Petra Pieterse currently partners with The Spiral Dynamics Group and The Institute for Values & Culture, where she helps design and direct seminars, training programs, and business consultation. She immigrated to the United States in 1997 from South Africa, where she excelled as award-winning journalist, national magazine editor and book publisher. She holds degrees in Communications and Psychology, and has written for and published widely in both mainstream and academic media. She is a founding member of The Integral Institute, with a specializing interest in large-scale systems change and global affairs.