Staff

Susan Witt, Executive Director Susan has served as executive director of the E. F. Schumacher Society in Great Barrington, Massachusetts since its founding in 1980. She created the SHARE micro-credit program, founded the Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires, champions the use of local currencies, and actively serves her local community. Her essays on regional economics appear in a variety of books and publications.

Christopher Lindstrom, Special Projects Coordinator Chris has worked for the Schumacher Society since 2003. He organized the Society's June 2004 conference "Local Currencies in Twenty-First Century: Understanding Money, Building Local Economies, Renewing Community." The conference brought together 300 local currency theorists and activists from 17 countries in a seminal gathering. Chris is a founding board member of BerkShares, a local currency for the Southern Berkshire region. He organizes and presents at conferences on the subject of transforming money. A graduate of Simon's Rock College of Bard, he grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Michael Gordon , Outreach Coordinator Michael attended the University of New Hampshire where he concentrated on environmental conservation and environmental philosophy. After graduating he joined the Student Conservation Association as an intern working in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness of central Idaho. His time spent in Idaho, Montana and western Massachusetts has helped bring a deep appreciation of wilderness and wilderness issues to the work of the E. F. Schumacher Society. He is interested in how wilderness can be part of local economic systems.

Sarah Hearn, Systems and Office Manager Sarah Hearn recently moved to the Berkshires from her home in New York City. She came to join a group of her peers who have created a group called "Think OutWord" to self-educate themselves in the social and economic thinking of Rudolf Steiner. She brings strong academic skills from her training at Connecticut College. Well organized, self-motivated, a quick learner, she has multiple responsibilities with the Schumacher Society including office support to the board of BerkShares, publications coordinator, web updating, and volunteer coordinator.

 

Interns

Beeta Jahedi is currently a student at Simon's Rock College. She interns two days a week doing grant research, database management, and providing a helping hand wherever is needed.

Amalia has recently joined the Schumacher Society team. She is undertaking the task of organizing and cataloguing E. F. Schumacher's personal archives. Her interests include sustainable food economies and agricultural communities.