Tabitha Bowling is the President of Root 8 Venture and co-founder and CFO of Kingdom Pellets LLC. Prior to this she was a founding partner and former COO of Bungalow, LLC, a casual lifestyle brand best known for its line of SCOUT bags. Under her management sales grew from $800K to $8M over 6 years. She continues to manage the Company’s overseas sourcing, production and quality assurance activities as well as serve as an advisor to the executive team.

Tabitha moved to East Burke, VT in the fall of 2014 with her wife and their son Marshall. They represent the 7th and 8th generations of the May family to live in the Northeast Kingdom (NEK). Their family has over 200 acres of land enrolled in the State’s Current Use program and are committed to informed and responsible stewardship of the working lands that have supported generations since the 1790s.

Since living in VT’s Northeast Kingdom (NEK) Tabitha has been engaged in the world of wood pellets. She first discovered Automated Wood Heat through a tour of Burke Town School’s newly installed wood pellet heating system. She was so inspired by the system’s environmental, community and cost savings benefits that she decided to convert to wood pellet heating in her home and to learn more about the automated wood heat industry in Vermont.

She formed Kingdom Pellets, LLC, in partnership with Chris Brooks of Vermont Wood Pellet, to fund and execute an expansion strategy of several community-scale super premium softwood pellet mills.