This year’s lineup of speakers and facilitators is sure to inspire!
Click on their picture or name to read about them and their program offerings:
Mark Lakeman
Our featured speaker this year is Mark Lakeman of Portland’s City Repair Project. Mark will share his wisdom and stories about his experiences and involvement in strengthening a community via projects which create more personal connections to “place”.
Caroline Estes
2013 Recipient of the Geoph Kozeny Communitarian Award
Janelle Orsi
Sustainable Economies Law Center
Co-author of The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your Life & Build Community
Laird Schaub
Fellowship for Intentional Community Executive Secretary
Alexander Laszlo
Co-founder and President of Syntony Quest
President Elect for 2013 of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
Director of Publications and Evolutionary Learning at the Center for Advanced Study of the Giordano Bruno GlobalShift University
Carol Swann
Co-founder and Director of “Moving On Center, School Of Participatory Arts and Somatic Education
John Schinnerer
The Sociocracy Consulting Group, Hawai’i-Pacific regional representative
Rachel Kaplan
Author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living
Scott McKeown
Founder of Transition Sebastopol
Transition US Training Coordinator
Ma’ikwe Schaub Ludwig
Author of Passion as Big as a Planet
Director of Ecovillage Education US
Fellowship for Intentional Community
Bryan Bowen
David Ferrera
Owner of The Meeting Guy
Tim Hartnett
Author of Consensus-Oriented Decision Making
Cassandra Ferrera
Chief Community Officer & co-owner of Green Key Real Estate
Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy
Richard Flyer
Founder of Northern Nevada Connecting the Good Network
Owner of Northern Nevada Hyperbarics
Elizabeth Moriarty
Healer, Facilitator and Practicing Ceremonialist, Certified Massage Therapist
Erin Reschke
Founding member of The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen and The Yoga Seed Collective
Mike Bodkin
India Harville
Teacher, Diversity Educator, Mediator and Activist
Joan Linney
Ecology of Leadership Trained Facilitator
Richard Squeri
Founder/Lead Teacher (“Gogy”) of the Art and Practice of “Flowing Dragon Swords”
Adjunct Faculty at the College of Marin
Board Chair of 4 Springs Retreat Center
Kate Sassoon
Collective Owner of Nabolom Bakery
Sassy Facilitation: Supporting Cooperative Communication
Judy Dolmatch
Nationally Certified Psychodrama Director
Cynthia Hawley
Co-founder of the Coalition to Save Cambria and San Simeon
Director on boards of LandWatch San Luis Obispo County and Women Lawyers Association of San Luis Obispo County
Alfred Twu
Berkeley Student Cooperative’s Communications Coordinator
Uta Saltzberg
Educator
Gary Hendrickson
Feng Shui Educator, Author, Lecturer, Designer, Consultant
Founding Council Member of the International Feng Shui Guild
Melody Lucian
Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer
Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist
Linda Sartor
Educator
European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness
Katy Byrne
Author of The Courage to Speak up: Getting Your Hairballs Out
Licensed Family Therapist, Motivational Speaker, Radio Host
Jeffrey Jon Whitebear Domagalski
Bear Bones Band and other Musical Adventures!
Penny Sirota
Educator, “Process Junkie”, Facilitator
Jim Eaglesmith
Minstrel of Healing & Sacred Storyteller
Copperwoman
Performer and Gatherer of Voices to Sing
Renee Sweezey
Non-profit Development and Public Relations
Ken Saltzberg
Teacher and School Administrator
Ashley Weiss
Certified Laughter Yoga Leader
Community Artist and Designer
Mandy Creighton
Debora Dove
Yoga Teacher, Evolutionary Coach, Transformational Journey Facilitator, Massage Therapist, Energy Worker, Cultural Translator, Entertainment Lawyer, Event Coordinator, Sacred Space Holder and Harmony Singer
Marty Perelstein
Ruth Perelstein
Betsy Morris
Cohousing California/Planning for Sustainable Communities
Micah Mundinger
Art of Community Event Team
JPUSA
Larry Rider
Ananda Community – Seattle
Northwest Intentional Communities Association
Jonathan Weinstock
Program Manager and Family Conferencing Facilitator at Edgewood Center for Children and Families
