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Evan Goldsmith
Hope For Women, LLC
The idea of Hope For Women began in a small village in the Indian Himalayas in 1993. At the time Evan Goldsmith was working with a local group devoted to women's development and environmental issues when he noticed a missing opportunity. He watched a group of trained artisan women working long days crafting beautiful handmade note cards and envelopes using flowers and other plants that grew locally in the valleys and mountains of the Himalayas. Since they had no access to sustainable markets to sell their cards, they received small financial rewards for their incredible efforts and neither they nor their families could take advantage of the valuable skills they acquired. Upon returning to the United States, Evan created Hope For Women to develop a sustainable financial resource to market the women's products. Evan has also worked on urban sprawl/land use issues in Vermont, as well as teaching high school biology and environmental science in Washington, DC. Evan lives in Burlington with his wife and two children.
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