BALLE BOAR​D OF DIRECTORS
Meet BALLE's national board and staff including renowned leaders in the fields of sustainability, social finance and community-based economic development.
Sandy Wiggins
Sandy Wiggins, BALLE Board Chair, is founder and principal of Consilience, LLC, a national consultancy with a mission to build environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable communities.... [Read More]
Judy Wicks
Judy Wicks, BALLE Cofounder and Board Chair Emeritus, is an international leader and speaker in the local-living-economies movement, Judy Wicks is former owner of the White Dog Café, acclaimed... [Read More]
Matt Bauer
Matt Bauer, BALLE Vice Chair, has been a social entrepreneur for 20 years. Before co-founding BetterWorld Telecom, Matt served as director of business development for the AES Corporation, a Fortune... [Read More]
Paul Saginaw
Paul Saginaw, BALLE Treasurer, and Ari Weinzweig opened Zingerman's Delicatessen in March of 1982 in an historic building near the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market, with a staff of two, a small... [Read More]
Don Shaffer
Don Shaffer, BALLE Development Committee Chair, president and CEO, RSF Social Finance, has more than 12 years of senior management experience building social mission companies. Most recently, he... [Read More]
Ellen Shepard
Ellen Shepard, BALLE Board Secretary, has been executive director of the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce and Andersonville Development Corporation in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood... [Read More]
Leslie Christian
Leslie Christian is an investment advisor based in Seattle, WA. Leslie was formerly President and CEO of Portfolio 21 Investments where she cofounded Portfolio 21, a global mutual fund, and... [Read More]
Alfa Demmellash
Upon graduating from Harvard University, Alfa cofounded Rising Tide Capital, a nonprofit that invests in the success of entrepreneurs in distressed urban areas to create economic well-being. Since... [Read More]
Kimber Lanning
Kimber Lanning is an entrepreneur and economic specialist who works to cultivate strong, vibrant communities and inspire a higher quality of life throughout Arizona. Lanning is actively involved... [Read More]
Jamila Payne
Jamila Payne, is an entrepreneur and author who ran one of the early internet-based women’s apparel retail businesses selling independent designers. She is now founder and president of National... [Read More]
