Presenters, Facilitators

& Speakers

Featured Speakers & Thought Leaders

We're proud to present an exceptional roster of innovators, practitioners, and visionaries who are shaping the future of bioregional finance and regeneration in Cascadia. These speakers bring diverse expertise across indigenous stewardship, regenerative economics, community development, and ecological systems design.

  • Alex Gordon-Brander

    Kwaxala


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    dge 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.

  • Anquida Adams

    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.

  • Austin Wade Smith

    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.

  • Benjamin Life

    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.

  • Cheryl Chen

    Salmon Nation Returns

    Cheryl is a systems change wayfinder, finance innovator, and community weaver. Cheryl recently launched Salmon Returns – a collaboration incubator designed to flow investments into local-led regenerative change.


  • Chuck Harrison

    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.

  • Clare Attwell

    Clare Attwell

    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.

  • Cordell Jacks

    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.

  • Hana Hyunju Lee

    Seattle Donut Economics

    A Principal UX Designer and Researcher with 15+ years of experience delivering B2C and B2B SaaS products, specializing in user research, design systems, and creating impactful, human-centered solutions for global, sustainability-focused organizations.

  • Jamaica Stevens

    Open Future Coalition

    Jamaica Stevens is a social systems architect and facilitator dedicated to integrating regenerative practices and living systems principles to amplify social and ecological impact.

  • Joe Brewer

    Design School for Regenerating Earth.

    Joe Brewer is the founder of Earth Regenerators, co-founder of the Design School for Regenerating Earth, co-founder of Fundación Barichara Regenerativa, and a steward for Bioregional Earth.

  • Martin Kirk

    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.

  • Megan Strachura

    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.

  • Michelle Lee

    Michelle Lee

    Studio Rhye. BioFi Project

    Studio Rhye—strategy, brand, architecture, workshops & retreats. Join our community of practice for entrepreneurs and investors to unlearn extractive mindsets and work from a regenerative paradigm.

  • Paul Cheokten Wagner

    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.

  • Penny Heiple

    Design School for Regenerating Earth

    Penny Heiple is a regenerative systems practitioner and co-founder of the Design School for Regenerating Earth. She integrates finance, healing, and facilitation to support bioregional transformation and place-based funding ecosystems worldwide.

  • Stephen Gomes

    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.

  • Syd Harvey Griffith

    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.

  • Zoe Tan

    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.