
Kansas-born Anita Chase earned a bachelor’s in music with a minor in cultural anthropology at Wichita State University and then moved to Chicago with her rock band. After 17 years in the Windy City, she discovered The Land Institute. She decided to return home to support an environmental organization that makes positive change and to be closer to her family. Anita has a passion for working with people who see themselves as stewards, not just consumers, of the world and its gifts. At The Land Institute, Anita supports research efforts and facilitates community building by managing contracts and overseeing on-site housing for remote staff, summer research assistants, and global visiting researchers.
My most perennial trait: Curiosity-I wander around asking “Why? How? What is the relationship of this to other ideas and things?”