Brad Edmondson

Brad Edmondson is a writer and consultant who helps people and organizations benefit from social change (see www.bradedmondson.com and awildidea.com). He grew up in rural south Florida and attended Deep Springs, a college with an unusual curriculum that trains students for lives of service, before transferring to Cornell University (AB History 1981). He edited the weekly Ithaca Times before joining American Demographics magazine (1985-98), which was nominated three times for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence during his tenure as editor-in-chief. He has been self-employed since 1998.

Brad believes that ordinary people can achieve great things if they act as good stewards and cultivate their legacies. While serving on the board of the Finger Lakes Land Trust (1994-2007), he helped create a fifty-year plan for a regional network of protected land in a scenic region of Upstate New York. He also chaired the investment committee of Deep Springs (2000-2010) during a highly successful campaign to re-endow the college. He is the current board chair of the country's oldest independent college newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun.