Ian Winters

AST Co-Founder & NCLT Director of Incubation

Ian (he/him) served as Executive Director of the Northern California Land Trust (NCLT) from 2002-2023 and is a long-term CLT & co-op resident. Professionally, he has over 10-years’ experience in sustainable construction and architecture as well as community activism and organizational development. He trained as a photographer/filmmaker and art/architectural historian at Tufts University and the Boston Museum School and graduate architecture/design work at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture.

Outside of the CLT world, he maintains an active life as an award-winning media and performance artist who often collaborates with acclaimed composers, directors, and choreographers to create both staged and open-ended visual and acoustic media environments in performance.