TAP ROOT CIRCLE

The purpose of the AVF Tap Root Circle is to establish and ensure the organization’s financial wellbeing and continual viability. To learn more about getting involved, email Lev Natan at lev@allianceforaviablefuture.org

 Jacob started Dirt Capital Partners in 2013 as a platform to channel private investment in support of farmland access, conservation and long-term land security for sustainable farmers. Previously, he was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Asia, where he spent five years acquiring and developing real estate and infrastructure on behalf of the firm.

Jacob chairs Dirt Capital’s Investment Committee and also serves on the New York Advisory Council of American Farmland Trust, the Investment Committee for Belltown Farms. He previously served on the Board of the National Young Farmers Coalition for 10 years from 2013-2023 including several years as Treasurer. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a BA from Williams College.

Brooke is the co-founder of the Watershed Center. She has been active as an educator and facilitator in NYC since the mid 80s. She was a founding member of the Direct Action Network, Bluestockings Bookstore and Solidaire. Brooke has served on Boards of the Institute for Social Ecology, Schumacher Center for New Economics, and Center for Whole Communities. She leads workshops on generative communication, direct action, yoga, and structuring organizations, and works as a consultant for social justice organizations. Her true passion, however, is match-making and spending time with her daughter Evie.

Seth is the Program Director of the Life Comes From It Foundation. In his own words:
I am a restorative justice enthusiast and advocate, originally from Los Angeles, now living in Weehawken, New Jersey with my wife and three children.  I came of age around incredible peacemakers and healers who helped demonstrate to me how healing and justice can be woven together. I am inspired, nourished and humbled to learn from, support and simply know the Life Comes From It Advisory Board, donors, and grantees. I have been pursuing questions about right-relationship in the face of hurt and harm for many years now. I find that there is always more to learn, more reasons to laugh, to grieve and to stand in awe of the beauty.

Daniel Roth is the co-founder of Jumpscale Consultancy. He is an experienced social entrepreneur, movement strategist, and integrative healthcare professional focused on sustainable development, indigenous cultural revitalization, and healing arts. Over the last two decades, he has launched over a dozen non-profit organizations, campaigns, and coalitions. Prior, he served as Director of the Cornell Campus Sustainability Office, started New York's first car-share business, and served as a Board Member of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development. As a healthcare professional he brings together acupressure, Ayurveda, somatic movement therapy, and massage therapy. He has provided therapeutic services to uninsured clients at the Ithaca Free Clinic and served as a faculty member at the Finger Lakes School of Massage.