Marie von Ancken

Marie von Ancken is a non-profit consultant, facilitator, advanced ceramic apprentice, and anti-oppression activist passionate about environmental justice and regenerative farming as pathways to transforming our food system and addressing climate change. She grew up in Corrales, New Mexico, where her family raised chickens, and has spent significant time living in Finland, France, and Nicaragua. She now manages a 35-acre reforestation project on the traditional and ancestral lands of the S’Klallam and Chemakum peoples (Port Townsend, WA).

For nearly eleven years, Marie served as Program Manager at Holistic Management International, where she developed and managed learning opportunities for farmers, ranchers, and food advocates in the United States and internationally. Her work focused on agricultural practices that build soil organic matter, grow nutrient-dense food, sequester carbon, strengthen farm and ranch businesses, and improve quality of life. Through this work, she developed extensive experience in adult education, program development, facilitation, partnerships, and creating learning communities around regenerative agriculture.

Marie holds a bachelor’s degree in International Business Management and Sustainability Studies from the University of New Mexico, College of Charleston, and IPAG School of Business in Nice, France. She is an Aldo Leopold Land Ethic Leader and is glad she “will not be young in a future without wilderness.”

Roundtable Facilitator

The Unconference Roundtable

Not your average roundtable! The Unconference experience will feature an Open Space-style facilitation wherein participants engage in a participatory process to identify, and dive into, what topic(s) are most important in the moment. If you are not seeing the topics you want to discuss at the conference, attend this session. Come and pitch an idea, or come and hear what others are passionate about, then break out and have the conversations you’re most interested in having. This is also a great opportunity for anyone with an interest in learning new facilitation and collaboration processes. There is no cap to the number of participants.