Vanessa Crossgrove Fry is founder and CEO of Viridian Search, a recruiting firm focusing on placing candidates in positions of sustainability management. Vanessa also serves as the executive director for Citizens for Smart Growth in Blaine County, Idaho.

Prior to her work at Smart Growth she was the Development Director for two other Idaho nonprofits the Snake River Alliance and the Environmental Resource Center.

Vanessa received a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Fine Art from Wittenberg University in Ohio.