Naomi Shafer was initiated to the world of humanitarian clowning when she performed in Russian orphanages as a 12 year old. She splits her time between clown-wrangling and managing an environmental cleanup. Naomi holds an M.B.A. in Conscious Business (Marlboro College) and a B.A. in sociology and playwriting (Middlebury College).

Contact: naomi[at]clownswithoutborders[dot]org

Nicole attended Hampshire College, where she studied resource politics and dance performance. She writes for various print and web publications, works as a stagehand, choreographs and performs, and teaches Pilates. Nicole is interested in non-hierarchical social organizing and dismantling capitalism.

Contact: nicole[at]clownswithoutborders[dot]org