Detailed Schedule | Speaker/Artist Bios
Join people from many walks of life, businesses, organizations and bioregions at the 2014 Summit, including the following:
*denotes speaker/presenting artist
- Michael Abbate, chief operating officer, Common Capital, Holyoke MA
- Jonathan Aird, student, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
- Dana Allen, Lintilhac Foundation, Shelburne VT
- Keith Arnold, creator and owner, Duo Restaurant, Brattleboro VT
- Vaidotas Asmonas, attache for agriculture and commerce, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington DC
- *Michael Auerbach, Brattleboro Union High School, Brattleboro VT
- Andrew Avery, Morning Sun Mindfulness Center, Alstead NH
- John Bailey
- Jesse Baker, photographer, Claremont NH
- Ben Bakkum, student, University of Virginia, Yorktown VA
- Carleton Bakkum, Rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown VA
- Carter Bakkum, student, University of Virginia, Yorktown VA
- *Bill Baue, corporate sustainability architect
- Joe Baz, Cambridge MA
- *Mike Bellamente, executive director, Climate Counts
- Bill Berry, The Sandy River Charitable Foundation, Farmington ME
- Irene Berry, Saddleback Ski Area, Farmington ME
- *Cathy Berry, managing director, Baldwin Investment Management, LLC
- *Nathanael Berry, program director, Sandy River Foundation, North Baldwin NY
- Mary Clare Bissell, student, Goddard College, Burlington VT
- Betsy Black, Loan & Outreach Officer, Cooperative Fund of New England, Concord NH
- Kyler Blodgett, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Emily Bogin, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Charis Boke, researcher, Cornell University, Springfield VT
- Stephanie Bonin, creator and owner, Duo Restaurant, Brattleboro VT
- Sandra Boston, Greening Greenfield, Greenfield MA
- Michael Bosworth, Brattleboro VT
- *Ingrid Bredenberg, strategic coach and creativity expert, Bredenberg Associates
- Coralina Breuer, Lewiston ME
- Linda Brown, student, World Learning – SIT, Brattleboro VT
- Mari Brunner, sustainability consultant, Keene NH
- -Leonard Bull, Logical Solutions Consulting LLC, New Haven VT
- *Eshu Bumpus, storyteller, Folktales.Net, Holyoke MA
- *Larken Bunce, co-director of Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Middlesex VT
- Rebecca Busansky, PVGrows Loan Fund, Northampton MA
- *Edgar Cahn, founder, Time Banks USA
- Sophie Esser Calvi, Global Food Studies Coordinator, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Maurice Casey, Vermont Foodbank, Brattleboro VT
- Larry Cassidy, Brattleboro VT
- Marilyn Castriotta, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- -Pat Cavanaugh, Annual Giving Director, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
- Marilyn Chiarello, A Taste of Light, Brattleboro VT
- Katherine Chamberlain, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Tom Church, Creative Renovations LLC, Easton PA
- Joseph Cincotta, principal architect, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- *Dave Cohen, psychotherapist and ecopsychologist, Brattleboro VT
- Josh Cohen, Pelham MA
- Raines Cohen, cohousing coach, Slow Homes:Cohousing/Ecovillage/
Aging in Community, Berkeley CA - Susal Stebbins Collins, Transition Dummerston, Dummerston VT
- William Collins, Dummerston Energy Committee, Dummerston VT
- Sean Conley, Director for Graduate & Professional Studies, Marlboro College, Brattleboro VT
- William Corcoran, Hartford Friends, Windsor CT
- Megan Cousino, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Ann Cromarty, Riegelsville NJ
- David Cundy, Iona College, New Rochelle NY
- Jack Davidson, Trust Company of Vermont, Brattleboro VT
- Judy Davidson, psychologist, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Teaching, Brattleboro VT
- Allen Davis, Drive 55 Campaign, Dublin NH
- *Jed Davis, director of Sustainability, Cabot Creamery Co-operative, Waitsfield VT
- Brian Degen, Fieldstone Capital Partners, LLC, Waitsfield VT
- Margae Diamond, Trillium Assett Management, Larkspur CA
- Bonnie Jean Dibelius, Hartford Friends, Windsor CT
- Claire DiLeo, student, Charlemont Academy, Cummington MA
- Paul DiLeo, founder & managing partner, Grassroots Capital Management, New York NY & Plainfield MA
- Akara Draper, E. Dummerson VT
- Robert DuGrenier, Taft Hill Farm, W. Townshend VT
- Robert Dunbar, Dummerston VT
- *Rachel Dutton, Sustainability Manager for UMASS Auxiliary, Amherst MA
- Sam Dutton, Student, Leland and Gray High School, Townshend VT
- Adeena Dworkin, Ithaca NY
- *Samantha Eagle, medical director, Biologic Integrative Healthcare, Brattleboro VT
- *Charles Eisenstein, speaker and writer, Camp Hill PA
- Gail-Elizabeth England, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester VT
- Marilou Esguerra, faculty member, Goddard College, Freeland MD
- Pat Evans
- Marlene Everingham, Brattleboro VT
- Steven Farnham, artificer, Northfield VT
- Justine Farrow, Rutland VT
- Stacy Feiner, Moreland Hills OH
- Kristen Fledderjohn, student, SIT World Learning, Brattleboro VT
- Anna Flinchbaugh, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- *Eugene Friesen, cellist, Brattleboro VT
- Thara Fuller, After-School Program Director, Windham Central Supervisory Union, Townshend VT
- *Kyle Garner, CEO, New Chapter, Brattleboro VT
- Sheila Gallagher, Alliance for Sustainable Communities of the Lehigh Valley, Easton PA
- Kyle Garner, CEO, New Chapter, Brattleboro VT
- *Cary Gaunt, sustainability and spirituality teacher, retreat leader, and consultant, Brattleboro VT
- Marie Goodwin, Media PA
- Jackie Gould, Opening Minds, Brattleboro Vt
- Rachel Greenberger, Director, Food Sol at Babson College, Babson Park MA
- Eva Greene, musician, All Souls Church (Brattleboro), E. Dummerston VT
- Gurlyn Grewal, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension and Northeast SARE, Brattleboro VT
- Rachel Gualco, marketing manager, Echo Point Books and Media, Brattleboro VT
- Claire Halveson, Dummerston VT
- Denise Hampton, activist, 350.org, Brattleboro VT
- Ben Harris, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Lori Hanau, Global Round Table Leadership, Keene NH
- Isabel Hansen, student, Williams College, Williamstown MA
- *Lindel Hart, owner/director of Hart Yoga, Shelburne Falls MA
- Sherill Hatch, Educator/Visionary, Saugerties NY
- Lisa Hawkins, Pittsfield MA
- Brian Hentz, Ph.D. Candidate, Univ. of Connecticut, Neag School of Education, West Hartford CT
- *Beth Hooker, Director of Food, Farm and Sustainability, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
- Shel Horowitz, Founder, Business For a Better World, Hadley MA
- *Bonnie Hudspeth, membership & outreach coordinator, Neighboring Food Co-op Association, Keene NH
- Donald Huisingh, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN
- Jo Huisingh, leader, Nob Hill Notions Quilter’s Association, Knoxville TN
- Lester Humphreys, Brattleboro VT
- John Hury, E. Dummerston VT
- Amy Hyatt, Program Director, Vermont Wilderness School, Brattleboro VT
- Sybil Idelkope, designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Phil Innes, Vermont Views Magazine, Brattleboro VT
- Kristina Israel, marketing and education outreach coordinator, Putney Food Co-op, Putney VT
- Hannah Jacobson-Hardy, fundraising events co-ordinator, Northeast Organic Farming Association, Haydenville MA
- Eileen Jager, Easthampton VT
- Kate Jellema, Marlboro College Graduate & Professional Studies, Brattleboro VT
- *Terry Jenoure, visual artist, musician, writer, and educator
- Mary Jensen, West Chesterfield NH
- Miriam John, Animal Communicator/Caregiver, Saugerties NY
- Werner John, EvolveTogether.net, Saugerties NY
- *Amy Johnquest, artist, BannerQueen, Holyoke MA
- Christy Johnson, Brattleboro VT
- Tim Johnson, reporter, WTSA radio, Brattleboro VT
- Linda Jones, E. Dummerston VT
- Carl Judd-Wright, Student, Leland and Gray High School, Townshend VT
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Montpelier VT
- Donna K-Brooks, Brattleboro VT
- Steven K-Brooks, Brattleboro Time Trade, Brattleboro VT
- Becca King, Greening Greenfield, Greenfield MA
- Robert King, Chosen Garden, Putney VT
- Jody Kramer, Putney VT
- Andrea Kreiner, A. Kreiner Co., Dover DE
- Pam Kristan, chief slow-down officer, PK Consulting, Jamaica Plain MA
- Robert Kropp, reporter, SocialFunds.com, Brattleboro VT
- Jennifer Ladd, trainer/advisor, Class Action/JL Consulting, Northampton MA
- Beverly Langeveld, World Learning, Vernon VT
- Martin Langeveld, Summit coordinator, marketing director, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Kim Latham, co-initiator, Transition Newton & NW NJ, Newton NJ
- Adam Lemire, senior designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Gail Lennstrom, MARK Project, Margaretville NY
- Elizabeth Levy, portfolio manager, Trillium Asset Management, Boston MA
- Julie Lineberger, owner, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Crea Lintilhac, Lintilhac Foundation, Shelburne VT
- Louise Lintilhac, Lintilhac Foundation, Shelburne VT
- Will Lintilhac, Lintilhac Foundation, Shelburne VT
- John Lippmann, Northfield MA
- Alice Maes, Putney VT
- Eliza Margolin, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Maelenn Masson, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Elizabeth Mathai, mathemagician, MatheMagic, Northfield VT
- *Seamus Maynard, guitarist, Quiet In The Head, Ghent NY
- Darcy McConnell, MD, Miller Place NY
- Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
- Mark McElroy, executive director, Center for Sustainable Organizations, Thetford Center VT
- Christian McEwen, Northampton MA
- *Linda McInerney, Summit artistic director, founder & artistic director of Old Deerfield Productions, Deerfield MA
- Larry McIntosh, Brattleboro VT
- Ralph Meima, Brattleboro VT
- Leigh Merinoff, Meadows Bee Farm, Haworth NJ
- *Rob Michalak, global director of social mission, Ben & Jerry’s, So. Burlington VT
- Lyn Miller, storyteller, Our Hybid Lives, LLC, Hanover NH
- Anne Modena, West Roxbury MA
- Dena Moses, owner & weaver, Vermont Weaving School, Putney VT
- Terry Mollner, Chair, StakeHolders Capital, Inc., Shutesbury MA
- Emma Morgan, writer, Greenfield MA
- Renee Munday, Chagrin Falls OH
- *Orly Munzing, founder and executive director, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Hannah Rae Murphy, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Kelley Louise Murray, Brattleboro VT
- *Willow Nilsen, Ghent NY
- Stephanie Nyzio, Art Teacher, Leland and Gray High School, Townshend VT
- Susan Olson, Weatogue, CT
- Sue O’Reilly-McRae, educator, Warwick MA
- Elizabeth Oyler, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Zygimantas Pavilionis, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Washington DC
- William Pearson, Brattleboro VT
- Michael Pergola, Founder, Institute Re-Generative Learning, Milford CT
- Marissa Perez, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Olga Peters, senior reporter, The Commons, Brattleboro VT
- *Martin Ping, executive director of the Hawthorne Valley Association, Ghent NY
- Julie Potter, general manager, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Karen Preuss, Director of Marketing, Hawthorne Valley Association, Ghent NY
- Lucy Pulitzer, Amherst MA
- Gabriella Radujko, director, Bronxville Public Library, Bronxville NY
- Jenna Reichenbach, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Erin Reid, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- *Stephanie Rearick, director, Dane County TimeBank, Madison WI
- Judith Reichsman, InterPlay, Brattleboro VT
- *Sabine Rhyne, marketing director, Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro VT
- Randy Rice, Trillium Asset Management, Boston MA
- Katherine Richardson, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- Nick Richardson, VP Enterprise & Finance, Vermont Land Trust, Montpelier VT
- *Jen Risley, marketing & membership manager, Monadnock Food Co-op, Keene NH
- *Vicki Robin, author, Your Money or Your Life
- Liz Rogers, student, Bellows Falls VT
- *Debbie Rooney, VP for Finance & CFO, The Vermont Community Foundation, Middlebury VT
- Mary Rutkovsky, Brattleboro VT
- Marjorie Sayer, Guilford VT
- Steven Sayer, Guilford VT
- Earl Schrader, Ames IA
- Rebecca Schrader, Ames IA
- *Janice St. Onge, president, VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C, Montpelier VT
- Kerry Secrest, Hon. Consul of Lithuania to Vermont, Watershed Coaching LLC, Brattleboro VT
- Elyssa Serrilli, shepherdess, Turners Falls MA
- Cathy Setterlin, New Milford CT
- John Shannon, Jouve North America, Brattleboro VT
- Amy Shapiro, Business Development Director, Franklin County (MA) Community Development Corporation, Greenfield MA
- *Amit Sharma, financial entrepreneur, Guilford VT
- *John Sheldon, guitarist, singer, songwriter
- Lisa Sieverts, Facilitated Change, Harrisville NH
- Jamie Silverstein, Metta Earth Institute, Somerville MA
- Marietta Skeen, Mindful Psychotherapy; Windhorse IMH, Northampton MA
- Ron Slabaugh, Middlebury VT
- Dave Smalley, Fultonville NY
- Andrew Smith, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Andy Smith, Andy Smith Photography, Philadelphia PA
- *Suzette Snow-C0bb, co-general manager of Franklin Community Co-op, Greenfield MA
- Holly Wren Spaulding, owner, LIFE/form, Hatfield MA
- Brooke Stabler, Nashua NH
- Wat Stearns, Brattleboro VT
- Connor Stedman, Executive Director, Vermont Wilderness School
- Sam Stegeman, CISA / PVGrows, South Deerfield MA
- Tamara Stenn, SIT Graduate Institute, Brattleboro VT
- Richard Stone, Ithaca NY
- Karen Stupski, faculty member, Goddard College, Freeland MD
- Alison Surdoval, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- Abby Sutton, Guilford Vt
- Jeremy Szteiter, Jamaica Plain MA
- *Jonathan Talbott, violinist, Quiet In The Head, Ghent NY
- Pam Tidyman, St. Johnsbury VT
- *Jonah Thomas, cellist, Quiet In The Head, Ghent NY
- Rosaleen Torrey, Ellington CT
- Melinda Tuhus, freelance journalist, Hamden CT
- Bill Upholt, activist, Hartford CT
- Sharon Valentine, co-owner, Logical Solutions Consulting LLC, New Haven VT
- *Linda Weil, group facilitator and education coordinator, Brattleboro VT
- Katie Weatherseed, Student, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- William Wereley, practitioner, Sacred Spirit, Guilford VT
- Steve Werthman, organizer, Broward Emergent Christians, Hollywood FL
- Kathy Werthman, member, “The Gathering” house church, Hollywood FL
- *Erica Wheeler, singer, songwriter, ‘sense of place’ artist, speaker, educator and conservation advocate, Colrain MA
- John Wilmerding, founder and convener, John Woolman College of Active Peace, Brattleboro VT
- Alex Wilson, president, Resilient Design Institute, executive director, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Jerelyn Wilson, outreach director, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Laura Winter, Brattleboro VT
- Marcia Winters, With Good Reasons LLC, Keene NH
- Greg Worden, Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro VT
- Karen Wynkoop, Plainfield VT
- Paul Yeghiayan, Associate Director of Philanthropy, Heifer International, Watertown NY
