Angela Burke

Equal Exchange, Inc. distributes roasted coffee beans and ground coffee. It supplies products to grocery stores, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and offices. The company was founded by Rink Dickinson in 1986 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

South Mountain Co., Inc. is an employee owned company offering integrated development, architecture, building, interiors, and renewable energy services. Their territory is the island of Martha's Vineyard and nearby locations. Since 1975, they have enjoyed a shared odyssey among employees, clients, collaborators, and community. They are weathering the current economic storm by constantly thinking and acting in new. South Mountain Company is about collaboration. Engaging as many participants as possible in their work consistently produces rewarding results. They are utterly dependent on the good will, great craftsmanship, and shared ideas of a large cast of characters their co-owners, employees, clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and community. Their collaborative efforts spring from a business model based on shared ownership, limited growth, highest quality craftsmanship and service, community involvement, and long term thinking.