Jed Blume serves as the Director of Development at Rich Earth Institute since January 2021, leveraging extensive experience in development consultancy and grant writing as a Development Consultant and Grants Specialist at Green Mountain Grant Services since June 2012. Previous roles include Annual Giving and Grants Associate at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and Outreach & Development Intern at Democracy Now! Productions, where skills in program design, donor relations, and campaign management were honed. Educational qualifications include a Master of Arts in International and Intercultural Communication from SIT Graduate Institute and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Religious Studies, and English Language and Literature from Rowan University.