David Bollier

Reinventing the Commons Program Director

David Bollier is the Schumacher Center’s Reinventing the Commons Program Director. He is an author, activist, blogger and independent scholar with a primary focus on the commons as a new paradigm of economics, politics and culture.  He is a co-founder of the Commons Strategies Group, an advocacy/consulting project that assists the international commons movement.  Bollier’s … Continued

Gabel Cramer

Operations and Archives Associate

Gabel Cramer is an Operations and Archives Associate at the Schumacher Center. In his current role, Gabel is working to organize and archive material related to the early history of the Community Land Trust movement and the Institute for Community Economics (ICE), involving documents from alternative land management initiatives and cooperatives across the country and … Continued

David Fix

Director of Operations

David Fix is the Director of Operations for the Schumacher Center in which capacity he is responsible for ensuring programs and office systems are running smoothly. He also serves as Assistant to the Board of BerkShares local currency program, liaising with the banks, merchants, and media about the program, organizing events, and authoring the popular … Continued

Natasha Hulst

European Land Commons Program Director

Natasha Hulst is the Schumacher Center’s Program Director for European Land Commons Natasha’s role is to support international and national collaboration for land commons. Raising awareness of Community Land Trusts as a proven vehicle to broaden access to land in a fair, place-based, democratic, and voluntary manner. Together with a group of organisations she recently … Continued

Katie Rubright

Community Land Trust Directory Associate

Katie Rubright is a Community Land Trust Directory Associate at the Schumacher Center. In her role, she supports the Center’s work to provide a comprehensive database of community land trusts. She has been a crew member at Indian Line Farm since spring of 2023. Katie holds a BA in Art History from James Madison University … Continued

Andrea Golden

Community Land Trust Directory Associate

Andrea Golden is a popular educator deeply committed to cooperative economics and building collective power. She is Co-Director and founder of PODER Emma Community Ownership, co-founder of Cenzontle Language Justice Cooperative as well as Dulce Lomita mobile home park cooperative, where she lives in western North Carolina with her partner and three children. PODER Emma … Continued

Jared Spears

Director of Communications and Resources

Jared Spears serves as Director of Communications and Resources at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. A writer, researcher and communications strategist interested in community wealth building and economic transformation. He authors most of the Schumacher Center’s enewsletters and social media, sharing insights from the rich intellectual resources of the Schumacher Library and from … Continued

Susan Witt

Executive Director

Susan Witt is the Executive Director of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, which she co-founded with Robert Swann in 1980. She has led the development of the Schumacher Center’s highly regarded publications, library, seminars, and other educational programs, which established the Center as a pioneering voice for an economics shaped by social and ecological principles. Deeply engaged … Continued