Speakers

Sarah Susanka - photo credit Cheryl Muhr

Sarah Susanka, FAIA

Author of The Not So Big House series and The Not So Big Life

Sarah Susanka’s “Not So Big” message has become a launch pad for a new dimension of understanding—not just in how we inhabit our homes, but in how we inhabit our planet and even our day-to-day lives. As a cultural visionary with an incredible ability to understand the...

Julie Moir Messervy - photo credit Randy O'Rourke

Julie Moir Messervy

Award-winning Author & Landscape Designer

Julie Moir Messervy’s vision for composing gardens of beauty and meaning is furthering the evolution of landscape design and changing the way people think about their outdoor surroundings.

With three decades of experience, seven books and numerous high-profile lectures, Messervy has emerged as a...

Sarah Nettleton, AIA, LEED AP

Author of The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough

Since 1978, Sarah Nettleton has been designing homes and commercial projects with a deeper understanding that our built surrounds are a platform for living as both individuals and a global community. 

Today, as principal of Sarah Nettleton Architects, Nettleton designs homes and...

Wanda Urbanska

Wanda Urbanska 

Simple Living Expert, Author & Host of “Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska”

With keen insight and sensitivity, Wanda Urbanska has inspired thousands of overscheduled, debt-ridden and worn-out Americans to reshape their lives and “get back to basics” while building meaningful relationships, a healthier planet and secure, caring...

Chef & Author of "The Charleston Chef's Table"

Holly Herrick

Chef & Author of "The Charleston Chef's Table"

Originally from New England, Herrick got her start as a writer at Boston College, where she majored in journalism and communication and graduated cum laude in 1987. Upon graduating, Herrick worked in advertising sales for Ziff-Davis and relocated to Minneapolis with her husband. In 1990, she began...

Jeff Siegel, Author of RelationTrips

Jeff Siegel

Creator of RelationTrips
Author of RelationTrips: A Simple, Powerful Way to Bond with Your Loved Ones Through Personalized Road Trips

In 2000, fun-loving, single-father Jeff Siegel embarked on a spur-of-the-moment vacation with his son Spence that took them across the southwestern tier of National Basketball Association arenas.  Shortly thereafter,...