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While teaching high-school economics, Alison became driven by the need to combine coherent communication and design-thinking to tap into students’ natural compassion, curiosity, and creativity. In 2017, Alison founded Peace Profits to teach peace and design for the ReGeneration.  Peace Profits has developed into an education, research, and design organization with partners all over the world. We are focused on cultivating economic ecosystems for peace, prosperity, regeneration, and well-being for all.

P Van Halsema Consulting: Non Profits + Education + Libraries | Community Engagement | Strategic Project Management and Mission Minded Communications

Currently helping build and promote a local online community for cultivating county-wide resilience and  personal health through the delivery of mind body meditations and experiences by and for our local region via the Sonoma Community Resilience Collaborative at www.socoresilience.org

He has worked on Bioregional projects and enterprises in sustainable forestry, (woodland management and products), farming (reviving the lavender industry of south London), recycling (converting tree surgery waste into biomass for energy) and real estate development.

Dr. John Stayton is a consultant, coach and educator focusing on innovation and sustainable business. In 2000, John cofounded the first graduate program in sustainable business in the world, the Green MBA. He also started a green business accelerator called Venture Greenhouse. He taught a Sustainable Business course at Thammasat University for six years. He recently retired as Executive Director of Graduate Business Programs at Sonoma State University, where he was responsible for MBA and wine business education programs.

Efren Carrillo is currently an advocate for Burbank Housing, involved in community and government relations, as well as business development. Carrillo served two terms on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, having been first elected in 2008 at the age of 27. While on the board he was a key leader for the establishment of Sonoma Clean Power. He also worked at the USEPA, Sonoma County Economic Development Board, Sonoma County Business Environmental Alliance, for Assemblyman Joe Nation, and for Redwood Credit Union. He has a degree from UCB in environmental science and policy.

Joyce Lopes joined Sonoma State University as the Vice President of Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer in August 2017.  Prior to coming to SSU, she served as the Vice President of Administrative Affairs at Humboldt State University. Along with being a certified public accountant, Ms. Lopes holds a Master's in Business Administration and a certificate from the Chief Business Officer Leadership Institute sponsored by the California Association of School Business Officers.

Cynthia Murray is President/CEO of North Bay Leadership Council (NBLC).  She serves on the boards of many organizations including the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, First 5 Sonoma County Commission, Sonoma County Health Action Council, Marin School to Careers Partnership and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Policy Advisory Council. Murray chairs the Marin County Housing Crisis Action Group and is a strong advocate for new housing.

Lawrence Jaffe is a member of the Sebastopol Grange and is the Current Chair of the Board of the North Bay Credit Union. He has earned a BA in Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and earned a Juris Doctorate from the New College School of Law and Social Change. Lawrence is a lover of music, gardening and community.

Lisa is President and CEO of United Way of the Wine Country. She graduated cum laude with her BA in Latin American history in 1984 from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and obtained her JD from the Columbus School of Law in 1988. A member of both the Maryland and California bars, she has spent most of her professional career as a social justice advocate and nonprofit executive.  Lisa was appointed by Governor William Donald Schaeffer as Executive Director of the Maryland Commission for Women.

Ray is a Principal at Regenesis, and the Founder and Principal of RenovusCollaborative, whose purpose is to collaborate with people, organizations, and communities through integrated planning and design processes resulting in transformative outcomes that increase the value of human and ecological systems.