FOUNDER and MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Adviser, advocate, and connector to practicing social change leaders. Signature projects include facilitating collaboration in a $35M, multi-state land protection and watershed restoration initiative; mentoring food system executive directors; developing experiential university courses on social entrepreneurship; supervising peer-advised deployment of $3m for equitable local economy efforts. Amy has raised over $72m and focuses on regenerative farming and economic development.

ADVISORY SERVICES PRINCIPAL

Social entrepreneur, food business advisor, and professional chef. Co-Founder of The Gleanery, Former Board President of Boston Area Gleaners, founding culinary director of Daily Table, and Common Future Fellow. At CommonWealth Kitchen, Ismail assisted early and growth stage BIPOC and women-owned enterprises and led farmer value-added and contract manufacturing. The former Board President of Boston Area Gleaners, a partner in Nubian Markets (Roxbury, MA), a consultant to the Equitable Food-Oriented Development fund, he co-founded Loiter!East Cleveland, which operates an economic justice café, a small number of urban farms, and Wake Robin Fermented Foods.

LEADERSHIP COACH

Fundraising and DEI trainer, facilitator, organizational leader, and PCC-certified executive coach. Jose has led nonprofits in the roles of CEO, COO, Major Gifts Officer, and Board Chair. He coaches leaders, at all levels, for excellence, results, self-acceptance, and noble purpose. Jose holds an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked for five years as a professional actor. He helps leaders tap into their instincts, voice, gesture, and body as tools for their self-realization.

POLICY and COMMUNITY SPECIALIST

Skilled convener and specialist in community-based interventions, opportunities, and programming, Marissa is focused on assessing and improving equitable community food access, systematic infrastructure, and capacity building. She holds an MA in Public Health Johns Hopkins University, where she was a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow. She also holds an MA in Bioethics, a BA in Psychology & Environmental Studies from New York University, and Certificates in Food Systems, Environment, Finance, and Health Management. Currently, she oversees operations and supports the Advisory Committee of Growing Justice, a community stakeholder-designed pooled fund.

ADVISORY SERVICES PRINCIPAL

Writer, researcher, leader, and strategist, Mariya has over 20 years of experience in advocacy & labor journalism, grassroots organizing, and nonprofit leadership. In recent years, she organized community gardeners and farmers and then redesigned and as co-director recreated the Farm Alliance of Baltimore, led a community-based food access assessment in rural Maryland, and currently is a Co-Executive Director at Impact Hub Baltimore, which serves startup small business and social entrepreneurs. In her writing and consulting, she offers experience-based wisdom for shifting strategy, governance, and operations to center on movement-building with an anti-oppression lens.

LEADERSHIP COACH

Organizational strategy and culture specialist, and National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. Peter led the Institute for Conservation Leadership’s year-long leadership development program and has coached hundreds of leaders including nonprofit executives, university administrators, and professionals in transition. His skill in process design and facilitation leads to transformative outcomes. Peter teaches English as a Second Language and serves on the board of the REVE Kandale Foundation which supports education and reforestation projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

LEADERSHIP COACH

Maternal and child health physician, human rights lawyer, and advocate for health equity. Vineeta brings over 20 years of experience leading health equity programs, international organizing and advocacy, and philanthropy focused on the health and well-being of women and girls in more than 25 countries. Recognized as a leading expert and speaker, she has presented in over 60 universities in the United States and Europe. Her work has been widely covered in print and online media. Vineeta conducts workshops on diversity, inclusion, health disparities, and works with social change executives to clarify strategy and personal branding.