Fellows (2015-2017)

    Armando Estrada

    Board of Directors/Fellow

    Armando Estrada is co-founder and current Executive Director of Via Educación, an organization based in Mexico that seeks to generate opportunities for (more…)

    • Location: Monterrey, Mexico

      Beth Heller

      Fellow

      Beth Fetterley Heller, Senior Director of Education and Strategic Planning at the Urban Ecology Center has dedicated her career in education to the growth (more…)

      • Location: Wisconsin, USA

        Beth Hunter

        Fellow

        Beth Hunter is Program Director at the McConnell Foundation, where she has worked since 2010, focusing primarily on the Sustainable Food Systems initiative

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        • Location: Montreal, Canada

          Christian Liñán-Rivera

          Fellow

          Christian has a marine biologist bachelor degree with a Masters degree in natural resources sustainable management. He has experience in phylogeny, genetics, (more…)

          • Location: Mexico

            Erik Ramirez-Ruiz

            Fellow

            Erik is the CEO of Radix Education, a company whose passion is to improve learning and teaching methods. At this organization he is impacting thousands of teachers (more…)

            • Location: Mexico

              Jane Rabinowicz

              Fellow

              Jane Rabinowicz works to advance food sovereignty and community leadership at local, regional, national, and international levels. She currently serves as Executive Director of (more…)

              • Location: Canada

                Jean Jack Remond

                Fellow

                Jean Jack is a social entrepreneur. He is the Managing Director of La Vaca Independiente and Founding Member of the Academy for Systems Change. (more…)

                • Location: Mexico

                  Jennifer Menke

                  Fellow

                  Since 1999 Jennifer Menke has been focused on bringing humans into harmonious coexistence with nature in keystone ecosystems globally through systems (more…)

                  • Location: Colorado, USA

                    Jensine Larsen

                    Fellow

                    Jensine Larsen, an award-winning social media entrepreneur and international journalist is the founder of World Pulse, a digital media network connecting women worldwide (more…)

                    • Location: Oregon, USA

                      Joe Hsueh

                      Fellow

                      Joe Hsueh designs and facilitates systems change. He is passionate about the holistic process of identifying, designing, mapping, convening, prototyping, funding, learning, (more…)

                      • Location: Taiwan

                        Karen Joseph M.S.M

                        Fellow

                        Karen Joseph is Chief Executive Officer of Reconciliation Canada. Karen is a Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw social change maker who brings more than  (more…)

                        • Location: Canada

                          Kim Kita

                          Treasurer, Board of Directors/Fellow

                          Kim opened and now leads Colorado State University’s (CSU) international educational Center in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (more…)

                          • Location: Colorado, USA

                            Liliana Gutierrez

                            Fellow

                            Liliana graduated with a Bachelors Degree of Biology from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 2000. She is an MPA from Maxwell School of Citizenship (more…)

                            • Location: Mexico

                              Scott Pankratz

                              Fellow

                              Scott Pankratz is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Missoula, Montana-based non-profit Ecology Project International (EPI). He is also an outdoor educator, (more…)

                              • Location: Montana, USA

                                Sheryl Ries

                                Fellow

                                Sheryl Ries is currently serving as Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Vancity. Vancity is a values based financial cooperative, serving more than 525,000 members-owners.  (more…)

                                • Location: Canada

                                  Stacey Tank

                                  Fellow

                                  Stacey Tank is Chief Corporate Affairs and Transformation Officer at Heineken. In addition to covering Public Affairs, Sustainable Development and Global Communications (more…)

                                  • Location: Georgia, USA

                                    Stephanie Daniels

                                    Fellow

                                    Stephanie Daniels is Senior Programs Manager, Agriculture & Development at the Sustainable Food Lab where she leads partnerships for impact and learning in agricultural value chains. (more…)

                                    • Location: Vermont, USA

                                      Todd Khozein

                                      Fellow

                                      Second Muse, Texas, USA

                                      • Location: Oregon, USA

                                        Udom Hongchatikul, PhD

                                        Fellow

                                        Udom holds his PhD in Organization Development. He also holds his diploma in Positive Psychology & Wellbeing from Langley Group Institute. (more…)

                                        • Location: Bangkok, Thailand

                                          Yunlan Ni

                                          Fellow

                                          Born in China in early 1980s, just at the country’s very beginning of economic reform, Yunlan’s own life has been shaped by the tremendous economic, social and political change. (more…)

                                          • Location: China