I've spent the past 4 1/2 decades as a leader in the environmental, social change and philanthropic sectors, working to advance positive solutions in the face of societal and planetary threats. My consulting focuses on climate solutions, resilience, and a sustainable economy. I currently chair the Volgenau Climate Initiative and Dr James Hansen's Climate, Science and Awareness. Over the decades, I served as the Executive Director or President of numerous institutions including the Nuclear Information & Resource Service, the Merck Family Fund, Ottinger Foundation, Stern Family Fund, Center for a New American Dream, 350 Action, and 1Sky and as the International representative of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Movement. I helped launch and lead the Environmental Grantmakers Association, Funders for Sustainable Consumption & Production, and the Young Climate Leaders Network, a multi-year program supporting diverse leaders between the ages of 25-40 dedicated to climate justice and clean energy solutions. More recently, I was on the founding Steering Committee of Funders for Regenerative Agriculture and led a global conference on the role of agriculture and soils in addressing the climate threat. Current Priorities and Work: 1) Advancing nature-based climate solutions; 2) Integrating the struggle for climate solutions with defense of democracy and transformation of our inequitable and consumption-based economic system; 3) An exploration of deep resilience in the face of fragility and chaos; 5) Advising donors and foundations and supporting a diverse global network of scientists, farmers, government officials, and NGOS in advancing regenerative agriculture and agroecology; 6) Advancing strategies to stand up against the rising threats to peace, democracy, racial justice, and human/civil rights within the United States; Consulting assignments: Better Tomorrow Fund, Maine Community Foundation, CIFF Foundation, Energy Foundation, European Climate Foundation, Stranahan Fd, The Volgenau Foundation, Flora Family Fund, Janelia Foundation, anonymous donorsI grew up in conservative, rural America and my mother came from a seventh generation farm family. I live on a 20 acre homestead, am an avid gardener, and am working to propagate native plants, sequester carbon, and help build a community of mutual affection and support.