Our Leadership Team

Dan Sheridan was born and raised in the mid Hudson valley in a large family in a small town. From a young age his facinanition of wild foraged foods, plant medicine and ecology inspired him to follow a career in environmental science and forestry. In the start of his second year at SUNY Cobleskill Dan was in an accident requiring extensive reconstructive spinal surgery. During the three years of recovery he spent his time reading and researching methods of self suffiency, primitive survival, and native plant identification. Once able to start walking and driving again he began his life as a volunteer working with solar cities biogas innovators and praxtioners learning new applications of ancient methods for more sustainable waste management, volunteering at Chapel of Sacred Mirrors as their herbalist, gardener, and running a tea lounge at monthly events. After 3 years of local volunteering and regular physical therapy Dan choose to start traveling the county working with small communities and non profit organization creating permaculture plans, teaching classes on gas digester, and sharing his hand crafted teas. At the end of 2019 Dan Sheridan joined the team of the Amenia Regenerative Center first as our Sustainability Director and then joined the board as president of the organization.