A highplains girl hailing from southwest Kansas, Mickki has spent more than 15 years working and volunteering for social change and community improvement. In 2004 she helped form a Web development company focused on open participation and a consulting firm building new systems for shaping and managing the flows of information, resources and participation. Recognizing the need to reclaim our power to create community wealth, Mickki cofounded the Mile High Business Alliance in 2007. Currently serving as Executive Director, Mickki combines her passion for social and environmental sustainability with her experience as a small business owner and entrepreneur. Her work with the business alliance focuses on organizing local business owners in working together to build a more locally focused and stable economy that doesnt sacrifice people and the planet for the sake of profit.