College of the Atlantic is a small, unique institution focusing on experiential, interdisciplinary learning and Human Ecology. 

Starting work in banking at the age of 16, Tracy was a Vice President and Regional Manager of Bangor Savings Bank where he was employed for almost twenty years.

Active in the local community of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine he was a founding board member of Center Theatre and a board or committee member of Penquis Mental Health Association, Womancare/Aegis, Maine Highlands Guild and Piscataquis County Economic Development Council.

In recent years Tracy has been dividing his residency between Piscataquis County and Latin America.

Steven is currently Managing Director of Koltai & Company LLC, which provides entrepreneurship ecosystem building services both domestically and around the world.  Steven serves on numerous for-profit and not-for-profit Boards, including in Maine, having served on the Board of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED), as well as the PopTech Board.

Prior to his role at the State Department, Koltai was an investment banker (international project finance at Salomon Bros), entrepreneur (Koltai founded Coronet, today known as SES-Astra, Europe’s only private television satellite system, and Event411, an online event management company based in California), spent nine years at Warner Bros as SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development and founder of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment and Warner Bros. Online, was a management consultant in the media practice at McKinsey & Company, and was a Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.  Steven received both his BA and MA from Tufts University and a Fulbright from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.  Steven lives in Lincolnville, Maine, Washington DC and his hometown of Los Angeles, California.

Twitter: @KoltaiCo

Stacy directs two ILSR initiatives on independent business and community banking.  Her analysis has helped inspire many grassroots campaigns and provided empirical support for changes to local and state policy.

Stacy’s articles have appeared in Business Week, The Nation, Grist, Utne Reader, Sojourners, and many daily newspapers.  Her book, Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, was named one of the top ten business books of 2007 by Booklist.

In 2006, she helped launch the Portland Independent Business & Community Alliance, which has a membership today of over 400 local businesses and runs Portland’s popular “buy local” campaign.

Stacy is a graduate of Macalester College, where she studied U.S. labor and environmental history.  She lives in Portland with her husband.

Seth’s vision of the future embraces the concept of a positive paradigm shift, first within the individual and then within communities. This transformation is driven by individuals whose actions are informed by healthy worldview. Through The Wood Chop School, Seth is setting the conditions necessary for people and communities to approach the coming age of dramatic change as leaders of sustainability.

As a tattooer, Phuc owns and operates Tsunami Tattoo in Portland. He has been recognized in several national tattoo publications, and he has been quoted in The Christian Science Monitor and Time Magazine.  Phuc has been a guest tattooer in Seattle, London, New York, and many shops across New England.

When he is not reading Latin or designing tattoos for clients, he is chasing his daughter about the house, riding his scooter with his wife, or practicing piano for his implacable music teacher.

EepyBird’s founders, Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, have appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman (twice), Ellen, The Today Show, Mythbusters, and more.  They have performed in Las Vegas, New York, Paris, London, and Istanbul.

They come by their rigorously analytic approach to Internet video honestly.  Stephen has a law degree from NYU and practiced as a trial lawyer in Boston for twenty years.  Fritz studied mathematics at Yale University until he dropped out of school to become an award-winning circus performer.

At Accel Partners he investigated new telecom and networking markets, finding and evaluating new investment opportunities, and was the first webmaster in the venture capital industry. Don started the first a cappella mail order catalog, which over time grew into Southwest Harbor-based online retailer A-Cappella.com, serving customers in 100 countries with over 7,000 products from 30 countries. As a member of Maine Angels he has invested in over a dozen early stage technology companies, including Ocean Renewable Power Company, Newfield Design and Zylo Media.

Don received his B.A. from Yale University cum laude with distinction in Economics. He lives in Falmouth with his wife Kate and has two grown daughters.

In 1996, Claire and her parents spent five months exploring Europe in a VW camper.  Her literature course was a study of classic abandoned texts from old bookstores.  History class was an examination of surroundings as she explored Olympia, World War I trenches, Auschwitz, Dachau, and the site of the Berlin Wall. Social studies was an immersion in conversation and observation as she talked to a Hungarian peasant about transition from Communism, lived with a rural Swedish family, and watched devout pilgrims celebrate at the Camino de Santiago.

Claire learned what it felt like to be sparked by something, to feel the prick of desire to learn something more.  Some of the best learning happened at the most unexpected moments, and some of the best teaching came from the most unlikely people. That experience led to her devotion to learning, adventuring, and leading.

At Yale University, she was involved in Community Health Educators with high school students and co-directed the Freshman Outdoor Orientation Trips. After Yale, Claire worked at a dude ranch; spent several months in the National Outdoor Leadership School’s Outdoor Education semester; and apprenticed at the High Mountain Institute in Leadville, Colorado. She also spent two years as a teacher and one year as the Academic Program Director at the Traveling School.

Claire has a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and studied citizenship at the Tufts Summer Institute of Civic Studies.  

John is a 7-time Emmy award-winning television producer in such diverse categories as short form writing, set design and musical composition. He was voted Maine’s Broadcaster of the Year in 2008 and is currently working on a book and a TV series about volunteering and world travel. He lives in Gorham, Maine.

Josh finds satisfaction in creating and fostering an environment in which intellectually curious, motivated, and talented individuals are able to work with purpose, mastery, and autonomy, enabling the leaders of businesses, government entities, and non-profits to further their missions through the implementation of technology. Josh is particularly interested in creating solutions that drive the innovation economy.

A graduate of Middlebury College and an honor graduate of the University of Vermont’s Military Science program, Josh serves on the boards of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and HealthInfoNet. He lives in Portland with his wife, Eliza Ginn, and Ula, their Brittany Spaniel. Josh and Eliza are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child in late April, 2012.

She has become nationally known for her skills in directing programs and facilitating change in health care and child welfare systems. In her capacity as director of health and human services for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Ms. Neptune created a model of holistic care which won both state and national recognition. She served as the state Child Wellness Coordinator and helped implement Project LAUNCH for the State of Maine. Ms. Neptune’s gift for innovation has changed health outcomes for many and has influenced system changes at the Tribal, State and National level.

Ms. Neptune has served on the Passamaquoddy Tribal Council for the past seven years. Ms. Neptune currently serves as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health Research Advisory Council and the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Advisory Committee. She also serves as on the boards of the Maine Community Foundation, Down East Community Hospital and the Children’s Growth Council.

Hash running is an international phenomenon that originated in Malaysia in 1939. Hash runs are organized on the hare and hounds concept, meaning that someone (the hare) gets a head start and then the rest of the runners (the hounds) give chase, but with no idea where the hare is going, simply following marks left on the pavement – hilarity ensues.

GruntMatch grew out of Ned’s experiences organizing hash runs and his enjoyment of lifting large awkward objects and running up and down stairs while on the job with Local Muscle. The thought was “Hey, if I can enjoy something like moving, why couldn’t this be extended to other activities and people in order to accomplish good deeds?” The idea for GruntMatch was shared with his business partner Jake Holz and his friend Liz Trice – both co-organizers.

Ned also serves on the boards of several nonprofits, including the community arts group Mensk and the Mount Desert Island Marathon. He is fond of long distance running and open-ocean rowing.

Bill’s work focuses on creating inspired environments where individuals take responsibility for their lives and the organizations for which they work. He is known for his ability to work and be with people in such a way that they are honored, acknowledged and valued as human beings. He attempts to ask the most important questions no matter how difficult they may seem.

Bill helped found a Ford Foundation Project, which became a pilot for Upward Bound. He spent thirteen years as an adjunct member of the faculty in the College of Education at the University of Maine, helping found the University’s Aspirations Four School Project. He was elected twice to the Maine School Union #47 Board of Directors and served as its Chair for three years. He is the creator of “Motivation, What Works,” “Power Within” and “What One Person Can Do,” “Inspired Teaching” and “Inspired Leadership” courses. These programs have been delivered in hundreds of school systems, Job Corps programs, non-profit organizations, corporations, and the Maine State Prison System as part of the New Horizons Academy. Bill was also a founding trustee of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.