Theme: Community

TEDxStowe is a rare opportunity to celebrate and connect with our Vermont community through big ideas. Some of our most pioneering residents, unique thinkers and inspiring story tellers will take to the stage to provide a window into Vermont today. TEDxStowe is a place to learn about our neighbors and to celebrate those who are striving to innovate, to unite and to lead in a variety of fields. Additionally, it is an important opportunity to shed light on those areas where we can grow and improve as a community in order to better pursue a common vision. Join us!

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
122 Hourglass Drive
Stowe, Vermont, 05672
United States

Ali Dieng

Ali is the Family Outreach Coordinator and Parent University Manager in the Burlington School District; he is deeply engaged in his community and was recently elected to Burlington City Council.

Blair Marvin

Blair is at the forefront of a baking revolution. She is co-owner of Elmore Mountain Bread, New American Stone Mills and Fire Tower Pizza in Vermont.

Edward H

Edward is a Junior in High School. He has been playing classical trumpet since third grade, along with the Euphonium. In 2018, he received the top high school trumpet score in New England. He participates in several music festivals each year, and hopes to study Genetics and Music in college.

Kat Wright

Kat Wright is one of Vermont's most talents- her 8 piece band are based in Burlington, VT.

Katherine Cadwell

Katherine has been a teacher at Harwood Union High School since 1981- she is a 2016 recipient of a Rowland Fellowship, the 2016 Foundation for Excellence in Education Award and the 2016 Gilder Lehrman Vermont Teacher of the Year.

Melody Walker Brook

Melody is an Abenaki educator, activist, and artist. She is a citizen of the Elnu Abenaki Band and currently serves as the chair of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs

Michael Wood-Lewis

Michael is the co-founder of frontporchforum.com, a business started by the desire to help neighbors connect and build community.

Rusty Dewees

Rusty has toured New England 21 years in THE LOGGER, his original one-man comedy show. He writes and produces for businesses and teaches and motivates students.

Ryer LeVielle

Ryer is a high school junior, avid ice hockey player and active member of her many small communities.

Sarah Waring

Sarah is the executive director at the Center for an Agricultural Economy in Vermont and has worked at the intersections of community development and natural resources management for more than a decade

Tiffany Bluemle

Tiffany leads Change The Story VT, a multi-year, systemic approach to improving women’s economic opportunity.

Trevor Crist

Trevor is founder and CEO of Inntopia, a travel technology company based in Stowe, Vermont.

Tyler McNaney

Tyler is a jack of all trades who works with an amazing team to build closed loop recycling systems, that are used to utilize plastic to its fullest potential