Cross Pollinator Smorgasbord: A community dinner during Trellis Impact

​Cross Pollinator Smorgasbord
A community dinner during Trellis Impact
Wednesday, October 29 • 6:30pm – 8:30pm
San Pedro Square Market • 87 N San Pedro Street

​​Come for the connections, stay for the conversations. This playful dinner is an open, community-style gathering where guests pick their own food from the market vendors and join a host table to mingle, build relationships, and spark new ideas.

​​A smorgasbord of great food, great people, great ideas, and serendipity.

​Hosted by

​Garrett Kephart & Kat Hunt (Earth Finance)
Karimah Hudda (illumine.earth)
Joel Makower
Mike Hower (Hower Impact)
David Fiss (Monarch Group)
Christina Nicholson
Patrick Flynn (Switchboard)
Kevin Hagen
Louise Wilson (Futerra)
Vijay Sudan
Toby Aronson (EarthX)
Noemí Jiménez  (qb.consulting)
Sasha Caldaer (Resilience)
Graham Brooks (Arbor Day Foundation)
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​​How it works
✔️ Open RSVP (space limited)
✔️ Hosts anchor conversation tables
✔️ Guests can float or stay with one table
✔️ Food is “choose your own adventure” from the market stalls
✔️ Priority RSVP for host-affiliated guests

​​Who should join
Trellis attendees, community builders, sustainability leaders, founders, creatives, impact professionals, and anyone who believes good things happen when people gather with intention.

​​Convened by Monarch Group.
Where community creates value.