Panel: Building a Better (National) Economy

Marco Vangelisti** (Slow Money) Marco Vangelisti came to the US as a Fulbright scholar in mathematics and economics at the University of California in Berkeley. He holds an MFA focusing on the intersection between public art and ecology and later worked for 6 years managing investment equity portfolios primarily on behalf of large foundations and endowments. In April 2009 Marco left the finance industry and has since been instrumental in the formation and development of the Slow Money Northern California chapter. Marco is currently developing Essential Knowledge for Transition – a curriculum for engaged citizens to understand the money and banking system, the economic system and the financial system and how we need to transform them. Chelsea Rustrum (The Sharers) Chelsea Rustrum is a sharing economy author, facilitator, and consultant with deep practical knowledge and hands on understanding of how the collaborative economy has come to fruition, grown, and continues to evolve business. She’s the author of * It’s a Shareable Life*, the founder of a social and educational series in the Silicon Valley, dubbed The Sharers. Frank Ortiz (The Earth is Everyone’s Birthright) Lifelong STEM educator, Frank has 15 years experience facilitating learners both from across the United States as well as abroad in fairly different educational settings. Former Director and Instructor at theHenry George School of Philadelphia and current Director ofThe Earth is Everyone’s Birthright. —

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