Judy Wicks

Judy Wicks is an entrepreneur, activist and author working to build a more compassionate, environmentally sustainable and locally based economy. She is founder of Philadelphia's landmark White Dog Café known for its leadership in the local food movement, as well as community building and environmental stewardship. She founded several non-profits including Fair Food Philly and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and cofounded the nationwide Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), a network of 50,000 local independent businesses, economic development professionals and local economy funders in 80 communities in the US and Canada. Her memoir "Good Morning, Beautiful Business" was published in March 2013. In 2014 her book won a good metal in Business Leadership from Nautilus Book Awards. For additional information, go to www.judywicks.com