StellaHorgan
Global Executive Director
Steward of the Whole
About Us
Project Biome emerged from a simple but urgent recognition:
millions of people and organizations are working to restore ecosystems, rebuild food systems and reconnect humans to nature
but their efforts are often stifled by duplication, lack of trust and disconnection.
Regeneration, like nature herself, thrives in coherence and coordination built on healthy, rooted collaboration, trust and interdependence.
Project Biome exists to help connect these efforts - we are the connective tissue, the mycelial network that helps disparate organizations address the root causes of ecological dysfunction.
We support the relationships, structures, and shared learning needed for regeneration to grow from isolated projects into interconnected bioregional systems.
Project Biome brings together people working across ecology, food systems, culture, and community resilience around the planet.
With our roots currently in Mpumalanga, South Africa, we are prototyping systems and frameworks that will help communities and bioregions to catalyze regenerative futures.
Our work is grounded in the understanding that healthy ecosystems and healthy communities cannot be separated.
Through collaboration, stewardship, and place-based action, we aim to strengthen the systems that sustain life.
Stewards of Change
MatthewPurkis
Ecosystem Architect: Africa
NomshadoMasango
Executive Assistant
JuliaMande
Steward of Global
Community
WijdaneJamari
Steward of Global Communications
PhivoArtemides
Steward of Regenerative Synergy
AzadehMomenghalibaf
Steward of Biological Wealth
AubreyMorganYee
Steward of Living Systems
SophieStack
Steward of
Development & Fundraising
KhanyaMtshali
Steward of Partnership: Africa
LilianaSantizo
Steward of Global Operations
Project Management
IsadoraBishop
Steward of Regional Coordination
AudreySantoDomingo
Chief Financial Officer
SorubiRavindran,CPA,CGA
Finance Controller
Guiding Our Mission
ZachBushMD
Board Chair
ZachBushMD
Board Chair
Zach is an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems. His work is dedicated to the health of humanity and the planet we call home and notes that our pursuit of optimal health and longevity begins with an effort toward a collective rise in consciousness so that we begin to thrive within nature.
ReginaldPillay
Board Secretary
ReginaldPillay
Board Secretary
Reginald is the Group Chief Executive and co-Founder at Ariston Global. His expertise in financial risk management and corporate finance has been pivotal in supporting entrepreneurs worldwide. His focus remains on empowering businesses through strategic development and financial modeling.
RoswithaKimaSmale,PHD
RoswithaKimaSmale,PHD
Born and raised in Germany with Estonian parents, Roswitha is a multi-lingual world traveler and philanthropist. Widowed and retired, she splits her time between Nevada and Southern France. With a Masters degree in Linguistics and a PhD in Communication, Roswitha’s career included teaching at both the University of Colorado and the University of Denver in both fields. As a communication consultant she offered workshops in public speaking among many other projects. Roswitha served on and chaired several major boards in the Healthcare field in Denver among them HealthOne and Hospice of Metro Denver. With a profound interest in art and creativity she is currently an officer of the board of the Nevada Museum of Art, vice chair of Desert X in Palm Springs / AlUla Saudi Arabia, as well as a trustee of the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. Her philanthropic focus includes grass roots organizations that offer opportunities for learning entrepreneurial skills that significantly elevate living standards in rural communities in Africa and other developing countries. To maintain perspective and equilibrium she loves spending time in Nature as much as her time permits.
ScottCarlin
ScottCarlin
Scott is an accomplished business leader, strategist, and innovator with a long history of leveraging his skills and passions to drive growth, creativity, and the unlocking of value within startups and legacy media companies. He is an angel investor, transactional executive, and engaged with a variety of companies focused-on content creation and distribution.
RutendoNgara
RutendoNgara
Rutendo is an African Indigenous Knowledge Systems holder and transdisciplinary researcher. Rutendo serves on the boards of the Credo Mutwa Foundation (as Chairperson), the South African Wushu Federation, and the ASSEGAIA Alliance for protection of sacred sites. The quest for harmony, healing the whole, co-existence, and complementary underpins her endeavors.
LynneTwist
LynneTwist
For more than 40 years, Lynne Twist has been a recognized global visionary committed to alleviating poverty, ending world hunger, empowering the status of women and girls, supporting social justice, and environmental sustainability. Lynne’s on-the-ground work has brought her a deep understanding of these issues and the transformation of human consciousness.
StellaHorgan
Global Executive Director / Steward of the Whole
StellaHorgan
Global Executive Director / Steward of the Whole
Stella has a background in transformational work, from grassroots to institutions, with individuals and groups. She is the founder and Chair of South African impact organisation Zingela Ulwazi Trust, home of the Centre for Women’s Independence and 10 Trees. A Senior Supervising Facilitator of the Hoffman Process, Stella has taught in Australia, the UK, USA and Canada, and is a Director of Australian rewilding and advocacy non-profit For the Love of Wildlife / PanGaia. She has worked with dozens of civil society organisations in urban and rural contexts addressing environmental and human rights issues, and is an alumni of the University of Cape Town, La Trobe University and the School for Social Entrepreneurs in Melbourne, Australia. Stella is fuelled and guided by nature, exploring her deep love of wilderness and beauty in her art. Her main mission is to weave ways to rebalance human life with nature in an effort to repair and create regenerative, happy ways of living where all may thrive.
Ambassadors
TonyElvin
TonyElvin
Tony has been at the forefront of Social Enterprise (SE) development and innovation internationally for 25 years. He excels at balancing opportunities and managing the tensions inherent in an integrated ‘people-planet-profit’ approach and securing a win-win-win outcome. Tony is a pioneering figure in social enterprise innovation in both the public and private sectors.
THE BIOME
ECOSYSTEM
Biome Collective
Biome Collective
The free online community for anyone curious about regeneration.
Biome Constellation
Biome Constellation
Our growing global network of practitioners, organisations, researchers and community leaders.
Biome Youth
Biome Youth
Stewarding the next generation of regenerative leaders. Cultivating young people of the future.
Biome Flow Fund
Biome Flow Fund
The Flow Fund is a catalytic funding mechanism: a grant-making vehicle to enable bold regenerative projects.
Project Biome's sister organisation is illuminating the timeless blueprint of Natural Law to provide a regenerative path forward for humanity and our planet.
Project Biome's sister organisation is Inspiring collective action for a healthier future.Farmer's Footprint is a nonprofit storytelling initiative that guides people from awareness to action through education and connection — shaping a future rooted in human and planetary healing.
Project Biome weaves people, projects, and ecosystems to catalyze regenerative futures rooted in place. We connect the people and projects regenerating ecosystems, food systems, and communities across bioregions.