About

Amy Shollenberger has more than 13 years of grassroots organizing, policy, and political issue campaign experience, including work as a press secretary for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and as a senior policy analyst for Public Citizen’s Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program. As Rural Vermont’s executive director, she worked to help members successfully lobby for the Chicken Bill, the Farm Fresh Milk bill, the Hemp for Vermont bill, and the Farmers Right to Know Act, among others. Recently, she was the campaign manager for a gubernatorial primary candidate in Vermont. She currently serves multiple clients through her Action Circles firm, offering help with political strategy, organizational capacity building, and meeting facilitation. Learn more about Amy.

Jeffrey Thomson is an attorney and campaign organizer with Action Circles. He studied at Vermont Law School, receiving a Juris Doctorate degree in 2007 and a Master of Environmental Law degree in 2008. He served as a Law Clerk with the Vermont office of the Conservation Law Foundation. He has also worked as an Energy Policy Researcher at VPIRG and a campaign organizer with Forest Ethics. From 2008 to 2010 he served on the board of the National Lawyers Guild as the Northeast Regional Vice-President.

Colin Gunn has over 5 years of experience with development and administration of websites, constituent resource management software and systems, and office management systems for nonprofits and small businesses in Vermont. He provided the administrative base for Rural Vermont during the passage of multiple agriculture-related bills in the statehouse, ran the database for a gubernatorial primary campaign, and played a major role in starting a collectively-run bike shop in Montpelier. Colin frequently volunteers time providing administrative support, meeting facilitation, and grassroots organizing for community issues.