Bridget has a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the UC Santa Barbara. Prior to working for SAFSF, she led a collaborative network at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary focused on agriculture’s role in improving water quality along the central coast of California. She also spent three field seasons working for the National Park Service and Forest Service as a biological science technician. She is forever grateful that she got paid to hike and camp in such inspirational environments. Bridget was raised in Montana and Ohio and now resides in Santa Barbara, CA with her partner, where she spends her time doing yoga, fixing things around the house, sewing, riding her electric bike, and enjoying the local wineries.ion goes hereription

Founder, EMME Studio

Artist and designer Korina Emmerich founded the slow fashion brand EMME Studio in 2015. Her colorful work celebrates her patrilineal Indigenous heritage from The Puyallup tribe while aligning art and design with education. With a strong focus on social and climate justice, Emmerich's artwork strives to expose and dismantle systems of oppression in the fashion industry and challenge colonial ways of thinking.

She co-founded Relative Arts NYC, a new open atelier, shoppable showroom and community space featuring Indigenous and sustainable designers located in the East Village.

Her work has been featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Moma PS1, The Denver Art Museum, Vogue, Elle, Instyle, Fashion, Flare, New York Magazine, and more notable publications. She has presented her collections in Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Indigenous Fashion and Arts, Santa Fe Indian Market's Couture Runway Show, and New York Fashion Week.

Items are handmade in our Brooklyn, New York studio located on occupied Lenapehoking. EMME is a slow fashion brand, humbly owned and operated by Korina. Key items are made from upcycled, recycled, or all-natural materials giving respect to the life cycle of a garment.

Founder and Prinicipal, Sacred Futures

Charity May is the Founder and Principal of Sacred Futures, an advisory practice that guides partners in the reimagining, designing and implementing of governance, leadership and ownership models, sustainable growth strategies, and financing vehicles to cultivate renewal and reciprocity between human and more-than-human worlds.

Before launching Sacred Futures, Charity was directly involved in the management of real estate private equity investments and debt capital markets. She has directed, led and supported the investment, structure and development of over $575 million of project value for education facilities across the country, serving over 40,000 students. In her time in investment banking, she conducted the underwriting, analysis, origination and structuring for over $3.8 billion of leveraged finance transactions across multiple sectors including technology, consumer goods, industrial, and energy. Charity also managed a portfolio of middle-market companies totaling $134 million in debt commitments and served on the sell side and project finance functions for companies administering renewable energy resources. She has worked with various non-profits and NGOs on local and global economic development initiatives.

Charity is a systems designer, writer and advisor, supporting the governance and strategic development of funds, projects and businesses committed to building towards a regenerative economy.

When not designing or experimenting with new ways of being, you can find Charity occupied in some form of body movement in nature, exploring food and nature scenes with husband and friends, reading, or writing.

Ellen Martin is Chief Impact Officer of Circulate Capital, an investment firm focused on circular economy infrastructure and innovations in emerging markets. Circulate's Ocean Fund launched in 2019 and was the first dedicated exclusively to addressing the ocean plastics challenge in Asia and first circular economy fund to qualify for the 2X Challenge, committed to increasing gender lens investment. In her role, Ellen is responsible for driving impact and insights for Circulate Capital and managing ESG through the investment process. As a member of Circulate’s leadership and investment teams, Ellen is focused on ensuring the firm’s collective strategies, assets, and relationships deliver impact as it grows. She is also a senior advisor to Circulate Capital’s mission-aligned non-profit, The Circulate Initiative.

Ellen grew up in the apparel industry. Her mother emigrated from Taiwan to the US and became an entrepreneur and small business owner, working in retail and representing independent designers. This early education has led to a lifelong appreciation for the entrepreneurial experience, as well as for textiles, costume design and crafts of all kinds.