Past Mentors

Anna Jetmore-Vargas is founder and owner  of The Newday Group, a freelance sustainability consulting firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Anna focuses her practice on delivering innovative, results-oriented services to clients in the municipal and not-for-profit...

Cliff Chapman is the Conservation Director for the Central Indiana Land Trust and has worked in the field of land conservation since 1997. Since graduating with a BA in Geography from Indiana University, Cliff has worked as an ecologist for the Indiana Department of...

Dr. Gabriel Filippelli specializes in climate change science and environmental geochemistry, and is a Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Much of his work has focused on geochemical records of climate and climate...

Anamaria designs and facilitates journeys of learning and transformation for cultural creatives and changemakers in service of a flourishing planet. She serves individuals and groups hungry to ask audacious questions that ignite passion and...

Mariana Velez, Alliances Coordinator at The Nature Conservancy and Business Sustainability Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She focuses on promoting leadership and improving collaboration within key multi-stakeholder forest and marine alliances...

Kate is the Mentor Communications Facilitator for the Byron Fellowship. She participated in the fellowship in the late summer of 2011. Kate recently started a new position with the City of Indianapolis as the Administrator of the Bureau of Construction Services in the...

Allyson is the president and co-founder of Sustainable Catalyst Partners LLC, an environmental sustainability consulting firm formed in 2012, in partnership with Drewry Simmons Vornehm, an Indianapolis-based law firm. The mission of Sustainable Catalyst Partners (SCP)...

Sarah is a bestselling author, architect and cultural visionary, leading a movement to redefine the American home and lifestyle. She is the acclaimed author of nine best-selling books including The Not So Big House, The Not So Big Life, and most recently More Not So...