Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Jodi Lasseter is a mountain woman passionately committed to environmental and social justice.  Jodi brings her expertise in teaching, facilitation, organizational development and community organizing to her involvement with the What’s Your Tree National Steering Committee.  She believes that What’s Your Tree is an invaluable vehicle for the most vital work of our time, the complete shift to a life-sustaining, egalitarian society.  She has worked with numerous NGOs in South America, East Africa, Western Europe, Mexico and the US to strengthen global justice and indigenous peoples’ movements. Jodi is certified in permaculture and holds a Masters Degree in International Development and Social Change from Clark University, and undergraduate degrees in Women’s Studies and Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.