Meet the DEAL Community

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Run an #art directory for the Midwest region, with a personal interest in #artists whose work focuses on #environmental, #political and #socialissues.  Am taking notice of the ways #farmland in this area is conforming to new cycles in the #climate. Have also seen an uptick of #climaterefugees to this area from coastal cities.

Bowdon, Altrincham

Alyson is the founder of Conscious Impact and an executive with over twenty-five years’ experience in the public health sector spanning both academic, non-ex, commercial and as a global lead within the food industry.  Passionate about how good food is a cornerstone for health, her intent is to  lean into the solutions across the food system space so we can collectively continue to nourish the world respecting our precious planetary resources and celebrate food for the special place it has in our society, celebrations and shared experiences.  Enabling conscious change across the food system ecosystem driving positive impact for people planet and prosperity. Using intelligence from across the food system to pollinate solutions and action globally, locally and on the plate. 

Milton Keynes

I grew up in countries where the sense of community was very strong and everyone knew they were a part of a bigger system. The economic and infrastructural system that the world has come to know does not fit with many mindsets around the world and I am excited to see how the doughnut can change this.  Currently based in Milton Keynes, I am doing my PhD in Soil Science at Cranfield University and am always looking to have a chat with people about their personal connections to the soil and how they think we can return to valuing the world's most important resource! I am an ecologist at heart, and love to celebrate the diversity of the world!

Helsinki

Financial/ investment analyst with 20+ year experience in a development bank and a rating agency, seeking new career paths with a focus on building a more sustainable world Holder of the ACCA degree ( since 2005) and GARP Sustainability certificate ( since November 2022)

Sweden

Brownstown, Indiana, USA

Peter J. Ellery, PhD is a partner and researcher with E2praxis, LLC; a research consultancy specializing in community wellbeing. In this role, he combines his education and past research experience in health, education, and landscape architecture to explore sustainable solutions for communities using user-centered and collaboratively designed, placemaking strategies. Peter's work experience includes research using a variety of research methodologies including aerial data collection, imaging, and modeling, and his publication record includes book chapters and articles that explore the connection between wellbeing, health, and place.  

Welwyn, Hertfordshire, UK

I am a sustainability consultant with deep experience in managing data and software development. I am currently working as an educator in multiple B2B  programs, including Investor-Readiness for Female Founders and Sustainability for Supply Chain Managers. I am currently developing the Ecodove network: a knowledge sharing portal focused on in the fields of Sustainability and ESG measurement.  Previously, I have worked as Chief Product Officer at Achilles Group Ltd, and was responsible for developing Achilles’ approach to measuring sustainability in supply chains and delivering Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)  for B2B supplier assurance.  I was a practicing economist for over 15 years (2002-2018), working for leading economic forecasting teams at IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) and providing data services to Management Systems, Inc, on contract with USAID. I received a Master’s of Public Policy (MPP) in International Development Policy and Environmental Policy from Georgetown University in 2004.  I have a Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Mathematical Economics from Wake Forest University (2000). 

Sociologist (Expertise: Sustainable Development and Resilience).

Colorado Springs CO

Im a Navy Veteran turned farmer working to ease the pains of food insecurity in my community. 

Seoul, Korea

Dr. Kim Chang-gil received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics with a specialization in Environmental Economics from the Oklahoma State University. Dr. Kim was a researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) for 28 years, where he conducted research related to sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture, climate change, rural policy, and green growth. In 2016, he was elected as the President of KREI, a role in which he served until his retirement in 2019.  Dr. Kim has previously served as an executive member of the Prime Minister's Office's Government Evaluation Committee, the Presidential Committee on Sustainable Development, the Committee of Agricultural Policy Reforms, and the Committee of Mid-term Fiscal Policy of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. He has also been active in his field beyond research and policy, serving as a as Co-representative of the ICT Convergence Korea Forum and the President of the Korea Agricultural Economics Association.     Dr. Kim has participated internationally as a representative of the Republic of Korea to the OECD Policy Committee on Agricultural and Environment from 2001 to 2013, later serving as Vice-chair of the committee from 2007 to 2013, and as Chair from 2014 to 2017. He served as the Korean representative of the Meetings of Agricultural Chief Scientists (MACS) of G20 and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Club, a council of presidents from global agricultural economic research institutes.      After retiring KREI as President of KREI, he was appointed as an invited professor to Seoul National University's Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development with the mandate of establishing a Global High-tech Agricultural Network to foster agricultural human resources in developing countries. He recently served as Senior Advisor of Asia Development Bank and is currently a Vice-president of the Global Innovative Education Lab of the Education Commission Asia.

India

Heading the large organisation. Dealing the uncertainty of the world.  

New York

Working to bring public investments to community-led, climate resilient, housing and economic development projects in the US and Uganda. Former lecturer on public policy, human centered design, and environmental entrepreneurship at the City College of New York and New School University - Parsons School of Design Strategies. 

Wausau, WI

I'm passionate about sustainable, holistic community development that creates wellbeing and prosperity for our people and our natural environment. 

Utrecht, the Netherlands

I’ve clocked up about 15 years of work experience in policy and practice of international political economy and development with a focus on inclusive markets and food systems in low- and middle-income countries. I'd like to learn more about how doughnut economics is being applied in practice in different places, so open to meeting others in the community and sharing ideas.

West Palm Beach, FL

I am an 80 years young founder and facilitator of Circle of Life-Mastery, a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) dedicated to expansion of consciousness. I was ordained as an Interfaith Minister and co-founded A World Alliance of Interfaith Ministers in 2005. I’m a current member of the Association for Conflict Resolution NYC at John Jay College.  I also was a member of an NGO at the UN called Committee for Spiritual and Global Concerns from 2009 to 2012.

Australia

My faith is in people. I believe that if you're trying to make the world a better place, it's not about ending war/famine/poverty, it's about building people first. That doesn't mean forget about technology, but instead leverage it, focusing not on the idea that changing the world means neon-clad, space-age looking, shiny tech, but a world where life, everywhere you look, is vibrant. I believe the way to do this is to cultivate in people, Will, Hope, Self-Cultivation, and Balance. And where do you start? Teach them about nature. And if you read this, care to join me? I found the book while researching ideas of sustainability and particularly how to convey them. And then looking into the author I found this site and it seems to agree with some of my way of thinking, about sustainability and such. I'm a scientist working in these types of fields and I'm trying to get some thoughts out there in the public and industrial mind and I thought that joining here might help along that way. 

Guerneville, California

I'm officially retired which actually means I can focus on what's most important to me. This includes the #future of learning and education, #appropriate use of both "high" and "low" tech for learning and for large-scale #social infrastructures such as #wealth production and distribution systems (i.e. economics). I'm concerned that humans have spent the last 1,000 years striving to create material #abundance and leisure for themselves without the emotional context to enjoy #well-being from what they have built. In past years I have worked in "Silicon Valley" to promote the use of #computing for learning in homes and schools. I have also ventured into #intercultural communications training, #disaster response and recovery, and #non-profit management. My current projects are documented at LO*OP Center, Inc.'s website

The landscape city of Bath which is nested within the Brisol Avon bioregion

Medvode

Barbara is an experienced public affairs & strategic communications consultant with years of working experience in the areas public sector (Office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia), corporate affairs at an international corporation, general management of an outdoor advertising company as well as a professional association.    Since 2016, she runs her own consultancy boutique shop - Aurora Borealis Consultancy - as independent consultant and strategist for domestic and international clients, specialized in the areas of public affairs, advocacy, regulatory & issues management, compliance and corporate communications. She is also keen mentor and speaker.

Guildford

DEAL workshop trained facilitator, with twenty years working with global organisations (Unilever, CitiGroup, Diageo etc) and scale-up social and environmental organisations. Open to discuss collaboration opportunities with people looking for an experienced consultant, a business and strategy leader or and anything analytical and measurement based.

Copenhagen and Paris

I am a consultant in sustainable transition always always looking for ways to enable movement towards reducing climate change and adapting to it. I think the doughnut is the best way to consider every actions and its systemic. I would like to learn more about it and develop ways to use it more. 

Madison, Wisconsin United States

Wales

A experienced senior executive leader, changemaker, mostly in the charity sector.  

Nigeria

Michael Adigam is a Civil Society Activist and Civic Engagement Specialist with over six (6) years of advocacy and experience in Public Participation and Civic Engagement Policies. He is the Founder of All-In Initiative (AI), a nonprofit organization that mainstreams the inclusion of young women and girls in public participation in Nigeria, using Education, Civic Engagement, Policy Analysis, Community Development, Youth Organizing and Storytelling for Social Change (SSC) as frameworks. He is committed to creating an enabling environment for youths in the Public and Civic spaces respectively through strategic planning and implementation of policies, Negotiation and Change Management Methods. He has hands-on experience on political leadership and activism, public participation and civic engagement policies, gender mainstreaming and related policies formulation.