Judy Wicks

Judy Wicks, chair, Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, founded the White Dog Café on the first floor of her Philadelphia home in 1983. As the restaurant grew, so did her notion that the strength of her business relied upon the quality and sustainability of its locally grown ingredients. Envisioning how strengthening relationships among independent, community-rooted enterprises could inspire profound social change, she founded the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia in 2001, and co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies that same year. Judy is also founder/president of White Dog Community Enterprises, a non-profit dedicated to building a local food system and living economy in the Philadelphia region.