Kurt Daims
Director and Worker
Kurt worked for inventors and loved the ocean in San Francisco. In 2002 he came to Brattleboro [read]with his family. He hopes to consolidate the power of the Left in town government and create an activist leftist town with a leftist agenda. He takes the credo “Think globally: act locally” for an aggressive, pragmatic grass-roots politics, which he believes is needed to save an endangered world.
[email protected][/read]
Adam Marchesseault
Economic Researcher and Policy Analyst
Adam is an economic researcher based in Burlington, Vermont. He is primarily focused on public policy, including tax reform, social spending and income inequality, and sustainable development, with a background in [read]ecological economics. He has worked on a number of BCS initiatives, including the S.A.F.E. Policing Project and the Wall Street Tax. Outside of BCS, he also works as an entrepreneur and independent consultant.[/read]
Emilia Dick Fiora del Fabro
Research Consultant
Emilia is an undergrad at Tufts university, studying International Relations, and Environmental studies. She is interested in creating culturally sensitive, [read]and economically viable solutions to stop climate change. Her current studies focus on the importance of environmental communication, and the study of how other cultures adapt to climate change. Emilia looks forward to continuing her work at BCS, and furthering her skill set in the environmental nonprofit sector.[/read]
Dr. Jeanne Sutherland
Leadership Consultant
Jeanne Marie Sutherland has a PhD with a concentration in Ethical & Creative Leadership [read]and a Master’s degree in Art Therapy / Special Education. As a change-agent in clinical, educational, and community settings, Dr. Sutherland’s professional experience has taken form in: individualized education (support in school, community, home-school); youth psychosocial development initiatives in collaboration with community organizations (Boys To Men Mentoring Network, CoMUNITY Project, Girls Circle curricula); Sirius Ecovillage Educational Center (consensus governance / permaculture / regenerative sustainability / nonviolent communication (NVC) / conflict transformation); and advocacy. With collaborative leadership and stewardship orientations, she has worked on steering committees and in community organizations to address emergent environmental, social, and political issues to co-create progressive and responsible results. Dr. Sutherland is also a visual artist, loves to dance Argentine Tango and Morris Dance, and plays the accordion.[/read]
Heather Urquhart
Researcher and Consultant
Heather is a social and political researcher based in Scotland. With a master’s degree in Human Geography, she is a competent qualitative and quantitative researcher, with a specialised interest in community engagement and the climate justice movement. [read]She has experience contributing to a range of social and climate justice campaigns, as both an activist and researcher, and is currently working on the BCS S.A.F.E Policing Project.[/read]
Hannah Van Dusen
Paralegal Researcher
Hannah is a legal, social and political researcher based in
Waterbury, Vermont. She has a degree in philosophy and several years
experience as a paralegal. [read]She is passionate about social justice and
community political engagement. Outside of BCS, she currently works as an
independent consultant.[/read]
Mark Tully
Assistant
Mark is a community organizer and arts activist with backgrounds in CBO administration, youth leadership development, and [read]Playback Theatre /Theatre of the Oppressed.[/read]
