Jake Voit

"My earliest memories involve a fully alive connection to the ecology and community of our family's subsistence homestead. It was never called "sustainable" or "regenerative," but it was. Through spending many hours within our small forest, prairie, and pond, I learned how the most prolific life happened through collaborative relationships. I learned that resilience and abundance happen in a symbiotic relationship with all things in nature, including our neighbors. I learned that collaborating and bartering with our neighbors created more "wealth" than trying to compete with our neighbors over material gain. We were resilient due to our relationships with neighbors and the land (and the full pantry, of course). I'm grateful that I've continued to learn and implement this knowledge through organizational development, community engagement, and land-based environmental work. The impact MCEA makes to protect and grow the healthy relationships with our environment and neighbors is important to me. I'm very grateful to be a part of this team."

Jake has been a Sustainability Manager working to remove pesticide use from 1000 acres of land, a Foundation Program Manager for community change work, a Facilitator for an Ecovillage development, a COO of a land restoration company, a Permaculture Designer, a Project Manager, a Program Manager leading educational programing for new organic farmers, and a professional Basketball Player in Europe. He earned a BA in Environmental Studies, and an Executive MBA.