New England

Cecilia completed her BA in biology and environmental studies at Williams College. After graduating, she spent two years in Central and South America studying tropical deforestation and forest conservation. She then worked for two-and-a...

Eric is now pursuing full-time commercial fishing, primarily as a hook fisherman working bottom long-lines or 'tub trawls' for cod and haddock out of Harwich, Massachusetts. He is also a fisheries advocate for the Georges Bank Hook sector...

Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D. is President of Vireo Advisors, LLC, and is focused on sustainability strategies for new and nano-technology development and innovation. She has extensive experience in working with entrepreneurs to guide responsible...

Sara St. Antoine is a children's book author and environmental writer with a longstanding interest in how stories shape--and are shaped by--our relationship to the natural world. Her newest novel, Front Country (Chronicle Books, 2022), is...

In September 2016, Sue Minter was the Democratic Nominee for Governor in Vermont. She has served as Vermont’s Secretary of Transportation, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Irene Recovery Officer, and as a State Representative. Sue helped...

For her graduate work at the University of Rhode Island, Joanne studied the effects of habitat size and isolation of southern Rhode Island peatlands on occupancy by the bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixanthe). Her work with the Rhode...

Mark Sudol is the Director of the Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center for the Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources. He manages a staff of research scientists and economists that deal with many of our Nation's most...

Peggy was director of planning and development for the Franklin County Commissioners, where she provided technical assistance to 26 townships in western Massachusetts.