Holly McCann

CO-FOUNDER & CORE STEWARD, BLUE RIDGE FOODSHED TRUST

Holly is the founder of Grail Leadership, where she has spent the past 10 years helping leaders and organizations transform from extractive management practices to regenerative stewardship ~ moving into deeper relationship and sacred reciprocity with all life as we come to see ourselves and our initiatives as part of interconnected and nested living systems.

After achieving heights of success in three careers – as a lawyer & corporate executive, as the owner of award-winning retail boutiques, and as a business coach & consultant – Holly was burned out and profoundly unfulfilled. So she set out on a seven-year quest in search of ways to lead differently. Living nomadically from 2016 through 2022, this pursuit took her to twelve countries, four continents and two hemispheres as she immersed herself in a variety of initiatives ~ contributing insights and expertise in regenerative practices, operational systems, and process optimization for founders and leaders of impact-driven organizations.

A mountain girl at heart, she is honored to call the sacred Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina home ~ feeding her passions for hiking, local food & farming, and connecting with people who care deeply about humanity and the Earth.