USA

dani is a facilitator, youth mentor, writer & musician, passionate about community building and the role of art & music in healing & justice work. Dani has been working since 2020 with the Post Growth Institute, and is Equity Director. Dani was born and raised in Ashland, Oregon & loves to snowboard in winter, plant seeds in spring, explore rivers in summer, jump in leaf piles in fall & admire the color purple all year round.

Argentina

Donnie is passionate about all things not-for-profit. Originally from Australia, and having spent the past decade in the U.S., he moved to Argentina in 2022. From there he leads the Post Growth Institute, exploring how we accelerate the transition to a society that thrives within ecological limits. Donnie sees purpose-driven business as central to this shift, drawing from his work as a consultant to more than 500 not-for-profit projects. An Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Donnie holds a Ph.D. in social science, with his research having explored nanotechnology’s implications for global inequality and sustainability.

USA

Crystal Arnold is the founder of Money-Morphosis and interviewed over 100 women on her podcast “Money-Wise Women”. She was Education Director at the Post Growth Institute from 2017 – 2025. After graduating from Southern Oregon University in 2007 with a degree in international economics, she has designed and facilitated workshops, community events, and discussion panels about money. She is passionate about approaches to healing our money trauma through group processes. Her written work has appeared in journals, magazines, and in the book called Reinhabiting the Village. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two children.

Iceland

Margarita Hamatsu is an educator and facilitator with a passion for nature, sustainability, and human development. With a B.A. in International Studies in Education, an M.Ed. in Science Education, and training as a life coach, she has dedicated her career to empowering individuals and fostering transformative learning experiences. Born in Tokyo with Japanese and Filipino heritage, Margarita now works as a nature-based education teacher, inspiring young children to connect with the natural world. Her diverse roles in education, from teaching to curriculum development, reflect her commitment to meaningful growth and development. As a facilitator with Global Eco Village and a certified trainer, she excels at creating inclusive spaces that inspire curiosity and connection. Margarita’s vision is to guide participants toward sustainable growth, resilience, and purpose, empowering them to catalyze positive change in their communities.

USA

Tannur is a mother, farmer, facilitator and poet. She is the founder of iLOGIC: Institute for the Love Of Genius In Community – a global community which promotes teaching and learning, based on interest.
Her goal is to facilitate community action and activism through education and empowerment. Along with homeschooling her three children for seven years, she has facilitated Offers and Needs Markets, arts events, conferences, social artistry trainings, spoken word workshops and more throughout the US and Europe.

USA

Katie is a human geographer, social scientist, and trained mediator and facilitator. Passionate about the power of social gatherings and connection, Katie works closely with individuals and collectives to design and lead innovative and meaningful events and group processes, both in-person and virtually. Katie holds a PhD from Montana State University and loves sharing mutual-aid activities and practices like the Offers and Needs Market with her research and conservation science community.

Australia

Lizz is an educator at Wild Mountains environmental education centre in Queensland, Australia. She runs programs from the IEE (Institute for Earth Education) with primary and secondary schools, pioneered in school programs for Plastic Free July, and helped manage a community build of a straw bale house. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Consumer Behaviour, Grad Dip. Psy and pursuing a future career as a psychologist Lizz has naturally fallen into a passion for Offers and Needs Markets.
Identifying as living with disability after her Acquired Brain Injury in 2004 she seeks to create inclusive spaces and safe containers for people to share what is important to them.

USA

Priyanka is creating a podcast that takes a deep dive into the ethical implications of information sharing and its bolstering of the surveillance state. She began facilitating the OANM in 2021, after taking the training as part of the Kola Nut Collaborative cohort. A passionate community organizer, Priyanka has a background in the international nonprofit space. She is based in Chicago, having immigrated from northeast India as a child. In her rest time, she likes to vibe on the couch, go on adventures with her dog, catch up with friends and family, find inspiration, read, write, travel, and connect with others.

Iceland

Tanja is a co-founder and CEO of totel.ly: an online community platform that creates real-world world connections in your local area. She is also a founding member of Kveikja: Social Enterprise Iceland. She is passionate about regenerative lifestyles, creating community experiences that nurture connections, and our love for our local environment through stewardship. She is originally from South Africa and now lives in Iceland with her husband and two children.

Rwanda

Damilola ‘Fash’ is a catalyst coach and a social entrepreneur with a decade of experience across multiple sectors helping young people and professionals to turn their education, gifts, and skills into solutions —jobs and enterprises— so they can overcome any barriers to development.

He’s the Chief Catalyst at Prikkle Academy —a for-impact organization in Nigeria and Rwanda that uses open— source and personalized education to turn ideas, uniqueness, and knowledge into action.

Australia

David is a highly experienced trainer, coach and facilitator who has worked extensively in the corporation, government, and community sectors. His general focus is leadership, teams and strategy. David holds degrees in sports, business and education. He has expertise in group engagement and collaboration. David spends time researching and writing on leadership development for new leaders. He also casually works in mental health as well as a mentor volunteer and as a digital crisis counsellor. David is based in Melbourne, Australia with his wife, two boys and dogs.

Australia and South Africa

Samantha is passionate about facilitating human communication, connection and exchange in groups that value permaculture ethics (People care, Earth care, Fair shares) for example the Community Exchange System and other Local Exchange Trading Systems. The Offers and Needs Market is a natural fit for Samantha as it is aligned with her love of facilitation and deep care for localising our economies. She enjoys sharing Compassionate Communication (also known as Nonviolent Communication) as a trainer, Deep Listener or in Empathy sessions or circles. She also uses her skills and experience to mediate conflict in small groups, families or couples. She lives in Central Victoria, Australia, and often visits her motherland of South Africa.

France

Olga graduated with a master degree in Business Law, and a postgraduate in entrepreneurship from the United Spaces and Germany. Olga has spent a large part of her life abroad. She has worked with European institutions, law firms, and NGOs and is the founder of a tech start-up called BumbleBee Space.

USA

Rhianna, M.S.Ed. owns and operates Verdant Phoenix Farm, a local, organic farm as well as a nonprofit consulting business called Growing Assets for Nonprofit Excellence. She has a Masters of Science in adult education and botany from SOU in Ashland, OR (2012). Rhianna is a professionally trained facilitator through the Cispus Institute, the Post Growth Institute’s Offers and Needs Market, and the Oregon Humanities Foundation. She has facilitated hundreds of workshops, webinars, community conversations, retreats, and groups throughout Southern Oregon where she lives with her husband and young children. She is deeply involved in the food, farming, and seed communities.