Meet Our Members

Vic Pelletier Occupation: Stay-at-Home Dad | Hobby: Sleeping | Favorite Movie: anything B-Grade, especially with rubber monsters | Favorite Beverage: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout.

Janet Pelletier Occupations: Business Analyst and Mom | Hobbies: Gardening and home canning | Favorite Thing to Say: “I know what you get if you don’t ask.”
 | Oddest Job: Historically-garbed crafts demonstrator.

Kira Pelletier Occupation: 4th Grader
 | Hobbies: Reading and writing
 | Favorite Animal: Horse
 | Favorite Food: Not mushrooms. Anything but mushrooms | Favorite Quote: “You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit.” --Daddy

Elise Pelletier Occupation: 1st Grader | Hobby: Helping around the house | Favorite Apparel: Dresses with sequins, lace or tulle. The more the better | Most Memorable Quote: “Here Daddy. I know you don’t have a lot of money, so I made you some.”

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Anthony Aufdenkampe
 Occupation: Aquatic Geochemist | Book: Natural Capitalism, by Hawken, Lovins and Lovins | Little known fact: Initiated as a Golden Shellback | Favorite food:  Fresh raspberry and whipped cream crepes.



Bonnie Dickson Occupation: At-home mom to 3 daughters, 2 cats and 8 chickens | Favorite snack: Popcorn | Fun fact: Speaks French, Portuguese, Sango, and Mandarin Chinese | Favorite book:  anything by Barbara Kingsolver.

Lily Aufdenkampe Occupation: First grader | New sport: Basketball | Favorite snack:  Cheesy anything.

Ruby Aufdenkampe Occupation: Kindergarten student | Favorite word: Beautifuler | Nickname: Rubilicious.

May Aufdenkampe Occupation: Preschooler | Accomplishment: Learned English in 2 months | Hobbies: Collecting and sorting.

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Peter Kjellerup
 Country of Origin: Denmark | Current Occupations: Vice President / COEE (Chief of Everything Else) of Dansko, Inc.; green building champion; son, dad and granddad
 | Former Occupations: Farmer, horse trainer/breeder
 | Military Service: Danish cavalry
 | Hobbies: Saving the planet
 | Favorite quote: “Just do it.”
 
Mandy Cabot
 Current Occupation: President / COE (Chief of Everything) of Dansko, Inc.
 | Former Occupations: Special Ed teacher, primate researcher, equestrian farm manager | Oddest Job: Babysitting Koko, the gorilla
 | Hobbies: Anything (and everywhere) outdoors
 | Favorite quote: “Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.”
 | Favorite book: The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken.

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Lane Travis  Current Occupations: Part-time Environmental Education teacher, Semi-retired Special Education Teacher | Hobbies: Reading, gardening, kayaking w/ Leslie, making sand-castles | Most Memorable Trip: Driving from Montana to Alaska | Recent Book Read; "Guns,Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond | Favorite Quote: "One day at a time"

 

Leslie Travis  Hobbies: Gardening, Kayaking with Lane  | Oddest Pet: A spider monkey at my college apartment | Most Memorable Trip: Driving from Lansing,Mich. to San Francisco with Lane in 1966 | Unusual Wedding Location: 1967 Golden Gate Bridge with Lane | Favorite Quote Today: "You can do no great things, only small things with great love" -- Mother Theresa

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Steve Ford Occupation: Computer geek currently working with US Army | Interests: Fixing stuff | Favorite Author: Kurt Vonnegut | Something You Might Not Expect: I enjoy weeding

Joyce Ford Occupation: Owner/Manager of The Perfect Cup Cafe, Hockessin DE | Former Occupation: Programmer and Project Leader | Hobbies: Gardening and birdwatching | Favorite Food: Coffee, of course | Favorite TV Show: The Daily Show

  

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Debbie Dehghan  Occupations: Mother; daughter; executive assistant to superintendent of a public school district in DE |  Literary Endeavor: Published poet, in English and Spanish – both obscure publishers, both long out of print. | In Awe Of: Both of my daughters* for the strong women they have become, the incredible Pumpkin, rescued Lhasa Apso who owns me, not the other way around, and nature -- always, all ways. | Fun Fact #1: Can't hold a tune in a bucket, but loves to sing. | Fun Fact #2: Talks out loud to herself all the time.

    * Rebecca - pediatric intensive care nurse, massage therapist, reiki practitioner, caring “old” soul, survivor.
    * Jennifer - production designer, wife, world traveler, generous sharer of her joie de vivre and innate sense of social justice.

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