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David Gamble AIA is a registered architect and certified urban planner and the Principal of the Boston-based architecture and urban design firm, Gamble Associates.

Nina Chase is a landscape architect at Sasaki Associates, a design firm with offices in Watertown, MA, and in Shanghai, China. She co-led Sasaki's Sea Change research initiative, which explored design solutions to sea level rise in Boston, and was named "Landscape Architect to Watch" by Green Building & Design Magazine in 2013. (Photo: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninachase "Nina Chase Linkedin") via Chase's homepage)

Paul Lukez FAIA is the President of Paul Lukez Architecture, an architecture and design firm based in Somerville, MA. His practice designs projects in the US and in Asian countries, and he released a book titled \_Suburban Transformations\_ (2007).

Dr. Licia Verde is an astrophysicist with interest in cosmology. Her research topics include theoretical cosmology, cosmic microwave background, large scale structure, galaxy clusters, statistical applications and data analysis. Dr. Verde is interested in the study of the large-scale structure of the Universe and in the analysis of galaxy surveys.

Kelley Gossett was the Co-Chair of No Boston Olympics, an organization formed in 2013 that successfully opposed Boston 2024's bid. Previously, Kelley was Director of Policy and Advocacy at One Family, Inc., steering a policy agenda on education, housing, and workforce development initiatives throughout the Commonwealth. Prior to joining One Family, Kelley was Director of Policy at Horizons for Homeless Children, where she advocated for increased resources and early education policy reform on behalf of homeless families. At Horizons, Kelley lobbied both the Massachusetts State House and the United States Congress. She has also worked in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as an Aide, Research Director and General Counsel. Kelley earned her Juris Doctorate from Suffolk Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.

Lindsay Kalter joined the Boston Herald in 2014 and has covered campaign events from intimate house parties to massive rallies in the early-voting state of New Hampshire. She has gotten a first-hand look at one of the nation's most unique and passionate voting bases and has seen the rapid evolution of support for presidential hopefuls like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. When Lindsay is not in New Hampshire, she writes about medical research and health care for the Herald.

Mike Firestone is Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. Mike previously served as Attorney General Maura Healey's campaign manager, for which he was named 2015 Campaign Manager of the Year (Democratic) by the American Association of Political Consultants. He has also served as Field Director on Elizabeth Warren's U.S. Senate campaign, as a Legislative Aide to U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and on the campaign staffs of Hillary Clinton and Deval Patrick. For over ten years, he has focused on developing grassroots campaigns that harness new technologies and social organizing tools to elect progressive women candidates. In his current role, Mike leads AGO initiatives on economic security, health care access, and student lending. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Mike lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Matt Martinelli is the Managing Editor of \_The Improper Bostonian\_, where he writes about food, sports, theater and other happenings in the city. He writes a biweekly column, First Taste, in which he previews new restaurants opening in Boston. He has previously worked at The Boston Herald and The Berkshire Eagle.

Dave Gracer is an English teacher, writer, and naturalist. Originally from New York State, he has lived in Providence, Rhode Island, for the past nineteen years. He teaches at the Community College of Rhode Island and has contributed mightily to the Entomophagy movement.

Adam Salomone is co-founder of The Food Loft, a first-of-its-kind coworking space for food and foodtech entrepreneurs. Adam's experience in food media includes a position as Associate Publisher of The Harvard Common Press, a Boston-based independent cookbook publisher. In his role with HCP, he works closely with the company's President, Bruce Shaw, to source investments in foodtech startups. They have built a network of hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and innovators in the food and foodtech space. The Food Loft was founded in 2013 as a way to foster greater connection and conversation in the food entrepreneurship community in the Boston area. Adam also serves as a Board Member for the International Association of Culinary Professionals and is a co-organizer of the first-ever conference on the present and future state of cookbook and recipe publishing and a frequent speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, foodtech, and innovation.

Mark Pasnik, AIA, is a principal at over,under, an interdisciplinary architecture, urban design, graphic identity, and publications firm based in Boston. He is also an associate professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. Pasnik graduated from Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning with a [Bachelor of Architecture degree](https://aap.cornell.edu/people/mark-pasnik "Mark Pasnik Cornell").

Peter S. Goodman is the Global Editor-In-Chief of the International Business Times, where he supervises more than 200 journalists across worldwide editions. He was previously Executive Business and Global News Editor for the Huffington Post, where he oversaw business, technology and international reporting while writing a column that earned a Loeb award for commentary. Goodman was the National Economic Correspondent for the New York Times during the Great Recession. There, he played a central role in “The Reckoning,” a series of stories on the roots of the 2008 financial crisis, which won a Loeb and was a finalist for the Pulitzer prize. Goodman is the author of \_Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy\_ (2009).