Board of Directors & Advisors

Peter Brown

Peter G. Brown, PhD is a professor in the School of Environment, the Department of Geography, and the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University. Before heading to McGill, he was Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland’s graduate School of Public Affairs; while at Maryland he founded the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, the School of Public Policy, and also established the School’s Environmental Policy Programs.

He is a graduate of Haverford College, holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy of Religion from Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, and a PhD from Columbia in Philosophy. He is the author of Restoring the Public Trust: A Fresh Vision for Progressive Government in America and Ethics, The Commonwealth of Life: Economics For a Flourishing Earth, and Right Relationship: Building Whole Earth Economies.

Brown is involved in conservation efforts in the James Bay and Southern regions of Quebec, as well as in Maryland. He operates tree farms in both locales and is a Certified Quebec Forest Producer, named Tree Farmer of The Year of Garrett County, Maryland, in 1995. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends.

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Peter Barnes

Peter Barnes is an innovative thinker and entrepreneur whose work has focused on fixing the deepest flaws of capitalism.  He

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Philip Duff

Philip N. Duff is founder and Chief Executive Officer at Massif Partners, an institutional investment manager focused on the solvency

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Hazel Henderson

Hazel Henderson, PhD, is a world-renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of

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Hunter Lovins

Hunter Lovins is President of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS). NCS helps companies, communities, and countries implement more sustainable business practices

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Bill Reed

Bill Reed, AIA, LEED, is an internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and regeneration. Reed is a principal in

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William Rees

William Rees, PhD, is a human ecologist, ecological economist, Professor Emeritus and former director of the University of British Columbia’s

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Simon Rich

Simon Rich serves by appointment of the Governor on the North Carolina Economic Development Board and chairs the Innovation and

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Carol Sanford

Carol Sanford is founder and CEO of The Responsible Entrepreneur Institute and InterOctave, a global consultancy. She has worked with

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Gus Speth

Gus Speth, Esq, is a Professor of Law at Vermont Law School. Previously he was a Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor

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Stewart Wallis

Stewart Wallis served as the Executive Director of New Economics Foundation (NEF) from 2002-16, inspiring and demonstrating real economic well

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