Hope Wilder is the author of the book “Let’s Decide Together: Practicing sociocracy with children” and certified sociocracy facilitator. She founded the Pathfinder Community School using sociocracy with ages 5-14 (closed 2020, see presentation here.) Her private training page is hopewildertraining.com.
Hope was the Youth and Education Program Manager at SoFA, as well as the Web Content Specialist and Articles Editor from 2021-2023. She managed the Schools Community of Practice as well as the SoFA Writer's Workshop. She has written several articles on the SoFA webpage. Her peer-reviewed qualitative research paper, “Does Sociocracy Support Student Voice?” is published in the November 2022 issue of the Holistic Education Review. She enjoys playing the cello and daily walks by the Eno River in her hometown of Durham, NC, USA.