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2006 Northern Rockies
Bioneers Workshop Presenter Biographies
also available online
at www.bornnetwork.org
Dayna Baumeister, PhD,
co-founder
of the Biomimicry Guild,
with degrees in biology, a devotion to applied natural history and a
passion for sharing nature's wonders with others, has worked in the
field of Biomimicry for the last 7 years as an educator, researcher
and design consultant. Dayna finds sustenance in Montana as a
gardener, hunter, and naturalist. www.biomimicry.net
Reverend Joel Biggers,
campus
minister at Christus Collegium, is
a progressive voice in Christian circles, working to help spiritual
communities connect to environmental issues as justice issues key to
leading an ethical religious life. www.christuscollegium.org
Wayne J. Bingham
is an architect who assists owners and builders in planning,
designing and constructing strawbale homes. After four decades in
conventional architectural and building practice, his interest in
energy efficiency led him to explore many alternative technologies,
including strawbale design. He is co-author of three books; Small
Strawbale, Strawbale Home Plans and Natural Timber Frame.
www.wjbingham.com
Jennifer Boulden,
co-founder
of Ideal Bite, has
led business strategy and marketing programs for corporate and
nonprofit organizations including IBM, Hearst, World Resource
Institute and Rocky Mountain Institute. Weaving together her business
experience and her deep understanding of the conscientious consumer
market, Jennifer brings a dedicated yet practical focus to Ideal
Bite. Most recently Jennifer served as the president of the Anavo
Group, a sustainable business-consulting firm. www.idealbite.com
Jennifer Boyer,
the
Northern Rockies project manager for Sonoran Institute's Bozeman
office,
focuses on community collaboration within watershed boundaries.
Working in the Big Hole watershed in SW Montana, she facilitated a
watershed-wide land use planning process, which was adopted by four
counties with consistent guidelines throughout the Big Hole River
corridor. In 2004 Jennifer worked as the campaign manager for the
successful Gallatin County Vote Yes for Open Space bond initiative.
She also serves on the Montana Watershed Coordination Council.
www.sonoran.org
Janice Brown,
Executive
Director of the Yellowstone Business Partnership
after 27 years of involvement in the Idaho conservation community.
Since her hire, the Partnership has united over 200 businesses,
organizations and individuals dedicated to a healthy environment and
shaping a prosperous and sustainable future for communities across 25
regional counties. On January 1, 2000, the editorial board of The
Idaho Statesman identified Jan Brown as one of 10 Idahoans predicted
to be catalysts for change in the 21st century.
www.yellowstonebusiness.org
Mel and Sue Brown
began their organic Grade A Amaltheia Dairy
on Thanksgiving Day 2000. They started milking with 90 goats. Today,
they are milking about 350 goats, producing 150 gallons of goat milk
each day and producing award-winning fresh goat cheeses, which can be
found nationwide at Whole Foods, Wild Oats, health food stores,
co-ops, supermarkets and fine restaurants. The Dairy is also a
participant of the Montana Farm to Restaurant Campaign. Amaltheia
Dairy is still a family run operation and is certified organic
through Montana Dept. of Agriculture and USDA. www.amaltheiadairy.com
Scott Brown, is Chef
and owner of Desert Rose Catering.
www.desertrosecatering.us
Kate Bryan, Marketing
& Sales Director of Earthtalk Studios, Inc.,
has been involved in the development of marketing communication
campaigns and interactive/educational outreach programs for over 15
years. Having worked as a communications consultant and employee for
numerous for-profit and non-profit organizations, she brings a
focused and organized approach to Earthtalk's client projects. In
addition to her work on behalf of Earthtalk Studios, she is also
directly involved with clients, helping them define project
communication objectives, overall scope and creative direction. She
oversees many projects at Earthtalk Studios to ensure that projects
are managed efficiently, client expectations are exceeded and
projects are completed on time and on budget. Kate can be reached at
406-587-1456 X 2001 or Kate@earthtalk.com.
Earthtalk Studios' educational portfolio can be viewed at
www.earthtalk.com
Chris Bryant is the
Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources'
research specialist and utility infielder. Chris joined IJNR in 2002
for the Wallace Stegner Initiative, assisting in creating the
Initiative's special report, "Matching the Scenery: Journalism's
Duty to the North American West." His introduction to IJNR came
when he was selected as a Fellow for the Pacific Northwest Institute.
Before joining IJNR, he completed reporting internships at KQED
Public Radio and Sierra magazine. Chris, a sixth-generation
Oregonian, now lives in Missoula, Montana, with his wife Julie and
daughter Isabella. www.ijnr.org
Dave Chambers, a
geophysicist with the Center for Science in Public Participation,
provides technical support for grassroots public interest groups. The
Center's vision is "that communities around the world have
access to technical research and expertise required to protect their
environment and culture, so they can make informed and proactive
decisions on natural resource protection and development issues, and
insure that extractive industry practices follow the highest
standards." www.csp2.org
Cresecentia Cummins is
from the Crow Reservation
and can speak her native language. She is a student at Montana State
University majoring in Land Resources & Environmental Science.
Daniel Dancer is a
conceptual artist
who became fascinated with sky art while traveling in South America
in the 80's and encountering the famous Nazca Lines of Peru. When he
returned home, he began working with Kansas field artist, Stan Herd,
who creates giant images on the Earth by using a tractor as a
paintbrush and crops for color. One day, Daniel decided to bring an
entire elementary school out to perform as beads on the headband of a
20-acre Indian head. A decade later, the parents of one of the "bead
kids" told him that the experience was the most memorable thing
their son did in school, that it taught him that things aren't always
as they seem . . . a big picture view of the world is really
important. www.artforthesky.com
Gray Davidson is a
custom home builder
based in Bozeman, MT. Formerly with Big Timberworks, Gray started his
own building company in 2004, giving him free reign to incorporate
principals of energy efficiency and sustainability into custom home
building projects.
Jill Davies is a pure
food activist
living in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. She speaks and
writes on current trends in the production of foods and medicines
with a focus on GMOs, and on organic agriculture and seed saving.
Jill got her bachelors degree in mathematics, then studied
Biodynamics at Emerson College in England in the early '70's; and
worked in the gardens on a commune in France and on a Biodynamic
truck farm in Switzerland before returning to the US. She is
currently Interim ED of Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
and is the ED of a new organization called Sustainable Living
Systems, which is working to build a local food system in the
Bitterroot valley and promote the formation of Ecovillages and
Community Land Trusts. www.sustainablelivingsystems.org
Drum Brothers have
been presenting classes and drum circles for all ages, celebrating
the rhythms of life and the joy of community music-making since the
early 90s. Over the years, they have brought World rhythm and
drumming into schools and educational centers for children and
adults, they have drummed with troubled youth, disabled people,
bereaved children and cancer survivors, and they have sparked many
ongoing community rhythm circles in cities around the Northwest and
in Canada. www.drumbrothers.com
Shane Doyle grew up in
Crow Agency,
MT. A former elementary school teacher, Shane is currently a doctoral
candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at MSU. She holds a Master's
in Native American Studies, and is currently teaching Native American
Studies courses at MSU.
Lucas Dupuis is an
Architect In Training
who emphasizes sustainable building practices in his work. He is also
the president of the board of directors for Home Resource, non-profit
building materials re-use center located in Missoula, MT. Through his
work at MacArthur, Means & Wells Architects and Home Resource,
Lucas has participated in a number of projects that integrate
sustainable building practices into affordable housing.
www.mmwarchitects.com
, www.homeresource.org
Andy Epple has served
as the Director of Planning for the City of Bozeman,
MT since 1987. During that time, Bozeman has grown from a town of
22,600 to a small city of 36,000. Under Mr. Epple's direction,
Bozeman has incorporated a number of New Urbanist design principles
into its land use regulatory programs, with emphases on walkability,
neighborhood commercial centers, minimum urban densities, provisions
for mixed use and encouragement for drought-tolerant landscapes. He
is the current president of the Western Central Chapter of the
American Planning Association, and is a past president of the Montana
Association of Planners.
Rowena Finnegan, owner
of Eco-Terric,
felt compelled to focus on creating living spaces that are truly
conducive to both the life of their inhabitants and the life of the
planet we all call home. Based on the principles of Bau-biologie ,
Eco-terric's mission is to show the world that it is possible to
have a beautiful and colorful home while still caring for the planet,
using healthy materials, and being socially responsible.
www.eco-terric.com
Dr. R. Gene Gilbert,
Ph. D, retired
in 1993 after serving the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 32
years; 28 years with the Agriculture Research Service and 4 years
with the Soil Conservation Service. Currently Dr. Gilbert directs his
own consulting business, Agro-Enviro Consultants, Inc. His
environmental science consulting services provide technical
development and transfer of innovative remediation and conservation
practices for the protection of natural resources.
Ron Gompertz, is owner
of Eco-Auto,
a new business that showcases the latest in green vehicles.
Matthew Melchor-Gordon
moved
to Bozeman two years ago to plant a new church, Waterstone Community.
He is an ordained pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) and holds a B.A. from Texas Christian University and Master
of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion. Matthew serves as a
board member of the Gallatin Valley Human Rights Task Force and is
actively involved in the Gallatin Valley Interfaith Association.
www.waterstonecommunity.org
Ty Hill is owner and
operator of John Bozeman's Bistro,
a fine Bozeman eating establishment in its 25th year and a
participant of the Montana Farm to Restaurant Campaign. John
Bozeman's Bistro specializes in eclectic cuisine with an
international influence, a homemade touch and uses as much local food
as possible. Hill also runs a catering company from John Bozeman's
Bistro and has written numerous articles on cooking and culinary
trends in Montana. www.johnbozemansbistro.com
Paul House, founder of
Bozeman Biofuels
that spun up during the 2005 Northern Rockies Bioneers conference,
has been pursuing niche businesses in Bozeman since 6th Grade.
Schooled in Geohyrodrology at MSU, Paul branched out and is
converting an 1880's cottage style house that now serves as a
renewable energy demonstration project, including heat for a hot tub.
The same used vegetable oil that heats the house powers eight
vehicles that he has converted as a local test fleet. Bozeman
Biofuels is now a one-person operation, collecting cooking oil from
local restaurants, oil which would normally be transported to Spokane
for processing. www.bozemanbiofuels.org
Suzie Johnson is a
founding member and president of the non-profit Gallatin Valley
Independent Business Alliance (GVIBA)
and coordinator of the Montana Farm to Restaurant Campaign. GVIBA is
a 4-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to educating the
public on the benefits of supporting locally owned and independent
business and service. These dedicated Independent businesses help
preserve a strong and healthy community that nurtures individuals and
families. www.gviba.org
Megan Kemple,
Pesticide-free Parks Program Coordinator for NW Coalition for
Alternatives to Pesticides,
has been coordinating NCAP's Pesticide-free Parks program for two
years. She implemented new pesticide-free parks programs in Portland,
Oregon and Eugene, Oregon and supported activists in Helena, MT.
www.pesticide.org
Ben Klein, whose
unique style of extreme flute, which he calls Ben Flutism,
consistently ignites audiences and gains the respect of fellow
musicians. His high intensity performances and unique style have led
him to regional renown in the Pacific Northwest.
Jeff Krauss, Mayor of
Bozeman,
is Finance Director of the Museum of the Rockies, former Gallatin
County Treasurer and Zoning Commission Chairman, and past president
of the Montana County Treasurer's Association.
Chad Langford is a
bassist and composer
whose eclectic and infectious grooves have captivated Northwest
audiences for over ten years. www.chadlangford.com
Fred Lanphear has
lived in community cohousing
for 35 years and is one of the founding members of Songaia Cohousing,
a self-developed cohousing community near Seattle, WA. Fred is also
on the Board of Directors of the Fellowship for Intentional Community
and has provided facilitation training in multiple countries.
www.ic.org
Annette Leland is
Executive Director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of
Park County. www.bbbsparkcounty.org
Courtney Lowery is the
managing editor and co-founder of NewWest.Net,
an online magazine and blogging network devoted to covering growth,
the economy, the environment and the overall changing culture of
Rocky Mountain West. She has worked as a reporter for Lee Newspapers
and the Associated Press in Helena and Omaha, Nebraska. She is a
graduate of the University of Montana's School of Journalism and
despite defecting west of the divide, she still calls Dutton, Montana
"home." www.newwest.net
Henrietta Mann is a
full-blood Cheyenne enrolled
with the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, and is the Endowed
Chair in Native American Studies at Montana State University.
Montana Outdoor
Science School promotes
an awareness, understanding and appreciation of the natural world
through quality educational experiences. They strive to inspire the
young and old alike to explore the wonders of science and nature in
their own backyard. Students gain an understanding of how science
contributes to the stewardship of our environment and how scientific
tools can help citizens become active participants in shaping public
policy. www.outdoorscience.org
Brian Maffly is a
former newspaper writer
and has been doing communications work on behalf of The Wilderness
Society's oil and gas campaigns for the past three years. He moved to
Bozeman in 2002 after eight years as a staff writer for the Salt Lake
Tribune, where he covered legal affairs and outdoor sports. Maffly
writes about local Bozeman issues in a regular column in The
Tributary.
Ryan McEvoy is the
president of Gaia Development Services,
a LEED consulting firm in Los Angeles responsible for the
certification of 15 LEED Buildings totaling over 2.2 million square
feet. While developing the Tricom Building in Pasadena in 2001, Mr.
McEvoy educated the city on the concepts of LEED and encouraged them
to go green. Pasadena now has one of the most stringent sustainable
policies in the nation. Mr. McEvoy is a LEED AP, a certified
Permaculture Designer and a workshop coordinator for Trees for a
Green LA, an LADWP program responsible for planting over 20,000 trees
in LA. His sustainability work has covered projects in Australia,
Costa Rica and various parts of California and Nevada.
Jeff Milchen directs
ReclaimDemocracy.org, a
national grassroots organization working to restore citizen authority
over corporations and realize equal political opportunity for all
citizens. Milchen also co-founded the American Independent Business
Alliance and advocates for community-based business as a national
speaker and writer. His articles have appeared in a wide range of
publications, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The
Ecologist, Adbusters and Fortune Magazine. www.reclaimdemocracy.org
Northern Plains
Resource Council
has been a grassroots organization since its beginnings in the
1970's. Their work has always focused on empowering local citizens
to make change. Northern Plains has organized citizen lobbying
efforts, including citizen lobbying days, phone trees and candidate
forums. Northern Plains can effectively teach citizens how to lobby
at our state legislature. www.northernplains.org
Kira Pascoe is Market
Coordinator for the Corporation for the Northern Rockies and
coordinator of the Montana Farm to Restaurant Campaign. Founded in
1994, Corporation for the Northern Rockies is a sustainable
development non-profit advancing sustainable choices that preserve
the region's landscape and quality of life for present generations
and those to come. www.northrock.org
Mike Phillips is
Executive Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund. He
is a biologist, wildlife ecologist, and author, and is currently
running for Montana State Representative in District 66.
Sam Porter is the
Founder & Co-Producer of the Northern Rockies Bioneers and
Director of the new non-profit Bioregional Outreach Network (BORN).
He is the owner of Porterhouse Productions, one of the largest
independent arts promotions company in Montana, and owner of Obvious
Advertising, an indoor marketing medium that focuses on locally owned
business, sustainability and cultural events. He is a social
entrepreneur, communicator and producer with a belief that by
co-creating cultural movements through the arts, media, and ideas of
communities, we can network a plan for a more restorative future. He
lives in Bozeman with his wife Abigail and new daughter Mae Mathison
Porter! www.porterhouseproductions.com,
www.bornnetwork.org
Terry Profota,
President of Sage Solutions, has
over 30 years experience in both business and nonprofit development.
During the past fourteen years her attention has been focused on the
nonprofit segment, working closely with a variety of organizations
directing start-up operations and improving effectiveness. Terry is
currently an Officer of the Montana Nonprofit Association and serves
as the Professional and Organizational Development Committee Chair.
In addition to her consulting practice, Terry is an adjunct professor
for Montana State University's College of Business.
Craig Ragland joined
Songaia Cohousing Community in
1992 after living in other shared household communities. Craig is a
community organizer, focusing on growing new communities in the
Northwest. Craig is on the Board of Directors of the Cohousing
Association of the United States and is the event coordinator for the
Fellowship for Intentional Community's Art of Community Northwest.
www.songaia.com
Nancy Ruby began
studying an eclectic blend of hatha yoga
at the age of 20. She is an avid practitioner of the Krishnamacharya
lineage while being open to the streams of influence that have
deepened her experience of yoga. Her background includes
neuromuscular massage therapy, sports medicine, athletic training,
world dance and mind-body wellness. www.yogamotion.com
Bonnie
Sachatello-Sawyer is the director of Hopa Mountain, Inc.,
a non-profit organization that works with community leaders to
improve education, ecological health and economic development in
rural and tribal communities. She has worked with non-profit
organizations throughout the Northern Rockies for more than sixteen
years. Sachatello-Sawyer formerly served as the director of Native
Waters at Montana State University-Bozeman and as the division head
for public programs at the Museum of the Rockies. She holds a
doctorate in adult and community education from MSU.
www.hopamountain.org
Student Advocates for
Valuing the Environment (SAVE)
is the evolution of a student recycling effort at Carroll College in
Helena, MT. Their mission is to promote environmental stewardship
through Daily Habits and environmental awareness. Since their first
fundraising event, they have worked to expand recycling visibility
and infrastructure, developed a biodiesel program, and hosted large
community celebrations of Earth Day. S.A.V.E. recycled more than
100,000 lbs. in 2005. www.savemobile.org
Dave Schaub and Steve
Bruner, are the co-owners of Refuge Sustainable Building Center,
based in Bozeman, MT. The Refuge Sustainable Building Center promotes
sustainability in the built environment through sales of products
that respect human health and the natural world and strives to
maximize social and environmental wellness while maintaining
financial profitability. www.refugebuilding.com
Leah Schmalzbauer,
PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Montana State
University.
She has been doing participant action research for several years with
Central American immigrants in the US and the families they have left
behind in their home countries. The majority of my work has been with
Hondurans and Salvadorans, although she is well versed on migration
trends from Mexico and the rest of Central and South America. Leah
currently sits on the board of Proyecto Hondureño, an
immigrant rights and service organization in based Boston, MA.
Eric Schneider works
at the intersection of biology and physics and use thermodynamics
to examine these connections. He has worked as the Director of a
global ocean floor analysis laboratory for the United States Navy,
the Director of the EPA's National Marine Water Quality Laboratory
and a Senior Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. He is also a recent coauthor of the book Into the
Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics and Life. His research centers on
the study of energy flow through natural systems.
Randy Schrauder,
Principal and Director of Community Initiatives for Summit Consulting
Group,
balances civil engineering and land development project objectives
with the changing attitudes and expectations of smart growth and land
stewardship. These principles are specifically applied to SCG's
projects throughout the region. www.scgengineering.com
Anne & Pete Sibley
met
through their love of music. They are passionate about sustainability
education in their community in Jackson Hole. Pete founded The Teton
Sustainability Project in 2001. Both Pete & Anne, along with a
special group of volunteers, work hard to put on the Jackson Eco-Fair
now in its 5th year. As musicians, they use their songwriting and
singing to spread messages of peace, love and human connection to the
wild earth around us. www.anneandpetesibley.com
Gail Small is an
attorney, long-time activist, and director of the non-profit Native
Action. She
has spent her entire adult life fighting to preserve the water, air,
land, and culture of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in
southeastern Montana. Through Native Action, Gail addresses ominous
environmental threats to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, as well
as environmental justice issues across the Northern Great Plains
region. Through community grassroots organizing, educational
outreach, policy research, and litigation, this small organization
has been able to hold the line against the energy giants and an
administration bent on opening tribal lands to massive energy
development.
Daniel J. Smith,
President of Earthtalk Studios, Inc.
has been involved with video, web and multimedia design and
development for over 20 years. Throughout his career, Dan has always
sought out projects which have allowed him to exercise his passion
for science, education and multimedia communications. With a masters
degree in geology with a minor in film and TV, Dan founded Earthtalk
Studios back in the early 1990's. Over time, Dan has developed a
nationally and internationally-recognized portfolio of interactive
science education multimedia delivered via the web and a variety of
other media delivery systems. Earthtalk Studios' multimedia
presentations include online science education field trips (for
Yellowstone National Park and the Yellowstone Park Foundation), text
book CD-ROMs for Prentice Hall's Environmental Sciences Division
("Global City" received the Gold International Pirelli Award for
Environmental Science Education), Online Interactive Science Objects
for the National Science Teacher's Association, and online
community education modules for the Sonoran Institute and the BLM.
Dan can be reached at 406-587-1456 X 2011 or dan@earthtalk.com.
Earthtalk Studios' educational portfolio can be viewed at
www.earthtalk.com
Lucia Stewart is the
Productions Director for Porterhouse Productions.
She coordinates and produces conferences, concerts and events from 10
to 7,000 attendees. After teaching outdoor education and inspiring a
sense of appreciation towards the natural world through Outward Bound
and other groups, she moved to Missoula to do the same through
journalism. After being the founding editor of Outside Missoula
magazine, she moved to Bozeman to work with Porterhouse Productions
and the non-profit Bioregional Outreach Network (BORN).
www.porterhouseproductions.com,
www.bornnetwork.org
Larry Thal is a
developer based in the Teton Valley.
His most recent project in Victor, Idaho, incorporates the Thirteen
Points of Traditional Neighborhood design along with energy
conservation and environmentally responsible building practices to
create a one-of-a-kind, close-knit community neighborhood.
www.mountainsidevillageidaho.com
Rose Tocke is Director
of Community Dynamics for the Biomimicry Guild. Here,
Rose focuses on developing the Guild's ability to meet public
demand, conducts biomimetic research, organizes workshops for the
Guild, and gives workshops and lectures for other organizations. She
lives in Montana with her husband and soaks up life from gardening,
cooking, and goofing around in the woods. www.biomimicry.net
Eric Troth spent
most of his life pursuing a wide variety of workshops, trainings,
conferences and volunteer work before uncovering and refining his
deeper sense of calling to focus on political activity. Eric's
diverse background and experience also include a degree in
Philosophy, extensive travel and study abroad, professional training
in movement and bodywork, as well as long-term meditation and
self-awareness practices. He is passionate about Integral Theory and
Practice and the evolution of consciousness particularly as they
relate to creating a sustainable economy and a healthy democracy.
Erica Wheeler is an
award winning, singer-songwriter
and Signature Sounds based in western MA. She has five critically
acclaimed CD's to her credit. She has performed and facilitated her
workshop at conferences, concert halls and colleges across the
country. www.ericawheeler.com
Todd Wilkinson, a
native of Minnesota, began his journalism career 20 years ago
covering violent crime for the legendary City News Bureau of Chicago.
Over the last 20 years, his stories have appeared in a number of
prominent newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street
Journal, US News & World Report, Christian Science Monitor, and
Audubon, among dozens of others. Author of several books, he also
coaches a youth hockey team in Bozeman. He is currently the Bozeman
Editor for the NewWest.net. www.newwest.net
Brooke Williams is the
Executive Director of the Murie Center.
He is a speaker, writer, and consultant on sustainable living and
business practices. He believes that exposing and using the powers
that evolution planted in each of us might solve many of our current
problems. For the past thirty years, Brooke has actively pursued
adventure in wild landscapes and believes in using lessons learned
from nature's ability to adapt to constantly changing conditions in
personal and organizational transformation. He is a graduate of the
Bainbridge Graduate Institute and lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with
his wife and writer, Terry Tempest Williams. www.muriecenter.org
Dean Williamson is the
Director of Sunflower Center for the Arts,
a non-profit collaborative that instructs and nurtures the writing of
fiction, poetry, scripts, essay, and creative nonfiction to promote
local creators and their creative voices.
Kath Williams, PhD, is
the president of the World Green Building Council
and recently completed seven years as vice chair of the U.S. Green
Building Council. She is a LEEDTM Faculty member and served as a
LEEDTM Accredited Professional on the LEED Platinum Green Business
Centre, Hyderabad, India. Kath has represented the United States on
five USAID/US-AEP exchanges to India. She was Assistant to the Vice
President of Research at Montana State University from 1996 to 1999,
where she served for six years as project chief of Montana State
University's Green Building project. www.worldgbc.org
Franke Wilmer is a
professor of Political Science at Montana State University and
Chair of the Montana Human Rights Commission. Franke's graduate
training included both international relations and policy analysis.
Before going into academic teaching, Franke worked with Community
Relations Council in North Carolina. She is currently running for
office as a state legislator from House District 64 in Bozeman.
www.gallatindemocrats.com
Kelly Wiseman has been
general manager of the Community Food Coop in
Bozeman for 17 years. Wiseman started as -manager as co-manager with
the job of grocery purchaser in 1989. In addition to the Community
Food Coop, Wiseman is involved in national coop organization efforts
with the National Coop Grocers Association. Wiseman was a DJ on KGLT
for 15 years and he is originally from Great Falls, MT. www.bozo.coop
Vaughan Woodruff is
the Program Administrator of the Bozeman-based nonprofit, Red Feather
Development Group.
Red Feather educates and empowers American Indian nations to create
sustainable solutions to the severe housing crisis within reservation
communities by teaching affordable, replicable and sustainable
approaches to home construction. www.redfeather.org
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