Kwaxala

A hedge fund and fintech executive with deep expertise across traditional and alternative assets, they bring a passion for using finance to regenerate the climate and biosphere. They also support bioregional regeneration through their work with Kwaxala.

Women in Business. PNW Bellevue Climate Week Chair

A regenerative entrepreneur, equity, diversity, and inclusion consultant, and social relations coach focused on building human-centered systems, advancing emotional and financial interdependence, and designing transformative spaces aligned with bioregional finance, sustainability, and community-rooted development.

Regen Foundation

AWS (they/them) is a designer, ecologist, and creative technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. They are the Executive Director of Regen Foundation, a non-profit piloting projects at the intersection of earth law, regenerative economics and decentralized protocols.

Open Civics

Civic innovator, researcher, and artist working at the intersections of decentralized governance, capital allocation, and regenerative culture. Through OpenCivics and creative collaborations, he advances systemic innovation toward a resilient, participatory, and life-affirming future.

O.U.R. Ecovillage. Virtual.

Brandy Gallagher founded O.U.R. Ecovillage, a 25-acre Sustainable Living Demonstration Site and Education Centre. She pioneered regulatory innovations, advancing what she calls "Lawful Permaculture" within the ecovillage movement.

Salmon Returns

Cheryl is a systems change wayfinder, finance innovator, and community weaver. Cheryl recently launched Salmon Returns – a finance ecosystem for the Salmon Nation bioregion that invests in place based leadership, cultural continuity, and ecological care. 

Rooted Northwest

Christine is a passionate social impact entrepreneur. Her career has focused on building organizations that create more equitable, resilient, and joyful communities. She has a particular interest in regenerative economies—economic models and solutions that create more social, environmental, and economic well-being for all.

SEEDS

Chuck Harrison has worked with the SEEDS regenerative digital currency project since 2021. He developed the “Rainbow” family of local-currency tokens and the “oSwaps” tool supporting economic trade among communities using different local currencies.

Regenerate Cascadia

Victoria-based textile artist, community weaver, and co-founder of Regenerate Cascadia. Her work bridges art, ecology, and collective organizing across the Salish Sea bioregion.

Regenerative Capital Group

Cordell Jacks works with Regenerative Capital Group to advance the transition to a regenerative economy. He combines impact investing, systems thinking, and entrepreneurial leadership to support ventures that restore ecosystems and build resilient, community-rooted economies.

O.U.R Ecovillage. Virtual.

Hiinahcit is an educator in Land-Based learning and Decolonizing Permaculture with a focus on Self Determination and Sovereignty through project managing medicinal gardens, food forests, seed collecting and revitalizing harvesting protocols building internation relationships.

IISAAK OLAM. Virtual.

Isabel graduated from UVic with a BA (Hon) in political science and global development studies. She specialized in political economy, and her interests are at the intersections of community planning, ecology, and regenerative economic development. She is a dedicated supporter of IPCAs and Indigenous sovereignty, leadership and cultural revitalization.

Open Future Coalition

Jamaica Stevens is a social systems architect integrating regenerative practices to amplify impact. She supports communities through VillageLab consultancy and has authored "ReInhabiting the Village." She elevates Indigenous voices while guiding Open Future Coalition's global community of changemakers.

Gitcoin. Allo.Capital

A computer scientist and community organizer, co-founded Gitcoin, Allo Capital, and Greenpill.network. His positive-sum ecosystem vision has helped distribute over $66 million to public goods projects. Gitcoin's "Fund What Matters" mission catalyzes funding for social causes, infrastructure, and frontier initiatives.

NoVo Foundation. Virtual.

Program Officer at the NoVo Foundation, which funds initiatives advancing social justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and bioregional regeneration. A co-founder of /The Rules, he supports community-led efforts to transform economic systems, challenge inequality, and foster regenerative, place-based alternatives to dominant global development models.

Seattle Donut Economics

Megan Stachura has an expertise managing and analyzing data to support informed decision making, a background in fisheries science and policy, and a passion for native habitat restoration. Megan has been connecting with others locally working towards meeting the needs of all people within the means of our living planet.

Studio Rhye. BioFi Project

Michelle Lee, CEO of Studio Rhye and Principal at The BioFi Project, is a regenerative strategist, designer, and advisor to entrepreneurs, investors, and bioregions to shift from human-centered thinking to a living-systems paradigm. She helps people and places come to know the essence and develop the internal capabilities to effect systems transformation.

Shared Capital Cooperative

Mike Seo is the Portfolio Manager for Shared Capital Cooperative, a mission driven loan fund that only invests into co-ops, of any kinds, ranging from worker co-ops, housing co-ops, food co-ops to farmer co-ops. In his personal capacity, he organizes a casual meet up for co-op curious folks in Seattle.

Protectors of the Salish Sea

Coast Salish musician, storyteller, and founder of Protectors of the Salish Sea. Through songs, stories, and activism, he uplifts Indigenous lifeways and inspires action to protect the lands and waters of Cascadia.

Kinship Earth. SEEDS Currency

Stephen Gomes is a pioneer in regenerative philanthropy and digital currencies, serving with Kinship Earth and the SEEDS Collaboratory. He brings global experience in systems strategy, bioregional collaboration, and ecological finance.

Open Future Fund

Sushant Shrestha is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Open Future Fund, overseeing Operations & Investments while bringing contextual capital to impact investing. He also manages Humanitas Smart Planet Systems, focusing on technologies supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Kinship Earth. Permatours

Executive Director of Kinship Earth and co-founder of Permatours. She specializes in flow funding models that reduce bureaucracy and empower communities through regenerative finance, participatory grantmaking, and ecosystem-building initiatives.

IISAAK OLAM. Virtual.

Terry served as an elected Tla-o-qui-aht councillor for ten years and represented his nation at the Union of BC Indian Chiefs. He co-founded the Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks Guardian program and spent 15 years as Tribal Parks Project coordinator. Today, he supports his brother, the Head Chief, while the Tribal Parks he helped establish continue gaining national and international recognition.

Seattle Donut Economics

Zoe Tan is a finance professional passionate about a regenerative economy. She came across the concept of Donut Economics while completing her Master of Sustainability. Zoe was thrilled to discover that there is a group of like-minded individuals in Seattle, who are eager to explore what it means for our city to be a home where people and the planet can thrive in balance.