E. F. Schumacher Society Board of Directors

Jessica Brackman Jessica Brackman was CEO of FPG International, a leading stock photography agency recognized for its creative innovation, commitment to social issues and unique corporate culture. During her tenure there, she became involved Social Venture Network and served on the board of the Aperture Foundation, a not-for-profit photography institute and book publisher. After retiring from FPG, Jessica co-produced a film documentary about the spiritual teacher, Ram Dass, entitled Fierce Grace. Currently she serves on the board of the Tibet Fund, an organization founded under the auspices of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to provide humanitarian aid to the Tibetan community in exile. Most recently she participated with Melcher Media on the production of Al Gore’s book, An Inconvenient Truth and authored the book’s Resource Section: What You Personally Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis.  Presently, she is working with Melcher Media to develop illustrated books that address pressing social, political and environmental issues.

 

Starling Childs A graduate of the Yale School of Forestry, Starling Childs manages the six thoundand acre Great Mountain Forest, organized as a 501(c)(3) operating foundation, and once his family's land. Management employs sustainable practices, setting a model for community-based forestry and serving as a teaching center for new foresters.   Starling is a founder and principal of EECOS, an environmental consulting firm. He serves his local community on several boards and is President of Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council.

Merrian Fuller Merrian Fuller is currently a MBA student at UC Berkeley studying energy efficiency and renewable technologies. Before returning to school, Merrian was the managing director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), a non-profit that connects and supports business networks across North America that are committed to improving the social, environmental, and economic life of their communities. She was also the director of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia. Merrian has written for publications such as The Nation, Orion Magazine, Yes! Magazine, and In Business. She also serves on the board of BALLE.

Hildegarde Hannum A professional translator of works from German to English, including books by Alice Miller, Hildegarde Hannum married her skills to her beliefs when she took on the work of editing the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures. In her capable hands, a passionate oral lecture turns into a polished written essay that highlights the quality of the ideas.

Eric Harris-Braun Eric Harris-Braun lives in rural New York where he writes software for a living, is working to launch a local currency, serves on the board of a small school, is starting a Quaker Intentional community, plays with his two boys, raises chickens, tends a vineyard, and is learning to fly small airplanes.

Connie Packard Connie Packard , MSW, is a retired social worker and family therapist. She is a founder and Board member of Windhorse Associates, Inc., a community-based, recovery oriented treatment program in Northampton, MA for people with serious psychiatric disturbances, and the author of The Windhorse Guide for Families. She is one of the conveners of the 2004 international conference for leaders pioneering new approaches to recovery from major mental illnesses. Connie is the Director of the Valentine Fund of the Tides Foundation which supports grass roots organizing initiatives in the New York City area around issues of community empowerment, youth organizing, gay and lesbian rights, and farm worker rights.

 

Joe Stanislaw   Joseph A. Stanislaw is founder of the advisory firm JA Stanislaw Group, LLC, specializing in strategic thinking and investment in energy and technology.  He is Independent Senior Advisor to Deloitte & Touche USA LLP’s Energy & Resources practice.  He serves as a member of a number of advisory boards for energy, technology, and investment companies.  He was one of three founders of Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 1983 and served as managing director for non-U.S. activity until 1997 when he was named president and later CEO.  He is an adjunct professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, where he is a member of the advisory board for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.  He co-authored with Daniel Yergin the book The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy.  He received his B.A. from Harvard College, his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Edinburgh, and was awarded an M. A. from Cambridge.

 

Ganson Taggart Ganson passed away in August 2007 after a brave struggle with cancer. We share with his family and many friends a deep sense of his loss. A former Vice President of Badger Corporation serving as director of research and design and then director of its European operations, Ganson Taggart has a passionate interest in solar energy and other renewable energy sources.  He is concerned with questions of the future of our planet and believes that innovation will help shape that future in a positive manner.

Nancy Jack Todd A co-founder of New Alchemy Institute and of Ocean Arks International, Nancy Todd continues to be the recorder of the innovation that has come from these two groundbreaking institutions.  As editor of Annals of Earth, she guides readers to an understanding of the new technology described in its articles and conveys the story of the cultural context within which the technology is embedded.

Chuck Turner Chuck Turner is a Boston City Councilor representing District 7 including Roxbury, Lower Roxbury, and parts of the Fenway, South End, Dorchester. He has worked as an activist for over forty years. During that time, he has served as the director of a community development corporation, an organizer training center, and a  placement agency for construction workers of color. He has also worked as a manager/counselor at the nation's oldest batterers' treatment organization and as education director at a nonprofit consulting firm, focused on establishing worker cooperatives. He has a BA from Harvard, was a Community Fellow at MIT, and was awarded an honorary Associates of Arts degree from Roxbury Community College.

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