Rob Dietz is a writer, researcher and activist who is trying to help build a better economy — one that works for people and the planet. He is the editor of the Daly News, a popular online publication named in honor of Herman Daly, a leading light of ecological economics. Rob was also the first executive director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, taking it from an unfunded start-up organization to an internationally respected leader on new economic thinking. He regularly writes articles and delivers public presentations that draw from his education and experience in both economics and environmental science. Rob is married, has one daughter and lives in Corvallis, Oregon.