Fifteen years at the intersection of community currencies, blockchain, and participatory governance — as a practitioner who shows up, builds with integrity, and leaves things better than they found them.
My family lost its business and home in the Great Financial Crisis as I was graduating from college. That experience set me on a path — I devoted myself to understanding what communities could do to protect themselves from the worst impacts of future crises. That question has guided my work ever since.
Today, I'm actively engaged in four organizations at the frontier of regenerative economics:
Each of these roles keeps me grounded in the real-world challenges of building systems that work — from governance and treasury management to event facilitation and curriculum design.
I don't bring a single tool to every problem. I bring a suite of methodologies — each designed for a different layer of the system.
Every engagement starts with the right framework for the right layer of the system. And every engagement is facilitated, not imposed — because the best systems are co-designed with the people who will live in them.
I work with:
If you're working to redesign how value flows in your community, organization, or region — I can help you see the system clearly and redesign it together.
I don't just design systems — I design the learning experiences that help others design them too.
Building the capacity of others is part of the work. When I leave, the system should keep regenerating without me.
When I'm not designing economic systems, you might find me stoking the fire at the Commons Hub in Austria — literally. As "Fire Team Captain," I kept the beloved "Liquidity Pool" hot tub running for fellow gatherers.
I believe the best systems are built by people who show up, do the work, and keep each other warm.