Nancy is passionate about designing systems for collaboration and practical ways we can work together for mutual benefit of people and planet. She is a co-founder of Wild Forests and Fauna (WFF), a group that supports local leadership in conservation of wild forest frontiers. Within WFF she founded two projects, the Amazon Center in Las Piedras which aims to conserve a 4,500-hectare tract of endangered rainforest in Madre De Dios, Peru and the Native Seeds project, which aims to build local capacity of traditional healers to rewild important medicinal species in Gulu, Uganda. These projects interlink ecological, cultural and social impact through the active participation of stakeholders.

Nancy holds an MBA in Sustainable Systems from Pinchot University, a pioneer in Sustainable Business, and also a co-creative leadership process where students actively participate in shaping their educational experience. Learning about and designing innovative methods for multi-stakeholder collaboration, organizational design and governance have been common themes. Other education includes Holacracy Training, Coaching Training Institute and Authentic Relating or T3 at the Integral Center. In practice, Nancy demonstrates how efficiency and diversity can coexist and be mutually beneficial and how collaborative systems, processes and trust networks can be safe, sustainable and integrative.