About Us

Nick Miller

Bill McGuire

Victoria McManus

Sharon Horne

Tax Professional

My family ties to Nantucket extend back eight decades, and I have viewed the island as a special and unique place during my lifetime.  As a child spending summers here with my grandparents, I observed their generosity in making baked goods, jams and jellies from Nantucket grown produce and sharing their creations with family and friends, including, most notably, their neighbor, Madaket Millie. I am pleased to have the opportunity to continue their focus on creations using local produce through assisting Sustainable Nantucket as a board member, in the development of support for the organization’s numerous programs that promote and support the Nantucket food economy.

Wade Greene

Owner, Resort Accommodations
Over six decades I’ve seen Nantucket evolve from a sleepy “faraway island.” Communications and transportation advances have combined with the magnetic attraction of the island’s history-rich and natural beauty to make Nantucket less sleepy, less faraway. In the face of these changes, and by looking squarely at stressful elements of them, SN is helping to advance policies and practices that can enhance the island’s long-term environmental and economic health, its sustainability as a vital community both blessed and challenged by a special geography.

Dylan Wallace

Growing up on the far away island has instilled in me a deep respect for the world around us and the substance it provides.  Islanders have the unique chance to understand how valuable resources are and what it takes to transport them from one place to the another.  With this understanding we can learn from our past to always be improving our use, reuse, and recycling of what we consume throughout our communities.  I believe that every action we make should protect and sustain future generations of people, animals, plants and all other elements that create the whole system of nature on earth.  By keeping the next seven generations in our minds and hearts we can make a lasting difference and always maintain our perspective.

Trish Bridier

Retailer and Community Supporter
Having lived and worked on Nantucket for almost all of my life and served on several non-profit boards, I have seen many changes affect the island through housing density and population differences.  Nantucket’s natural beauty still exists as well as the caring, generous character of its residents and visitors.  The mission and activities of SN are important to the health of Nantucket and will touch everyone.

Beth Davies

Mother
I felt a connection to Nantucket from the moment I stepped foot on the Island in 1980. Apart from the physical beauty, it appealed to my sensibilities. Whether by necessity or simple appreciation, people have long fought to preserve the integrity and beauty of the island. It seems that there has always been a community awareness to protect open space, maintain the Island’s historical fabric, and conserve the resources of the land and sea. Just think, all of these initiatives were in place way before it was fashionable.

Marsha Greenman

Designer and Environmentalist

Nantucket by virtue of its history, location and physical beauty inspires one to participate in its preservation. As an active board member of Sustainable Nantucket, my desire to help promote an environmentally beneficial and historically sensitive future can be intertwined.  The promotion of a healthy economy, clean environment and aesthetically sensitive design strategy for our delicate island will guide us gracefully into the twenty-first century!

Sam Slosek

Farmer
I fear that my children will not have to opportunity to know and experience Nantucket the way that I have and my father was able to. Change and growth are in inevitable part of living in a community as unique as ours, but SN works to foster programs and ideas that strengthen the fabric of our community ensuring a place here for future generations.

Laura Wasserman

Grant maker and Activist
Nantucket is such a special place—the beaches, historic downtown, our protected open space, and most of all the people. All of this create our unique and strong sense of community and make this island such a treasured place. I am proud to be on the Board of SN to help protect our history, preserve our community, and insure our future.

Mary Wawro

Lover of the Law

What I like most about Sustainable Nantucket is the opportunity to look both ways.  Our organization understands the value of the history and tradition of our tiny island.  Nantucket is at once a unique slice of American history — and we need to keep its spirit alive and well. At the same time, Sustainable focuses on the future and the need to adapt our ways to best protect and promote our special place — our fragile land and sea ecology as well as our business and community and our people. And — no matter how “faraway” we are geographically, we are confronted with the same issues that confront the rest of the planet.  Sustainable’s programs — from the Farmer’s Market to Film Series to Think Local First to the Youth Council Garden — all give us an incubator for thought and action to provide good stewardship for our own resources and for the world’s.