Wiley Rogers

Wiley is an activist, plant raiser, beekeeper and avid windsurfer. He graduated from Colorado College with a self-designed degree in Ecological Economics. In 2008, he authored an in-depth report on housing affordability in the Rocky Mountain West that was published in the State of the Rockies Report. Recognizing the strengths of the academic world, but longing for more tangible skills, Wiley moved to Oakland California and worked for City Slicker Farms in West Oakland. Establishing a rooftop nursery in Emeryville, Wiley was able to sell wholesale vegetable flats and donate vegetable starts to Oakland backyard gardeners. During the 2008 presidential election, Wiley served as a Deputy Field Organizer for the Obama Campaign in Colorado Springs. Wiley maintains five bee hives and has plans to expand his honey operation in Oakland. He enjoys playing with drum machines and performing with Gamelan Sekar Jaya (a Balinese gamelan orchestra). Wiley feels most alive when he is traveling 40 miles per hour across the waves on a windsurf board.