The following people are among those who serve as valued sources of counsel for our work:
Akaya Windwood, Rockwood Leadership Institute (Oakland, CA)
Albino Garcia, La Plazita Institute (Albuquerque, NM)
Alta Starr, Ford Foundation (New York, NY)
angel Kyodo williams, Center for Transformative Change (Oakland, CA)
Cristina Rivera Chapman, Tierra Negra Farm (Mebane, NC)
Cynthia Brown, Resourceful Communities Program (Durham, NC)
Mr. Elwood Whitmore, Local Elder (Mebane, NC)
Francesca Hyatt, RAFI-USA (Pittsboro, NC)
Frank Phoenix, Greenbridge (Chapel Hill, NC)
Gary Philips, Weaver Street Realty (Carrboro, NC)
Gita Gulati-Partee, OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Pam McMichael, Highlander Center (New Market, TN)
Katherine Fulton, Monitor Institute (Berkeley, CA)
Marian Urquilla, Living Cities (Washington, DC)
Michele McDonald, Vipassana Hawaii (Kamuela, HI)
Mike Edwards, Demos (New York, NY)
Mikki Sager, Resourceful Communities Program (Durham, NC)
Mirabai Bush, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (Northampton, MA)
Nelson and Joyce Johnson, Beloved Community Center (Greensboro, NC)
Peter Forbes, Center for Whole Communities (Fayston, VT)
Tara Brown, Hidden Leaf Foundation (Occidental, CA)
Vivette Jeffries Logan, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation (Hillsborough, NC)
Deep gratitude to the following community members who serve in an advisory capacity along with board and staff on committees:
communications
Cynthia Brown, Resourceful Communities (Durham, NC)
Katina Parker, No Labor of Love (Durham, NC)
Tony Deifel, Q Media Labs (San Francisco, CA)
finance
Brian Schneiderman, Self-Help (Durham, NC)
Jay Miller, Shared Visions Foundation (Carrboro, NC)
fundraising
Gita Gulati-Partee, Open Source Leadership (Durham, NC)
Lucy Harris, Community Organizer (Durham, NC)
Meg Coward (Durham, NC)
program
Jonathan Rubenstein, Jonathan Rubenstein & Associates (Berkeley, CA)
Omisade Burney, Ananse Consulting (Durham, NC)
Tema Okun, dRworks (Durham, NC)
