Synergos Cultivate the Soul: Stories of Purpose-Driven Philanthropy

After 17 years working for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Leader in their China business practice, Chun Dong created a Comprehensive Advisory Business Model for Ultra High Net Worth families and their private businesses in 2023, which includes multifamily office, business transformation, legal, financial and tax advisory services. She and her team not only provide these families and businesses with professional services, but also help them to design their families’ Comprehensive Philanthropic Strategies which lead to finding the true meaning of their lives. On the philanthropy side, Chun is the founder of two foundations, Intelli Alliance Foundation and Atrium Legacy Foundation. Intelli Alliance Foundation focuses on cultivating people’s inner joy and peacefulness through events and retreats, education curriculums, and personal transformation programs. Atrium Legacy Foundation focuses on empowering communities by installing social values, supporting holistic wellness, and creating sustainable futures through four initiatives: Holistic Aging, Empathy Education, Resilient Housing and Global Harvest. On the personal side, Chun happily lives in Vancouver, Canada with her ever-expanding family. She is extremely extroverted and loves to make new friends and enjoys helping others. She is also very adventurous and loves to explore the world. Chun is trying to inspire people of all ages to get involved in philanthropy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josef George Kembel is an educator, entrepreneur, and advisor whose work sits at the intersection of creativity, leadership, and systems change. As the founding director of Stanford’s Design School (the d.school), Josef helped launch a global movement in design that has influenced education, business, and social innovation worldwide. Earlier in his career, his entrepreneurial work contributed to the foundations of today’s mobile app and app ecosystems. Josef’s global perspective was shaped by a six-month voyage to 30 countries, where he co-founded and co-led a ship-based social impact accelerator. Bringing together entrepreneurs, mentors, leaders, and students, the program explored how innovation can drive meaningful change across cultures and contexts. Today, Josef works with leaders and organizations around the world on aligning vision, values, and action. His focus is on building “living learning systems”, adaptive structures that enable individuals and organizations to learn continuously, innovate responsibly, and grow in ways that serve both people and planet. He has developed modular learning approaches that empower people to design self-guided projects, using their own lives and communities as laboratories for growth and impact. With a deep connection to the oceans and a commitment to collective flourishing, Josef brings a unique blend of practical innovation experience and inner consciousness work to the fields of philanthropy, leadership, and social change. His work centers on creating environments and practices that help people move more fluidly, act with clarity, and unlock value that goes beyond financial returns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dilafruz Khonikboyeva is the Founding Executive Director of the Home Planet Fund, the latest tool inthe Patagonia philanthropic ecosystem. Ms. Khonikboyeva was previously a political appointee ofthe US Biden-Harris Administration, spent five years with the Aga Khan Development Network, andeight years responding to conflict and climate crises. Ms. Khonikboyeva is a transformational conflict expert, focused on civil war, climate and resourceconflicts, and storytelling. Ms. Khonikboyeva was selected by the US presidential centers and libraries of George W. Bush,William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson as a 2019 Presidential LeadershipScholar. Her story of immigrating to the US from the civil war in Tajikistan and President Bush’spainting of her were featured in the bestselling book, “Out of Many, One - Portrait’s of Americas Immigrants” Dilafruz is originally from Khorog, Tajikistan and is Indigenous Pamiri.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Brach, founder of Propel Philanthropy, is a thought leader who advocates for the inclusion of far-reaching social sector acceleration in funders’ portfolios. He partnered with Alliance Magazine and WINGS on two successful campaigns spotlighting the value of Social Impact Infrastructure Organizations (SIIOs). He founded a network of over 60 SIIOs and launched the Funder-to-Funder Infrastructure Group, which now includes more than 50 foundations and private donors. Peter has served as a trustee for a private foundation for over a decade and is also a meditator, guitarist, songwriter, and animal lover. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Evans Shaw is CEO of Black Point Group, with wide-ranging interests in technology companies, impact investing and public service activism. His business creation, leadership, investment and board experience includes more than a dozen successful technology companies, employing more than 15,000 people worldwide, with a combined market valuation of tens of billions of dollars. These companies harness modern science to address important needs in healthcare and other markets. Early in his career, Shaw helped build a leading global consulting firm in food and agriculture. Shaw’s career has included extensive public service in science, arts, conservation and public policy. He has served on the faculty of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Visiting Committee of the MIT Media Lab. He is a founding director of the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Chair-emeritus of The Jackson Laboratory, Treasurer emeritus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and he has been a global leader in science-based conservation of nature as a trustee of the National Park Foundation, as founding chair of the Sargasso Sea Alliance and Aspen High Seas Initiative, as a Patron of Nature to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, as a member of Ocean Elders, and as founder of Shaw Innovation Fellows and Second Century Stewardship for America’s national parks. He has served as a partner of Venrock Associates, on the board of Maine Medical Center, Hurricane Island Outward Bound, the scientific advisory board of Discovery Communications and Curiosity Stream, a member of the Executive Committee of the US-Israel Science and Technology Commission, YPO and CEO, a Fellow of The Explorers Club, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Leadership Council of the Service Year Alliance, and advisory councils of Just Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Arctaris Impact Fund, Sustainable Harvest International, the Telluride Science and Research Center, Nautilus Media, Waterbear Media, Saildrone, Visby Medical, and the National Geographic Impact Story Lab. He supports his advocacy interests with the production of documentary films and is the author of a 2024 book entitled Wave Making: Inspired By Impact. Shaw is resident of the State of Maine along with his children and 12 grandchildren. Shaw has been awarded honorary degrees by Colby College, Bates College, Maine College of Art, the University of New England, and the University of Southern Maine. He is a recipient of the Leslie Cheek Medal from the College of William & Mary. Other honors have included induction into the Teddy Roosevelt Society, International SeaKeeper of Year, Blue Ocean Festival Wavemaker, Life Science Foundation Biotech Hall of Fame, honoree New York Restoration Project, UNH Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, Maine Creativity Center, and Maine Business Hall of Fame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kristine Tompkins is the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, an American conservationist, and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc. For three decades, she has committed to protecting and restoring wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism, and fostering economic vitality as a result of conservation. Kristine and her late husband Douglas Tompkins have protected over 15 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina through Tompkins Conservation and its partners, making them among the most successful national park-oriented philanthropists in history. Through Tompkins Conservation and its offspring organizations, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, she has helped to create or expand 15 national parks in Argentina and Chile, including two marine national parks, and works to bring back over two dozen species that have gone locally or nationally extinct, such as the jaguar, red-and-green macaw, and giant river otters in Northeast Argentina, and Darwin’s rheas and extremely endangered huemul deer in Chile. Kristine served as Patron for Protected Areas for the UN Environmental Programme from 2018-2022. The recipient of numerous honors, she was the first conservationist to be awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. In 2024, she followed up her 2020 TED Talk, "Let's Make the World Wild Again," with over two million views, with “A Bold Plan to Rewild the Earth—at a Massive Scale,” available in 14 languages, on the TED mainstage in Vancouver. About Tompkins Conservation Founded by the late Douglas Tompkins and cofounded by Kristine Tompkins, Tompkins Conservation is protecting and restoring wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, bringing back species through rewilding, and fostering regenerative economies. Over three decades, the nonprofit has protected approximately 15 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina through the creation or expansion of 15 national parks in Chile and Argentina, in addition to two marine protected areas of 30 million acres. Through active rewilding, the organization is bringing back over a dozen species that are in critical numbers, endangered or locally extinct. In 2015, a kayaking accident in Patagonia took Doug's life. Alongside his wife Kris, the couple are amongst the foremost conservation philanthropists in history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Camille Massey is President and CEO of Synergos, a global organization that has pioneered the use of bridging leadership, which builds trust and collaboration to solve complex problems. She joined the organization in this role in November 2023. Camille combines decades of experience working on complex development challenges together with deep recognition of the values of inclusion, of listening, and of supporting people and institutions that are most proximate to those challenges. Previously, she was Founding Executive Director of the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice. She also previously served as Vice President for Global Strategy and Programs at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and has served in senior positions at Human Rights First and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, working in 23 countries with a concentration in Africa and Asia. Camille founded Cue Global, a consulting business that designed and implemented strategic policy, legal, advocacy, communications, and resource mobilization plans for global organizations, was appointed a Human Rights Fellow at The Carter Center in Atlanta, and worked with musician Peter Gabriel to help establish WITNESS, an international human rights organization supporting local groups in the use of video. As a long-time board member of Breakthrough, she works on projects worldwide to stop violence against women and girls. She also serves on the board of Outright International and the advisory boards of Global Witness, the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University and House of SpeakEasy, a literary nonprofit organization. Camille Massey earned her J.D. from CUNY School of Law, and a B.S. from Syracuse University's Newhouse School where she currently sits on the Advisory Board. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teresa Corção was the Chef and Owner of the restaurant O Navegador from 1981 to 2020. The restaurant closed during the Covid 19 pandemic. In 2001, she joined the International Slow Food Movement as co-leader in Rio de Janeiro, becoming interested in the socio-environmental influence linked to the world of food. In 2002, she created the Cassava Project, researching the importance of this root for Brazil, promoting Tapioca Workshops in public schools until 2012, innovating food education with a concept she created: “gastronomic identity”. In 2007, she founded the Maniva Institute and the Ecochefs group, Civil Social Organization of Public Interest – OSCIP, a pioneer in working with gastronomy as an instrument for socio-environmental transformation: “valuing traditional foods and reestablishing lost ties between small and medium-sized farmers, their products and consumers” She is the creator and screenwriter of documentaries: O Professor da Farinha (2004), Seu Bené Via Para a Itália (2006) (screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008), The Food Path (2015), Terra Preta, Aço Prata (2016), in addition to the TV series Bagunça na Cozinha shown on Canal Futura (2010). She was chosen as Chef Ambassador of Brazilian Cuisine at SENAC, and she was a speaker at TEDX CAMPOS in 2012 and at TED GLOBAL-SOUTH during the Rio Olympics in 2015. Teresa was a finalist for the Basque Culinary World Prize, which is considered the Nobel Prize for Gastronomy in 2016, for her work as an activist chef and researcher of healthy and sustainable Brazilian cuisine. Other highlights: Co-creator in 2019 and manager of the Projeto Gosto da Amazônia – whose objective is to open the Rio de Janeiro market for wild arapaima from Amazon management. Consultant in the training of the 12th Military Region in Amazonas for training in cooking regional Amazonian products. Co-creator of the Alimenta Manaus campaign during the pandemic that enabled the connection between family farmers and food insecure populations in the city of Manaus, promoting the acquisition of organic and culturally related products to the beneficiaries. Co-manager of the Arroz Anã project in Porto Marinho, in the State of Rio. Curator of the Project at SENAC for the production of the book Very Prazer, Arroz Anã and lectures and show classes at events to promote the culture of this product. Winner, by Instituto Maniva, of the Jabuti Award in 2020, the most important in Brazilian literature, in the Creative Economy category for the book Ecochefs, Parceiros do Agricultor – Editora SENAC, in the Creative Economy category. Curator and consultant and Executive Chef at Bistrô SESC Convento do Carmo in 2023, 2024. Teresa is a Fellow of the international organizations Ashoka and Synergos. She also participates in international Forums linked to the sustainability of Food Systems, such as Conscious Food Systems Alliance – CoFSA and Catalysts 2030 Brasil.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexa Firmenich is an investor, consultant and facilitator focused on climate and biodiversity. She is the founder of Naia Trust, an animist investment vehicle that supports early stage nature-based solutions, scientific research and new economic models. She is also senior advisor at the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich, and was co-director of its initiative SEED that is developing the world's most holistic measure of biodiversity with the goal to steer financial and political decision-makers to crystallise the value of nature into the global economy. Parallel to this work Alexa is trained as a group facilitator in leadership development and ecological pedagogy, designing multi-day learning journeys through her role at Leaders' Quest. She is also an author, podcast host of Lifeworlds, a founding board member of Terra Habitus, a Mexican environmental fund that operates large-landscape conservation and watershed restoration, and a wilderness guide. https://www.alexafirmenich.com/ https://www.naiatrust.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Through A Growing Culture, Loren has worked to shift cultural narratives around food and farmers to center justice. The organization's work has grown from over a decade of Loren's work building relationships of deep trust with peasant- and Indigenous-led movements around the world — movements that are seeding radical hope for a just and dignified future for all. A Growing Culture brings together grassroots groups, farmers, advocates, and allies, through the belief that stories have the power to change our unjust systems, and that lasting change requires all of us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chavalit Frederick Tsao is the fourth-generation steward of TPC (Tsao Pao Chee), a family business with more than 120 years of history. Chavalit believes business reform is needed, and quantum leadership is the way. He is committed to this journey and is reforming his family business, TPC, with a renewed mission “To Serve Well-being of Life and Create Wealth at the Same Time.” He founded OCTAVE, a business model with an ecosystem for an integrated life journey towards well-being. He is Chairman of the Council of Wisdom for the Family Business Network (FBN) International to champion the impact community of the network. Chavalit has authored 'Dawn of An Era Of Well-being', 'Quantum Leadership' and 'One Choice, One World'. In his latest book, 'One Choice, One World', he shares the role of Quantum Leaders in shifting the consciousness in business and their impact in stewarding the new humanity. These books are part of his anthology of 40 books published under Octave.eaaAAA https://chavalittsao.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace, a global community working at the intersection of technology, volunteerism and a gift culture. As a designer of large-scale social movements that are rooted in small acts of service and powered by micro moments of inner transformation, his work has uniquely catalyzed "many to many" networks of community builders grounded in their localities and rooted in practices of cultivating deeper connection -- with oneself, each other and our systems. Today, ServiceSpace reaches millions every month, is powered by thousands of volunteers, and blossoms into ever-expanding local and virtual service projects that aim to ignite a "whole great than the sum of its parts". Nipun was honored as an "unsung hero of compassion" by the Dalai Lama, not long before former U.S. President Obama appointed him to a council for addressing poverty and inequality in the US. Yet the core of what strikes anyone who meets him is the way his life is an attempt to bring smiles in the world and silence in his heart: "I want to live simply, love purely, and give fearlessly. That's me."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rohini Nilekani is the Chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Co-founder and Director of EkStep, a non-profit education platform. She is also the Founder and Former Chairperson of Arghyam, a foundation she set up in 2001 for sustainable water and sanitation, which funds initiatives across India. From 2004 to 2014, she was Founder-Chairperson and chief funder of Pratham Books, a non-profit children's publisher that reached millions of children during her tenure. She sits on the Board of Trustees of ATREE, an environmental think tank. In the past, she has served on the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Eminent Persons Advisory Group of the Competition Commission of India. A former journalist, she has written for many leading publications such as Times of India, India Today, Mint, etc. Penguin Books India published her first book, a medical thriller called Stillborn, and her second non-fiction book, “Uncommon Ground”, based on her eponymous TV show. She has written several books for young children, published by Pratham Books, including the famous “Annual Haircut Day”. In 2022, she published an anthology of her writing titled “Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar”, outlining her philosophy of restoring the balance between the state and markets by positioning society as the foundational sector. In 2017, she was inducted as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been a member of the Board of Science Gallery Bengaluru, the Advisory Board of the Well Being Project since 2019, and the Dakshin Foundation since 2021. Rohini was voted the Best Grassroots Philanthropist by the Forbes India Leadership Award in 2022.  Rohini Nilekani is a committed philanthropist and has been named ‘the most generous woman in India' for the third consecutive time in 2022 by the Hurun India Philanthropy Report. In 2017, she signed the Giving Pledge with her husband Nandan Nilekani, which commits half their wealth to philanthropic causes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Building trust and taking collective action are essential when tackling complex issues—and it is in this spirit that we bring you this episode from our partner System Catalysts, co-hosted by GPC member Jeffrey Walker and English Sall.   System Catalysts shares stories of change makers who put their egos aside to improve the systems that run the world. In this episode, Ellen Agler, former CEO of the END Fund and Tsitsi Masiyiwa, Co-Founder & Chair of Higherlife Foundation & Delta Philanthropies tell us how involving and supporting donors, board members and community-based organizations can have an exponential impact.   Listen to more of their episodes here.  System Catalysts is produced by Hueman Group Media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to learn how Cristiane is working at a systems level to strengthen the philanthropic sector in Brazil as she builds strong partnerships with grantees based on trust and deep listening. Cristiane has a Law Degree from Mackenzie University, a Masters in Banking Law from IBMEC-SP, with specializations in Private Bank from IBMEC-SP and Corporate Law from Getúlio Vargas Foundation, she also completed the Impact Investing Program at the CSP - University of Zurich. She has practiced Law for the São Paulo Stock Exchange, at BBA Creditanstalt Bank and at the Consenso Family Office, and has worked as Wealth Planning and Legal Superintendent at the Private Bank, Capital Markets and Corporate departments of Itaú Unibanco Bank. Furthermore, she was a partner at the banking department of Law Firm Veirano Advogados, has been the COO of Pedro Alberto Fischer Single Family Office, and founded BEJA Institute in 2021.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients' descriptions of various parts within themselves. He focused on the relationships among these parts and noticed that there were systemic patterns to the way they were organized across clients. He also found that when the clients' parts felt safe and were allowed to relax, the clients would experience spontaneously the qualities of confidence, openness, and compassion that Dr. Schwartz came to call the Self. He found that when in that state of Self, clients would know how to heal their parts. A featured speaker for national professional organizations, Dr. Schwartz has published many books and over fifty articles about IFS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor is a social service worker and impact investor. He co-founded Tianren Culture, a next-generation social platform that serves as a catalyst and enabler of social innovation with the mission to foster positive global values and lifestyles. Tianren Culture's core philosophy is “One with Nature” and its strategic focus is to promote "One Wisdom, One Health" by encouraging and enabling contemplative practices and healthy lifestyles, especially those with roots in cultures and philosophies which believe that the health and wellness of human beings are interconnected with the health of the broader environment and ecosystem. Based in Hong Kong, Tianren Culture works with foundations, NGOs and business partners to put in place social service initiatives to help improve physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and wellness. On the physical side, the One Health initiative has focused on food system transformation, promoting flexitarian diets, natural, non-factory farmed foods and innovation based on plant-based, fermentation and cell-based technologies. On the mental/emotional side, One Wisdom encourages and enables contemplative practices such as breathwork and meditation through communication and support of research and education. He is also a board director of Good Food Fund and on the advisory board of Global Wellness Institute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear Rodney speak about the role that he plays to support Love, with a capital “L” in today's world. How, at Fetzer, they are creating space and communities to explore how one can demonstrate love in one's philanthropy. Meet Rodney I come from a people where community is essential and life saving. Community has saved me from loneliness, from being afraid that I wasn't loved by God and supported me in seeing the possibility of being at a special place like Fetzer. Creating transformative communities has always been a pivotal part of my work. In earlier parts of my career, I co-founded the Expansion Church and acted as spiritual director, where I focused on building a deep sense of community with all who attended in their personal and collective journey of intersection of radical spirituality. As the ED of Resource Generation,an organization of 18-35 year olds with access to wealth, I worked to support young people who often felt disconnected from their peers and their families in building up a community of people they could trust and feel deep alignment with. In my role as VP of Ally Development, I get deep joy from the ways we are creating and building community inside and outside of Fetzer. Within Fetzer, the Ally Development team is in deep community doing deep learning together, laughing a whole lot and being daring enough to take a bold stance that philanthropy at its best is centered in Love, Spirit, and the Sacred Mystery. Beyond Fetzer, we develop transformative relationships with leaders in the philanthropic community. In Ally Development, we know that transformative relationships and community are what leads to the openness, vulnerability, and genuine care that is required to have the real conversations about what we want for our future. I hold a Master of Divinity from the Union Theological Seminary and I bring 20 years' experience as a leader in philanthropy and movement spaces and as a community organizer focused on political campaigns and issues of democracy and social justice. I am from Dallas, TX, and currently live in New York, NY.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Kriens, chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks, has been in thetechnology industry for more than 35 years. In 1996, he co-founded JuniperNetworks, growing the company to $4 billion in global sales and more than 10,000employees in 100+ countries. In 2010, Scott and his wife Joanie launched 1440 Foundation, a grant makingorganization committed to the cultivation of truly real and connectedrelationships, with self and others, as a basis for living well. The work of theFoundation led Scott and Joanie to launch 1440 Multiversity, a 21st centurylearning destination in the California redwoods of Santa Cruz County.At his core, Scott is a learner and a builder, committed to finding new ways to tiethe world around us to that which is real and powerful within us – whether forthe purpose of building teams as a leader in the tech industry or simply as anadvocate for the path to living lives of true resonance. Moving beyond havingmore or suffering less, 1440 helps people and groups interested in finding theirown unique connection to meaning. “I think the growing call in the world today for connection, meaning, and making adifference, all indicate that there is an unmet need in many of us. The true markof 1440's success will be that we can offer a welcoming and inspiring place toserve the loud need for quiet time, and invite each person to find their ownanswers to the questions that matter most.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sudnya is an Indian American artist who has made San Francisco Bay Area her home since 1996. She has pursued her passion for storytelling through visual art, public installations, a novel publication, and now FREMONT, her first feature film. As a champion of the world's displaced sisterhood, Sudnya has made it her life's mission to tell stories - arrestingly beautiful and awe inspiring stories - that have the power to move and change our subconscious narratives of fear around those who don't look and sound like us. Towards that end, she has built a community that trusts her and has joined forces in this endeavor of storytelling to effect a powerful and much needed social awakening.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how David Less and the Abrahamic Reunion are shifting consciousness by bringing people together in the Holy Land so they can change the narrative and move from separation to unity. David is a founding member of the Abrahamic Reunion, a bottom-up grassroots organization designed to overcome the problem of segregation and separation in Israel and Palestine by bringing together groups of people from the four major religions to spend time together, work together, study together, and create an atmosphere of trust and understanding. David has been teaching meditation and inner practice for 55 years and is recognized globally as a teacher of harmonious living, health, meditation and personal transformation.  He is the Spiritual Director & Founder of Rising Tide International, a Universal Spiritual Center in Sarasota, Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear Ajay's reflections on love and service, about the importance of being instead of doing, about our inter-connectedness and the power of living the example. Ajay was born into a working-class immigrant family from India. A deep spiritual calling led him to become a monk in his late teens, where he spent almost a decade in service, spiritual practice, and deep reflection on how to realize a healthy, conscious, and balanced society. He transitioned out of monastic life to apply his commitment to service and belief in the power of catalyzing change agents to lead a number of mission-driven organizations at the forefront of consciousness and social change. Along with serving as a guide and coach, Ajay is the founder of The Bhakti Society, a nonprofit he founded to support people in their spiritual journeys through sharing the teachings of Bhakti. His passion lies in supporting others in unlocking their full spiritual potential. Connect to learn about the Synergos Global Philanthropists Circle and Ajay's Blog.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Sister Jayanti and the Brahma Kumaris are spreading love and peace in creative ways and with great global reach. She shares how inner transformation can be a tool of positive change, including on issues like climate change. Sister Jayanti is the Additional Administrative Head of The Brahma Kumaris, the world's largest spiritual organisation to be led by women. She is a spiritual teacher, much sought after international public speaker, author and a visionary leader guided by spiritual values and principles. Sister Jayanti embodies a unique blend of Eastern wisdom and Western education and culture; imparting the deepest spiritual truths with the utmost clarity. Her prominent speaking themes include leadership, environment & climate change, women's empowerment; health & well-being, racial harmony, interreligious friendships & global peace. In these critical times in which humanity is facing up to the challenges of change, her message invites each of us to embody a positive vision of a brighter world. Her spiritual knowledge, inner peace and radiant love have inspired millions across the globe to empower themselves to make changes to their lives. The Brahma Kumaris is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) of the United Nations, accredited with General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Sister Jayanti has been the organisation's representative to the UN in Geneva since 1982. She has championed the co-operative role of spiritual organisations in creating a just and peaceful world; and has brought spiritual principles to the discussion tables of politicians, economists, business leaders, scientists and nearly every stakeholder of our times. She spends a proportion of her year at the International Headquarters of The Brahma Kumaris at Mt Abu, Rajasthan, India. She is otherwise based in London at the National Coordinating Office, Global Co-operation House, UK.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Farahnaz, based on her field experience from Bosnia to Afghanistan, is transforming her passion to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Insaan Group's catalytic capital approach, now scaling through Impact Footprint. Dr. Farahnaz Karim is founder and CEO of Insaan Group. Insaan works with philanthropists and impact investors to invest in solutions to poverty, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and India. Farahnaz's philanthropic work is the result of her field experience working with the UN, the World Bank, and non-profits. In addition to her passion for building a more equitable world, she has pursued a passion for building a more peaceful world through an academic path in International Relations (IR).  She has recently completed a DPhil in Politics at the University of Exeter and holds a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University. She loves going to the field to due diligence or report on Insaan's impact investments, and finds balance and joy through activities such as Pilates and Indian classical dance.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Richard is forging a new way of family philanthropy. After 25 years in The Russell Family Foundation and co-Founding the Clementine Fund, Richard shares key learnings. He also shares examples of how they empower their partner communities, activate their values in every area of the business and practice trust-based philanthropy.   Richard Russell is a co-founder of the Clementine Fund – a foundation that exists to foster peace, justice, and well-being and to innovate within the world of philanthropy in the process. Richard serves as the Fund's Executive Director, leading the board and staff, directing grantmaking and operations, and cultivating community relationships. In his work at the Fund, Richard is passionate about integrity and communication.   Alongside a career in communications consulting, Richard helped launch and govern The Russell Family Foundation (TRFF), a philanthropic organization founded with his siblings and parents Jane & George Russell. While with TRFF, Richard served multiple terms as Board President and helped the foundation advance its' aims in environmental sustainability – including the dedication of the investment assets toward mission (now “impact”), enhancement of their community engagement strategy, and the production of a group of short films documenting important parts of the organization's story over its' first 20 years. Separate from his work in philanthropy, Richard founded Studio Kumau (since 1984!), a consulting, design and production studio for collaborative, creative clients. Over the years this work included writing, leadership coaching, graphic facilitation, early work on “corporate culture”, as well as media production for proprietary programs. A writer and an artist himself, Richard has created and produced original music and lyrics, visual artwork and films throughout his lifetime. Richard also co-founded Pu'u O Kumau Ranch, an agricultural enterprise with a focus on regenerative farming and re-localizing the food supply. Richard lives in Hawaii with his wife Jileen, where he enjoys writing and playing music with friends.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear Bob share his personal story growing up and how this has influenced his view and work in the world. How, through the Fetzer Insitute, they are building a global movement grounded in love, human flourishing and our shared sacred story. Bob Boisture has served as President and CEO of the Fetzer Institute since 2013, and during this time, helped the Institute adopt its current mission statement “helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world.” This mission reflects the Institute's view that humanity will never summon the will, courage, and hope to meet the challenges we face until a critical mass of us truly open our hearts in love to each other and the natural world. Trained as a lawyer, Bob spent most of his career in Washington, working with a broad range of nonprofits and foundations, including the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and the YMCA. His work involved strengthening nonprofit governance and helping to design and lead major national advocacy campaigns involving environmental and health issues and the right of nonprofit organizations to participate in the legislative process. Bob is married to artist Mary Margaret Pipkin, and they have three grown sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. They spend as much time as they can on their farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Kat and Mowlgi Mentoring are supporting entrepreneurs and leaders to build purposeful connections within themselves and others to better solve local and global challenges. Kat is a global nomad who is driven to eradicate loneliness within and outside of ourselves. She is focused on nurturing connectedness, meaningful relationships and communities that enable people to overcome that which holds them back, discover and realise their true potential and have companions so that they never walk alone. To do her part in achieving this and to catalyse human, leadership, societal and economic transformation, she has made leadership, mentoring and coaching her primary focus. Being the daughter of a serial entrepreneur and part of 2 startup businesses which were sold, she has repeatedly lived the entrepreneurial journey, albeit through a family business lens. Following a career in research and consulting in the Middle East, Kathleen joined Mowgli Mentoring in 2012 and as CEO has set and led the company's vision and strategy with her passion for quality mentoring, programming, multi-level impact and growth at the core. She can talk for days about leadership, mentoring and coaching and lives it by being a mentor, a mentee and through the way she engages with others. She is a Coactive Training Institute (CTI) trained coach and is a Forum Trainer with the Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO). Being a learning junkie, Kat has a BA Hons from Nottingham Trent Business School and has participated in numerous executive programmes at NYU, Columbia Business School, INSEAD, Wharton and Harvard Business School, as well as Sirdar's Applied Directorship Programme. She continually seeks out opportunities to evolve as a leader through communities which give her meaning; she was previously the EO Kenya President and Board Member, as well as a member of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), The Room and the Global Philanthropists Circle (GPC). She loves dabbling in a bit of interior design, traveling and adding to the list of 35 countries that she has travelled to and is a proud foster mom of 5 baby elephants.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Nitya is transforming her passion for public health to create systems change by working with communities academia and philanthropy. Dr Nitya Mohan Khemka is Director of the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation, a family foundation that focuses on strategic philanthropy.  She is also Director, Global Alliances at PATH- a global Health think-tank focusing on health equity. Prior to PATH, she was the Head of the UK Liaison Office for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) where she was instrumental in establishing the organization's presence in the United Kingdom and has developed a large cross sectoral portfolio of projects. Nitya is also a visiting Fellow at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge where she researches topics spanning gender inequality, poverty and human development and lectures on sustainable development and gender. A Fellow Commoner for Clare Hall College, Nitya advises the college on its academic programs and fundraising strategy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to hear how Tracy has transformed personal trauma to help others. How she is using art for healing, for connection and to raise awareness about social justice issues to affect change.   Tracy Ferron is the Founder and Executive Director of Life on Earth Art, a California-based non-profit organization working to heal trauma and division in our society by fusing community art-making, art therapy, and activism with touring large-scale art experiences.  LOEA offers transformative healing work to schools, social service organizations, public and correctional institutions, partnering with other non-profits. Ferron's work illuminates social injustices which beg for awareness, compassion and action.  Her large winged heart artworks have graced protests for incarcerated rights at San Quentin Prison and the Women's March in Sacramento, CA.  Her museum installations have explored medical experimentation (2018), the murder of global activists (2019), and community artmaking celebrating loved ones lost for Día de los Muertos (2021). Tracy conceived of and produced Unbound (2021-22), an 80-foot community made sculpture of hundreds of paper mâché winged hearts flying free from a cage in an innovative year-long partnership with 70 therapists at one of California's largest psychiatric facilities. This project brought art-making engagement to over 500 psychiatric patients, 200 staff and 800 community participants–creating a sense of belonging and uplift.  Unbound was recognized with a first place award for Arts for Innovation by the National Organization for Arts in Health in November 2022. Tracy received her Master's Degree in Engaged Humanities at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has presented at Burning Man (2014), the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies (2017), Google Headquarters (2018), the Northern California Art Therapy Association (2020) and Pacifica Graduate Institute (2021). For more information, see https://lifeonearthart.org or contact Tracy at tracy@lifeonearthart.org. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I loved about this conversation with Satish is learning how he has taken action his whole life to transform the world into a spiritual place; and how he sees the intersection between spirituality and ecology. He shares his view of philanthropy as moving from me to we, from and ego to eco. Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 50 years. He undertook a pilgrimage for peace, walking for two years without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament. Now in his 80s, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration and social justice. He is a world-renown author and international speaker, founder of The Resurgence Trust and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist – a change-making magazine he edited for over 40 years. To find more about Satish and join him in protecting people and planet click here. Photo by Geoff Dalglish.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I loved about this conversation with Kim is hearing her personal stories and experiences that brought her to dedicate her life to belonging and social connectedness. Kim Samuel is an activist, educator and movement builder. She is the Founder and Chief Belonging Officer of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, named in honour of her late father. She is president of the Samuel Family Foundation; visiting scholar at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative; and the first-ever Fulbright ambassador for diversity and social connectedness. Kim has lectured at institutions including Oxford, Harvard, and Vancouver Island University. Her first book, On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation was released recently by Abrams Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I love about this conversation with Howard is his passion for using impact investing to address large-scale social problems. He shared his story of personal transformation after facing a crisis, which led him to co-create Gratitude Railroad, working to create deep social and environmental impact through investments. Howard is co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Gratitude Railroad. Gratitude Railroad is an educational, community building, and impact investment organization focused on catalyzing positive social and environmental change through for-profit businesses. GRR's core focus is an active investment process led by its Founders, Advisors and Partners guided by its full time diligence team. He is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Basso Capital Management, L.P. a hedge fund management company focused on Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs). Howard is the portfolio manager for the firm's dedicated SPAC fund and oversees all operating and marketing efforts. Previously, Howard was co-head of the institutional convertible trading desk at Smith Barney. Before Smith Barney, Mr. Fischer was a convertible trader at Drexel Burnham and at Cohen Feit & Company. Prior to his trading career, Mr. Fischer was a Certified Public Accountant in both public and private practice. Howard serves on the Boards of 1% For The Planet and The Carbon Underground, and advises BrightEdge, the investment fund of the American Cancer Society. He also has advisory/board roles at DoneGood, Builders Fund, Atlas Impact Partners and Blackdirt Capital – for profit entities in which he has invested. Howard holds a B.S.E. in Accounting and Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2013 and 2014 fellow in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I love about this conversation with Gary is learning how The Saville Foundation is creating genuine partnerships through deep listening and working from the inside out, with people in the center. GARY SHEARER BIO THE SAVILLE FOUNDATION Born and schooled in Johannesburg South Africa, having a rich full-spectrum business experience in the IT wave of the ‘70's and ‘80's, including being a founding management team member of the now global Datatec Group.Co-founded award-winning New York based wine trading entity Cape Classics Inc. with my brother in 1991, with the experience of over almost two decades of tough but creative and stimulating challenges growing the business from the ground up informing much of my current journey. In 2006 I sold my shares to participate in the realm of Social Change, and am privileged to be the CEO of The Saville Foundation working around the globe within education and enablement of individuals and communities.I have two fabulous thirty-something children, and since 2018 have lived in the UK in Bristol with my incredible soul-partner Lara. We make trips back to South Africa as often as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I love about this conversation with Hali is how she is working to democratize and diversify the field and practice of philanthropy. Listen to hear highlights from her ground-breaking report Philanthropy Always Sounds Like Someone Else: A Portrait of High Net Worth Donors of Color, drawn from over 150 individual interviews of BIPOC donors across the US. Hali Lee is delighted to have been co-builder of a few pieces of philanthropic infrastructure.  She is founding partner of Radiant Strategies. She co-founded the Donors of Color Network, was on the co-design team for Philanthropy Together, and is the founder of the Asian Women Giving Circle.  She is lead author of Philanthropy Always Sounds Like Someone Else: A Portrait of High Net-Worth Donors of Color, and is writing a book, The Big We, about how we, together, are much more powerful than the sum of our individual parts. Hali was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Kansas City. She graduated from Princeton University, studied Buddhism at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and received a master's in social work from New York University.  Hali lives in Brooklyn, NY along with her dear husband, three college-age children, two cats and a big dog. In her free time, Hali loves to travel, read, play tennis, and keep rooftop honeybees. Hali was recently profiled in Forbes 50 Over 50: Impact.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What I loved about this conversation with Katherine is how she and her family are learning together to take action together on sustainability; and how her time working with farmers in Oaxaca laid the groundwork for life's passion to fight climate change. Katherine Lorenz is President of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation (www.cgmf.org), a grantmaking foundation focusing on environmental sustainability in Texas. She is the Leader of the Next Gen of the Giving Pledge, and Inside Philanthropy recently named Ms. Lorenz one of the most powerful heirs in philanthropy. Previously, she served as Senior Advisor for the National Center for Family Philanthropy (www.ncfp.org) and Deputy Director for the Institute for Philanthropy (www.instituteforphilanthropy.org). Prior to that, Ms. Lorenz lived in Oaxaca, Mexico for six years where she co-founded Puente a la Salud Comunitaria (www.puentemexico.org), a non-profit organization working to advance food sovereignty in rural Oaxaca. She continues to be involved with Puente's work as an active board member. Before founding Puente, she spent two summers living in rural villages in Latin America with the volunteer program Amigos de las Américas and later served on their Program Committee and as a trustee of the Foundation for Amigos de las Americas. Additionally, she currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Environmental Defense Fund (Vice-Chair), the Tinker Foundation, and the Endowment for Regional Sustainability Science, and formerly was a Fellow and later Board Chair at the National Center for Family Philanthropy, Board Chair of The Philanthropy Workshop, a Board Member of Exponent Philanthropy, Resource Generation, the Amaranth Institute, and a member of the National Academies' Roundtable of Science and Technology for Sustainability. Ms. Lorenz serves on the Advisory Council of Boldly Go Philanthropy, the Leadership Council of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, and the National Advisory Committee of USC's Irene Hirano Inouye Philanthropic Leadership Fund, and as a Senior Advisor for Philanthropy for Marsh Creek Social Works. Ms. Lorenz holds a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Davidson College.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pascale Terra Deau is French Caribbean from Martinique, Black American, and Tsistitas (Cheyenne). She works at the intersection of human development and sustainability. She is the creator of Haumea Ventures, a consulting firm that helps bring to life transformative and sustainable ideas and initiatives. Pascale is also the co-founder of Archery Foundation, an organization that supports young talents from French disadvantaged neighborhoods from the time they enter high school to the time they begin their professional journey. She holds a Master's in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on spirituality from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is currently pursuing a Master's in Sustainable Management at Columbia University. fondationarchery.fr www.linkedin.com/in/pascale-d%C3%A9au-0050ab5b Listen to hear about Pascale’s passion for connecting human development, psychology and sustainability; and how she is applying innovative methods to help organizations align inner with outer impact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ajay Dahiya serves at Synergos in the capacity of Managing Director of Philanthropy. Born into a working-class immigrant family from India, Ajay quickly internalized a sentiment that would dictate both his personal and professional lives for decades: the real privilege in life is the privilege of service. Growing up in a diverse and disparate environment in the outskirts of London, Ajay realized that true fulfillment wasn’t found in material things but through community and a spirit of serving others. Ajay’s deep spiritual calling led him to become a monk in his late teens, where he spent almost a decade in service, spiritual practice, and deep reflection on how to realize a healthy, equal, and just society. He transitioned out of monastic life to apply his commitment to service and belief in the power of catalyzing change agents to lead a number of mission-driven organizations at the forefront of consciousness and social change. Ajay is committed to challenging the status quo and is deeply driven by the simple, yet impactful concept that uplifting the world is dependent on uplifting human consciousness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter A. Seligmann is the CEO and co-founder of Nia Tero, working alongside Indigenous peoples and local communities in securing their rights, cultures, and well-being through agreements that secure the vitality of their oceans and lands. Peter is also the Chairman of the Board, and former CEO, of Conservation International. Listen to hear how from an early age Peter felt a deep connection to nature. This connection inspired his life’s work in conservation and passion today to help people understand the reciprocal nature of all beings and the earth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. English Sall is a Board Member of the Sall Family Foundation and is the Co-founder and CEO of Cymantix, a company specializing in discovery and insight generation with unstructured text data. Listen to hear how English’s life was touched in her childhood by a beautiful act of caring and how that inspires her work to help humans reach their full potential. In her work she applies Industrial Organizational Psychology within informal economies as she examines how people, behaviours and perspectives meet systems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı is a business leader, a philanthropist and a leading voice on human rights, gender equality and freedom of expression both in Turkey and globally. In her 22 years at Hürriyet Publishing, the leading newspaper in Turkey, Ms. Doğan Sabancı served as the CEO between 2004-2008 and as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the following ten years. She left her position in May 2018 when the Doğan family divested from all of their major media assets. Under Ms. Doğan Sabancı’s leadership, Hürriyet not only succeeded to be the largest and most influential newspaper in Turkey, but also became the country’s largest digital content company, reaching one of every two internet user in Turkey. While leading this digital transformation, she also spearheaded an editorial policy for promoting gender equality and minority rights and played a major role in the improvement of such rights in the public perception as well as in the legal system. The "No! To Domestic Violence" initiative, which she established in 2004 to advance the social empowerment of women, was the first example of her efforts to use media in order to create major positive social change. Through this initiative, which now continues under the umbrella of the Aydın Doğan Foundation, a major taboo was broken in Turkey through widespread educational programs geared at the general public, including everyone from imams to policemen. Launched as part of the initiative, Turkey's first ever 24/7 domestic violence hotline remains in operation today, and is also accessible to Turkish speaking communities around the world. In 2020, Ms. Doğan Sabancı established Vuslat Foundation (https://www.vuslatfoundation.org/en), Turkey’s first and only global philanthropic initiative. The foundation aims to put the skill of generous listening— hearing beyond words— to oneself, others and nature at the center of all our connections by 2030. In line with this mission, the foundation supports academic research regarding listening, creates awareness through work with artists and storytellers and develops generous listening practices for youth and civil society. The foundation was invited as a special project partner to the 17th Architecture Biennale which took place between May - November 2021, and presented a monumental installation 'The Listener' by globally acclaimed artist Giuseppe Penone. The artwork intended to draw attention to listening as a significant thread within the exhibition's theme, 'How Will We Live Together?' With the collaboration of Vuslat Foundation, a Generous Listening and Dialogue (GLAD) Center was launched at Tufts University. Housed at the Tisch College of Civic Life, the GLAD Center will collaborate with schools and departments across the entire university, building on the expertise of Tufts’ faculty, research centers and civic engagement programs. Its programming and interdisciplinary initiatives will help students, staff and faculty develop skills and awareness, address hard issues, and generate new knowledge. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a ‘Vuslat Foundation Fellowship for Generous Listening’ was launched at The Transmedia Storytelling Initiative in the School of Architecture and Planning. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı holds a BA degree in Economics from Bilkent University and completed her graduate studies in International Relations and Media at Columbia University, in New York. Currently, she is a Member of the Board of Directors of Doğan Group, Hepsi Emlak and Hepsiburada. She is the Vice President of Aydın Doğan Foundation which promotes girls education and women empowerment in Turkey. She serves as a member of the Columbia Global Centers Advisory Board and the Columbia University Global Leadership Council. She is a member of the Board of Leaders at the Leaders for Peace. She is a Founding Board Member of Endeavor Turkey, an NGO cultivating high-impact entrepreneurship, a founding member of Turkish Businesswomen Association (TIKAD) and an active member of the Ashoka Support Network in Turkey. She is also a Board Member of Global Relations Forum (GIF/GRF), and a member of the Global Philanthropy Circle Members of Synergos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tomas Björkman is an author, social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation Listen to hear Tomas’ worldview that we are at a time of great transformation with an urgent need to increase our collective consciousness. His aim is to connect inner development to create societal change and he does this by providing safe spaces for individuals and groups to cultivate their inner capacities. Tomas Björkman is an author and social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin and the 29k.org personal development platform. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royals Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is also the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). He divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suzanne Koepplinger is the Director of the Catalyst Initiative at The Minneapolis Foundation. Listen to hear how Suzanne she came to realize her purpose to help others by supporting their healing and growth. Through the work she is leading at the Catalyst Foundation, new pathways have been created to support culturally meaningful trauma healing practices. Bio Suzanne Koepplinger has led the Catalyst Initiative since its inception at the George Family Foundation in 2014. Catalyst’s purpose is to honor and foster culturally authentic self-care practices to advance health and well-being. Three years after launching this community informed philanthropic approach to addressing trauma and toxic stress, Catalyst was spun off to the Minneapolis Foundation in 2018 to bring promising practices to scale. Key accomplishments during this time include successfully advocating for public investment in non-narcotic pain management and integrative healing therapies as an addiction prevention strategy; raising and re-distributing over $5 million into community initiatives to build resilience and foster healing; and influencing shifts in philanthropy, healthcare, education and government. Suzanne previously served for ten years as the executive director of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, leading the first research and community response in the country to address sex trafficking of American Indian women and girls. In that role she twice testified before U.S. Senate Congressional Committees on sexual exploitation. She is a certified trainer with the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) and the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC) and has extensive international experience as a trainer and public speaker. Topic examples include Reflective Leadership, Collective Action for Advancing Health Equity, Fostering Healing Centered Organizational Cultures, and Mind Body Medicine in Indian Country: Interrupting Historic Trauma. Suzanne holds a M.A. in the Art of Leadership from Augsburg University. She lives in Minneapolis and serves on the Board for Artspace Projects, where she leads the Board Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Task Force. She is happiest when on a remote river or hiking trail. https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-koepplinger-0748534/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.