officer, Common Capital, Inc., Holyoke MA
- Karen Abel, Dummerston VT
- Michael Abrams, Human Scale Development, Winooski VT
- #Clare Adams, West Townshend Community Project, West Townshend VT
- *#Roger Allbee, former Vermont secretary of agriculture, Townshend VT
- Gabriel Amrhein, Rich Earth Institute, Brattleboro VT
- Stephanie Amoyt, West River Community Project, Windham VT
- Dawn Arthmann, Cambridge MA
- #Margaret Atkinson, director of marketing, Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney VT
- #Jennifer Atlee, Montague MA
- #Chris Bailey, Vermont Smoke and Cure, Hinesburg VT
- Robert Bailey, coordinator, Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange, South Dartmouth MA
- Gabriel Baldwin, Sunrise Coop, Medford MA
- #Tom Barefoot, co-coordinator, Gross National Happiness USA, Waitsfield VT
- Bob Barton, CEO, Catalyst Financial Group, Inc, Putney VT
- Katie Behan-Homer, Brattleboro VT
- #Regina Beidler, Organic Valley Cooperative, Randolph Center, VT
- Will Belongia, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Montpelier VT
- Lynn Benander, Co-op Power, Hatfield MA
- Naciim Benkreira, Meadows Bee Farm, Windham VT
- Madeline Still Bergstrom, director of communications, Still Communications and Nature Museum at Grafton, Saxtons River VT
- Natalie Berland, manager of sustainability, Bentley University, Somerville MA
- Deborah Bernstein, Billerica MA
- Howard Bernstein, Billerica MA
- *#Cathy Berry, managing director, Baldwin Investment Group, LLC, Guilford VT
- Beatrice Blake, spacious listening specialist, Possibility Space, Brattleboro VT
- Sheil Blinn, student, Goddard College, Keene NH
- Charis Boke, student, Dummerston VT
- #Chris Branagan, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- #Ingrid Bredenberg, leadership & strategy coach, labyrinth designer, Marlboro Graduate School
- Nancy Brigham, Transition Keene Task Force, Keene NH
- Donna Brooks, Original Body Wisdom, Florence MA
- Michael Brownlee, catalyst, Local Food Shift Group, Boulder CO
- Dale Bryan, peace & justice studies, Tufts University, Medford MA
- Scott Buckingham, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Burlington VT
- Greg Buckland, coordinator, Jamaica Plain Forum, Institute for Policy Studies, Jamaica Plain MA
- #Larken Bunce, founding co-director, Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier VT
- Greg Burnet, Berwyn IL
- Sue Burnet, Berwyn IL
- #Sarah Byrnes, economic justice organizer, Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, Jamaica Plain MA
- #Elli Caldwell, director of products & services, Global Round Table Leadership, Keene NH
- Gabriel Camarano, Vertrolysis, LLC, Easthampton MA
- Patty Campbell, Tri-County NY Transition Group, Glens Falls NY
- Jamie Capach, Transition Keene Task Force, Keene NH
- Juliet Carvajal, member, Bahai Faith and Grow Food Amherst, Amherst MA
- Maurice Casey, Vermont Foodbank, Brattleboro VT
- Marta Ceroni, Sustainability Institute, Norwich VT
- #Steve Chase, Professor of Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability, Antioch University New England; co-founder of Transition Keene Task Force, Keene NH
- #Jade Cincotta, marketing, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- #Joseph Cincotta, principal architect, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Jodi Clark, director of Housing & Residential Life, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
- #Susan Clark, author, community facilitator, Slow Democracy, Middlesex VT
- #Tina Clarke, Certified Transition Trainer, Transition Massachusetts, Transition Massachusetts, Montague MA
- Constance Cline, Neighborhood Schoolhouse, Matlatcha FL
- #David Cohen, ecopsychologist, Brattleboro VT
- #Maggie Cohn, Southeast loan and outreach officer, Cooperative Fund of New England, Roxbury MA
- #Abe Collins, president, Collins Grazing, LLC
- #Chuck Collins, author, 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It; senior scholar, Institute for Policy Studies, Jamaica Plain MA
- Susal Stebbins Collins, initiator/trainer, Transition Dummerston, East Dummerston VT
- Will Collins, East Dummerston VT
- Jean Conklin, senior loan officer, Yankee Farm Credit, White River Junction VT
- Robert Connor, Reading MA
- #Hillary Cooke, co-founder, Sustainable Aging, Brattleboro VT
- Stephen Courage, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, New Brunswick NJ
- #Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Coops Association, Shelburne Falls MA
- Peter Crowell, faculty, Marboro College, Keene NH
- *John Daly, Brattleboro VT
- Pat Daniel, Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro VT
- Jack Davidson, Trust Company of Vermont, Brattleboro VT
- *Judy Davidson, psychologist, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Teaching, Brattleboro VT
- Allen Davis, Volunteer, 350 Divest, Greenfield MA
- Jed Davis, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Montpelier, VT
- Brian Degen, Fieldstone Capital Partners, Waitsfield VT
- Christoph Demers, coordinator, Southeastern Massachusetts Time Exchange, Fall River MA
- Samadi Demme, founder and owner, Samadi Demme Personal, Professional Coaching, Brattleboro VT
- Simon Dennis, Transition trainer, White River Junction VT
- Bill Densmore, Densmore Associates, Williamstown MA
- Debbie Diegoli, Transition Five Villages, Springfield VT
- Claire DiLeo, student, Charlemont Academy, Cummington MA
- *Paul DiLeo, founder & managing partner, Grassroots Capital Management, New York NY & Plainfield MA
- April Dodd, Middlebury Foodworks, Middlebury VT
- Ellen Dokton, retired professor, NHTI, Concord’s Community College, Weare NH
- Sarah Donovan, Cincinnatti OH
- Noelle Dor, Rosedale NY
- #Kathleen Draper, owner and chief charista, Finger Lakes Biochar, Victor NY
- Kathy DuGrenier, West River Community Project, Windham VT
- #Robert DuGrenier, vice-president, West River Community Project, West Townshend VT
- Paul Eagle, Belfast Area Transition Initiative, Belfast ME
- #Ryan Edwards, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Gail-Elizabeth England, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester VT
- Marilou Esguerra, Freeland MD
- #Carlos Espinoza-Toro, Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, Cambridge MA
- Erik Esselstyn, board member, Donella Meadows Institute, Plainfield VT
- Marlene Everingham, Brattleboro VT
- Steven Farnham, agricultural artificer, Northfield VT
- Stuart Farr, Brooklyn NY
- #Daniel Fireside, capital coordinator, Equal Exchange, West Bridgewater MA
- Daria Fisk, producer “Up Front”, “Why Not”, “Various Voices”, WMUA and WMCB Radio, Greenfield MA
- Kerry Fleming, sustainability project intern, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston MA
- Lisa Fleming, vice president of human resources, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston MA
- #Jonathan Fogelson, designer, Michael Singer Studio, Wilmington VT
- Steve Fondiller, volunteer/investor, Slow Money NY City, Irvington NY
- Lynn Forrest, owner and manager, Three Penny Lodge Retreat and Conference Center, South Newfane VT
- #Paula Francis, Inspired Consultation, Montpelier VT
- Deborah Frieze, Boston Impact Initiative, Jamaica Plain MA
- *#Thara Fuller, principal and founder, TFCoaching Enterprises, Putney VT
- Michael Garjian, Vertrolysis, LLC, Easthampton MA
- Becky Graber, Brattleboro Women’s Chorus, Brattleboro VT
- *#Cary Gaunt, sustainability and spirituality Teacher, retreat leader, and consultant, Brattleboro VT
- Kathy Gaiser-Licht, Brattleboro Time Trade, Brattleboro VT
- Wendy Germain, Brattleboro VT
- Elsie Gilmore, student, Vermont Law School, Poultney VT
- Aaron Goode, New Haven Bioregional Group, New Haven CT
- Will Gowen, Alstead NH
- Robert Guillemin, US Environmental Protection Agency, Brookline MA
- #Alex Gyori, Brattleboro Food Coop, Brattleboro VT
- #Rosanne Haggerty, president, Community Solutions, New York NY
- #David Hallquist, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Johnson VT
- Evan Halstead, architectural designer, Levi & Wong Design Associates, Lunenburg MA
- #Lori Hanau, Summit Emcee, founder and principal, Global Round Table Leadership, Keene NH; Marlboro College Graduate School faculty
- Mary Hannon, Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, Jamaica Plain MA
- #Sarah Harpster, Transition Keene Taskforce, Keene NH
- Lisa Hawkins, Pittsfield MA
- Brian Hentz, student, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, West Hartford CT
- Deb Holman, director of marketing, Oak Meadow School, Brattleboro VT
- #Carl Honoré (by video), London UK
- Lester Humphreys, Brattleboro VT
- John Hury, LMFT, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Brattleboro VT
- Amy Hyatt, instructor, Vermont Wilderness School, Brattleboro VT
- David Hyde, Boynton Beach FL
- Jake Ide, director of development, Vermont Community Loan Fund, Montpelier VT
- Sybil Idelkope, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Phil Innes, Vermont Views Magazine, Brattleboro VT
- #Kate Jellema, non-profit program director, Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro VT
- #Kirsten Jeppesen, Jeppesen Coaching, Putney VT
- Patty Johnson, West River Community Project, Newfane VT
- Sarah Johnston, Fultonville NY
- #Rebecca Jones, MD, 350.org, Brattleboro VT
- Jennifer Jones, Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition, Jamaica Plain MA
- Connie Kam, Chatham Imports, Inc., New York, NY
- Megan Kennedy, Keene NH
- Erica Kenny, Cambridge MA
- Gurudharm Khalsa, West Dummerston VT
- #Rasmia Kirmani-Frye, Director, Brownsville Partnership, Community Solutions, NY
- #Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association, North Brookfield MA
- Edgar Klugman, board member, IGE, Newtonville MA
- Jody Kramer, Dummerston VT
- Orion Kriegman, New England New Economy Transition, Institute for Policy Studies, Jamaica Plain MA
- #Pam Kristan, consultant/author, Managing Time & Stuff, Jamaica Plain MA
- Jonas Kron, Trillium Asset Management, Boston MA
- Brian Kwasnieski, Meadows Bee Farm, Windham VT
- Jennifer Ladd, facilitator/coach, Jennifer Ladd Consulting/Class Action, Northampton MA
- Beverly Langeveld, World Learning, Vernon VT
- *Martin Langeveld, marketing consultant, NewsAfterNewspapers, Vernon VT
- #Jesse LaFlamme, Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs, Monroe NH
- #Frances Moore Lappé, author, founder, Small Planet Institute, Boston MA
- #Jonathan Lash, president, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- Anne Latchis, Brattleboro Vt
- Kim Latham, Transition Newton & Northwest NJ, Newton NJ
- Aaron Lavallee, Waterbury VT
- Deborah Lazar, Artworking USA LLC, Putney VT
- #Adam Lemire, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Andrea Lemon, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Chris Lenois, WKVT AM 1490, Brattleboro VT
- #Paul LeVasseur, co-founder, Transition Putney, Putney VT
- Scot Levin, Meadow Vista CA
- Alison Levy, Mahalo Arts Center, Brattleboro VT
- #Melissa Levy, Senior Associate, Yellow Wood Associates, St. Albans VT
- Jeffrey Lewis, Brattleboro Development Credit Corp./SeVEDS, Brattleboro VT
- #Fearn Lickfield, Druid, Green Mountain Druid Order, Worcester VT
- Christopher Lindgren, Mountains, Weston VT
- *#Julie Lineberger, CEO, LineSync Architecture & Planning, Wilmington VT
- John Lippman, Northfield MA
- #Katy Locke, Keene NH
- H. B. Lozito, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Anna Luberoff. program coordinator, Hampshire College Food Farm & Sustainability Institute, Amherst MA
- Tiffin Mabry, treasurer, Transition Putney, Putney VT
- #Ivan McBeth, Druid, Green Mountain Druid Order, Worcester VT
- Libby McCann, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- #Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, president, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
- Beth McDonald, Meadows Bee Farm, Windham VT
- Linda McInerney, Old Deerfield Productions, Deerfield M
- Mary McLoughlin, Brattleboro VT
- #Susan McMahon, Windham Regional Planning Commission, Brattleboro VT
- *Alice Maes, Putney VT
- Leon Malan, Kearsarge Valley Transition, New London NH
- Linda Malik, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Medford MA
- Victoria Managan, Brattleboro VT
- Elizabeth Marcus, Transition Newburyport, Newburyport MA
- Elizabeth Mathai, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, Norwich University, Northfield VT
- Julia Steed Mawson, education program consultant, UNH Emeritus, Cultivating New Solutions, Pelham NH
- *Ralph Meima, Brattleboro VT
- Corrin Meise-Munns, founder & organizer, Valley Food Swap//Merriment Experiment, Northapmton MA
- #Leigh Merinoff, farmer, AgroLiving, Haworth NJ
- Anne Modena, social worker, Quincy Primary Care & Counseling, West Roxbury MA
- Terry Mollner, chair, StakeHolders Capital, Inc, Shutesbury MA
- Tad Montgomery, Home Energy Advocates, Brattleboro VT
- Craig Moore, Cambridgeport VT
- #Robert Morache, founder, New Earth Strategies, co-developer, Aurora Pocket Neighborhood: EPA Climate Showcase, Ithaca NY
- #Fidel Moreno, Healing Winds, Lenox MA
- Betsy Morris, cohousing coach, Planning for Sustainable Communities, Berkeley CA
- Greg Moschetti, Dummerston VT
- Dena Moses, owner, Vermont Weaving School, Putney VT
- Mike Mrowicki, Vermont Timbre, Brattleboro VT
- *#Orly Munzing, founder and executive director, Strolling of the Heifers, Dummerston VT
- #Kim Nace, administrative director, Rich Earth Institute, Brattleboro VT
- Alicia Nelson, Merrimack NH
- Val Nelson, career and business coach, ValNelson.com, Northampton MA
- #Sara Newmark, New Chapter, Brattleboro Vt
- #Abraham Noe-Hays, Full Circle Compost Consulting, Dummerston VT
- Alicia Nelson, Merrimack NH
- Paul Nelson, Quebec Labrador Foundation, Cambridge MA
- Robyn O’Brien, Putney Food Coop, Putney VT
- Kevin O’Connor, Rutland Herald, Rutland VT
- Jim Oldham, executive director, Equity Trust, Turners Falls MA
- Karolina Oleksiw, Brattleboro Planning Commission, Brattleboro VT
- Susan Olson, MS RD, Weatogue CT
- Bill Pearson, Brattleboro Time Trade, Brattleboro VT
- Richard Pendleton, founder, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm Cohousing, Peterborough NH
- James Pepitone, president, Ark Contractors, Madison CT
- Olga Peters, The Commons, Brattleboro VT
- Hannah Pick, field representative, Vermont Foodbank, Brattleboro VT
- #Martin Ping, Hawthorne Valley Association, Ghent NY
- Cynthia Poirier, Grassroots Capital Management, Brooklyn NY
- Katherine Policy, Paolucci Institute, Shelburne Falls MA
- Julie Potter, general manager, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Karen Preuss, director of marketing and communications, Hawthorne Valley Association, Ghent NY
- #George Putnam, president and CEO, Yankee Farm Credit, Williston VT
- #David Rachlin, Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs, Monroe NH
- #Brent Raymond, International Trade Manager & EBS Director, State of Vermont, Montpelier VT
- #Bill Reed, Partner, Regenesis, Arlington MA
- #Robert Repetto, senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation, Washington DC
- Karen Ribeiro, founder, Inner Fortune, Amherst MA
- Deborah Donovan Rice, Access Creativity, Leyden MA
- Annaliese Ritter, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
- #Jeff Roberts, Cow Creek Creative Ventures, Montpelier, VT
- Eli Rogosa, seed-saver/baker, Heritage Grain Conservancy, Colrain MA
- Delores Root, Center for Creative Solutions, Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro VT
- Jeff Rosen, Solidago Foundation, Northampton MA
- Sandy Rouse, director, Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro VT
- #Joanna E. Rueter, co-founder, Sustainable Aging, Brattleboro VT
- Bonnie Rukin, coordinator, Slow Money Maine, Camden ME
- Rachel Lyn Rumson, designer & process consultant, social permaculture programs, The Resilience Hub, Portland ME
- Leslie Sullivan Sachs, Safe and Green Campaign, Brattleboro VT
- #Jon Saccoccio, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Elad Sadeh, Bee Fields Farm, Wilton VT
- Kerry Secrest, principal, Watershed Coaching, LLC, Brattleboro VT
- #Janice St. Onge, president VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C, Montpelier, VT
- Daniel Schenk, Jamaica Plain MA
- Bill Schmidt, Elysian Hills Tree Farm, Dummerston VT
- Stephen Schmidt, editor-in-chief, Nutrition Action Healthletter, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington DC
- #Judith D. Schwartz, author, Cows Save the Planet, Bennington VT
- Lori Schreier, Fertile Fields Farm, Westmoreland NH
- Jimmy Sferes, Colby-Sawyer College, New London NH
- Melvin Shakun, professor emeritus, New York University, Brattleboro VT
- Norma Shakun, Brattleboro VT
- Dada Shambhushivananda, chancellor (Kulapati), Ananda Marga Gurukula, West Bengal, India
- Ruth Shapiro, Newtonville MA
- Robert Silleck, Ashtabula OH
- Donald Skekel, Putney VT
- Dave Smalley, Balance Point Homestead, Fultonville NY
- Andy Smith, Devon PA
- Dottie Smith, Monadnock Localvores, Westmoreland NH
- Prentiss Smith, president, Prentiss Smith & Co., Inc., Brattleboro VT
- #Connie Snow, Windham & Windsor Housing Trust, Brattleboro VT
- Philip Snyder, Whole Future Consulting, Lansing NY
- Sushannah Sorensen, Hawthorne Valley Association, Ghent NY
- #Gus Speth, environmentalist, professor, Vermont Law School, Strafford VT
- Connor Stedman, executive director, Vermont Wilderness School, Brattleboro VT
- Sam Stegeman, program coordinator, CISA / PV Grows, South Deerfield MA
- #Tamara Stenn, professor, U. S. Solidarity Economy Network, Brattleboro VT
- #Kate Stephenson, executive director, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Montpelier VT
- Sari Steuber, president, Transition Town Media PA, Springfield PA
- #Bob Stevens, Stevens & Associates, Brattleboro VT
- Susan Still, organization development consultant, Still Consulting, Saxtons River VT
- Karen Stupski, faculty, Goddard College, Freeland MD
- Connor Stedman, Vermont Wilderness School, Brattleboro VT
- Amelia Struthers, Vermont Timbre, Brattleboro Vt
- Abby Sutton, Guilford VT
- Will Szal, Phillipston MA
- Jeremy Szteiter, University of Massachusetts, Boston MA
- Mark Tajima, director of operations, Energia, LLC / Co-op Power, Holyoke MA
- Hannah thomas, Egleston Community Orchard, Jamaica Plain MA
- Paul Thomas, Independent Journalist, Granville MA
- Pam Tidyman, St. Johnsbury VT
- Nyanna Susan Tobin, Organic Storyteller and Ritual Artist, Wayland MA
- Melinda Tuhus, freelance journalist, In These Times, E Magazine, Hamden CT
- Marianne Tyrrell, Putney VT
- Bill Upholt, Hartford CT
- Casey Walker, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- #Liz Walker, executive director, EcoVillage at Ithaca: Climate Showcase Community, Ithaca, NY
- Zara Wanlass, Amherst MA
- Janice Warren, OneReport, Brattleboro VT
- #Kendrick Waterman, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Linda Weil, coordinator, Palm Beach County Time Bank, Lake Worth FL
- William Wereley, Sacred Spirit, Guilford VT
- #Emily Wergin, administration, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Steve Werthman, vice president of operations, HOPE South Florida, Hollywood FL
- Kathy Werthman, Hollywood FL
- Steve West, Songmaker, Brattleboro VT
- #Linda Wheatley, Gross National Happiness USA, Burlington VT
- Claire Wheeler, New England Grass Roots Environmental Fund, Montpelier, VT
- #Erica Wheeler, speaker, educator, sense of place advocate, The Soulful Landscape, Colrain MA
- Sage Wheeler, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm Cohousing, Peterborough NH
- Jennifer White, task force member, Kearsarge Valley Transition, New London NH
- Melissa Whittemore, Global Round Table Leadership, Keene NH
- #Judy Wicks, co-founder, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), founder White Dog Cafe, author, Good Morning, Beautiful Business, Philadelphia, PA
- Tim Wightman, president, Farm-to-Consumer Foundation, Cincinnati OH
- #Cheryl Wilfong, master gardener, author of The Meditative Gardener, Dummerston VT
- #Conrad Willeman, Transition Newburyport, Newburyport MA
- #Tom Willits, Lydia B. Stokes Foundation, Northampton MA
- *John Wilmerding, Brattleboro VT
- *#Alex Wilson, president, Resilient Design Institute, executive director, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- *#Jerelyn Wilson, outreach director, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Marcia Winters, owner, With Good Reasons, Keene NH
- Chris Wood, BALE – Building a Local Economy, South Royalton VT
- Dan Wood, Taft Hill Farm, West Townshend VT
- Paul Yeghiayan, Heifer International, Watertown MA
- Cheryl Young, Red Thread Press, Dorset, VT
- Joni Zweig, director, North and Central Americas, AMURTEL, Warren VT
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