![]() Constantly seeking systemic changes that would make sustainability the de facto option, Jennifer has grown increasingly interested in the structure of our economic system. Her work with BuildingGreen, Rocky Mountain Institute, Toxics Use Reduction Institute, Demand Management Institute, and MIT has addressed green building and healthy materials, commercial and industrial energy efficiency, community-scale renewable energy, electronics recycling flows, and the economics of toxics use reduction. Jennifer Atlee has engaged in research and analysis, writing, speaking, and consulting on sustainability concerns since 1999. Margaret holds BA and MA degrees in Anthropology from Rutgers University. Margaret is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Cooperative Fund of New England and serves on their Development Committee, and is Chair of the Brattleboro (VT) Town School Board. She has also worked as a fund development consultant and has held other positions at various non-profit organizations. ![]() Her past professional experience includes working as the Director of Development at The Institute For Community Economics in Springfield MA. This has allowed her to indulge her passion for fiber arts while working for many years as a non-profit fundraiser and administrator and as full-time mom to a 14-year-old son. She has worked part time at the Spinnery, since 1995 at a variety of tasks most recently as Marketing Director. Margaret Atkinson is one of the six worker – owners of The Green Mountain Spinnery Cooperative, a manufacturer of natural fiber yarns in Putney VT. He is the current Chair of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Advisory Committee, and an advisor to the President of Vermont Technical College, and a Senior Scholar in Residence. At the state level he has chaired the working landscape council of the Vermont Council on Rural Development. He has served as chair of the animal and animal products advisory committee on trade to the U.S. Speciality food products in foreign markets. He has had his own company, AgTech, that developed markets for U.S. These have included Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency for Vermont, a member of the Senior Management Team for the former Farm Credit Banks for the Northeast, a staff member of the U.S. He has served in numerous roles in both the private and public sectors in agriculture and food systems. *Roger Allbee - Roger Allbee is a former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the State of Vermont. Schedule at a glance | Speakers | Detailed schedule | Who was there? *indicates steering committee member
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