Christopher Anne Affleck was born and raised on the sustainable cement streets of New York City. Since then she has put down (and pulled up) roots in Mississippi, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Falmouth. Finally she settled in Cambridge, where she taught elementary school for 29 years and was able to raise two children and many bushels of zucchini and tomatoes. She has been a summer resident of Truro for the past ten years. Her favorite color is green and her favorite animals are coyotes and free range chickens.

Mr. Peter W. Gilson served as Chief Executive Officer of Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc., as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Physicians Support Systems Inc., as the Chief Executive Officer of the Warrington Group Ltd., a manufacturer of safety products that was previously a division of the Timberland Company, where he formerly served as Chief Operating Officer. He has been a Director of EDCI Holdings, Inc. since March 1997. He is currently a Director of The New Hope Foundation and a Trustee of Deerfield Academy. Peter is a fan of farmer’s markets and grows bushels of cherry tomatoes and raspberries in his Truro garden.

Francie Randolph is an award-winning artist with a BA from Harvard College in Visual and Environmental Studies and an EdM in Art & Technology from Harvard University. After living in Papua New Guinea and Australia, she was invited to return to Harvard’s V.E.S. Department, where she taught for 7 years, winning several Certificates of Distinction in Teaching Awards. After co-founding the Truro Agricultural Fair with two farming friends in 2009, she founded the non-profit Sustainable CAPE to further the educational mission and combine her passions for art, food, health, the environment and education. Francie lives and works surrounded by gardens on a small farm in Truro with her husband, two children, one cat, several sheep, a dozen hens and countless honeybees.

Mark W. Watson, is CEO/CIO and Portfolio Manager of Keel Asset Management LLC, a financial advisory firm with offices in Chicago and Cape Cod. Keel Asset Management LLC provides financial planning and investment advisory services to non-profits, the public, and corporations. Mr. Watson is currently a board member of the Cape Development Program; the Boston Area Sustainable Investment Consortium, the Highland Center Inc., and the Boston chapter of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators. He is also a member of the Social Investment Forum. Mark enjoys sailing and traveling, and eating sustainably grown local food.

Dan Wolf, State Senator from the Cape and Islands, founded Cape Air & Nantucket Airlines, one of the largest independent regional airlines in the country headquartered in Hyannis, MA. Cape Air is an environmental leader and has initiated a comprehensive Greening Initiative, which includes one of the largest photovoltaic systems in southeastern MA, and provides 100% of electricity used in the company’s headquarters. Dan believes that his strong business, philanthropic, and environmental background, coupled with his equally strong belief that our economy should serve the core beliefs of our citizens rather than define our direction, helps him to represent the Cape and Islands – in addition to Sustainable CAPE – well.