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Leif Utne is a journalist, activist, musician and social entrepreneur.

Since last summer, he has worked as VP of Sales and Marketing at QuantumShift.tv, a solution-oriented Web video channel and online social network.

Prior to joining QuantumShift, he worked as Publisher of Worldchanging.com, a Seattle-based online magazine about solutions for a sustainable future. Worldchanging is widely respected for it's global reach and diverse team of contributors, and has grown to become the most widely-read blog about sustainability. Leif was also a contributor to the organization’s popular book, Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21^st Century.

Before Worldchanging, Leif spent eight years in Minneapolis working at Utne Reader magazine, which was founded by his father, Eric Utne. He still occasionally hosts the magazine's UtneCast podcast, a biweekly interview show featuring independent perspectives on politics, culture and ideas.

Leif still writes regularly for both Utne Reader and his own blog, leifutne.wordpress.com, on topics like activism, globalization, technology, the environment, and Latin American politics. In 2001, he was named a "New Media Hero" by AlterNet.org, and his article "Don't Cry for Argentina" was picked as one of Project Censored's Top 25 Censored Stories of 2003.

In 2004, Leif co-founded the Let's Talk America project, a nationwide dialogue initiative aimed at healing the political chasm in the United States through bridging conversations.

Leif lives on Bainbridge Island, WA, with his wife, Cilla, and their son, Mateo.