• "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." ~ Cicero

    Special thanks to all the community leaders, experts, and practitioners who volunteer their time to educate our students. Their work sows the seeds of a better future .

Social Justice Debates

  • Monet Goode

    FOUNDER

  • Emmett Marsh

    DESIGN DIRECTOR

  • Eleanor Parks

    SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

  • Karl Holland

    SALES MANAGER

  • Jaya Dixon

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

  • Jamie Kokot

    CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

Sierra Sustainability Summit

  • Shane Patrick

    Shane Patrick, worked tirelessly to found the Sierra Sustainability Summit and make it a reality. Her continued volunteer efforts to ensure the project thrives are The Summit’s foundation.

  • Ranger Shelton Johnson

    2024 Keynote speaker. Johnson’s work to diversify visitors to America’s public lands were the inspiration for the event’s topic and mission.

  • Deanna Wulff

    2024 workshop leader. Deanna Wulff is the executive director of Unite the Parks. She lead an advocacy skills workshop and nature walk.

  • Ben Cossel

    2024 judge. Ben Cossel is a public affairs officer at Stanislaus National Forest, where he oversees internal and external communication for nearly one million acres forest in the heart of the Sierra Nevada. He promotes the forest's mission, vision, and values.

  • Jaron Brandon

    2024 judge. Jaron Brandon is the 5th district supervisor and vice-chair on the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors.

  • Dr. Chris Swarth

    2024 judge. Christopher W. Swarth is a retired animal ecologist and educator. He holds a BS in zoology from Humboldt State University and an MS in biology from California State University, East Bay. For over two decades he was director of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Maryland, where he trained volunteer naturalists and carried out long-term research studies of wetlands, breeding songbirds, and reptiles. Swarth has also studied birds in arctic Alaska, west Africa, Hudson Bay, and throughout California.

Holistic Justice Challenge

  • John Gannon

    Event Co-Founder. Dr. John Gannon is the executive director of the Global Justice Resource Center. He is also an author, educator, forensic clinical psychologist, consultant, and direct service provider in many places around the world.

  • Gen. Mark S. Inch

    Keynote Speaker and Judge. Mark Inch is a retired United States Army major general who served as the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States and as Florida’s Secretary of Corrections .

  • Dr. Star Gaber

    Judge. Division Manager, Behavioral Health, San Luis Obispo County

  • Robert Reyes

    Judge. Chief Probation Officer for San Luis Obispo County