Rev. Dr. Joni Carley provides counsel on values-driven leadership & cultural development with leaders and their organizations; facilitates in-house, virtual, and conference sessions; and shares information and inspiration with live and media audiences. She is co-author of Stepping Stones to Success, Vol 1, with Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, et al.; Author of articles, papers and upcoming book, The Alchemy of Power. Joni in Kosmos.

(image) Riane Eisler, JD is President of the Center for Partnership Studies and internationally known as a systems scientist, attorney working for the human rights of women and children, and author of groundbreaking books such as The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 26 foreign editions, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics. Dr. Eisler has received many honors, including honorary PhDs and peace and human rights awards. She lectures worldwide, with venues including the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. Department of State, Congressional briefings, universities, corporations, conference keynotes, and events hosted by heads of State. Riane in Kosmos.

(image) Jonathan Granoff, JD is an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal and ethical dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on advancing the rule of law to address international security and the threats posed by nuclear weapons. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards including: Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Fortune Forum, Jane Goodall Institute, the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and Middle Powers Initiative. He is a recipient of the Rutgers University School of Law’s Arthur E. Armitage Distinguished Alumni Award and a 2014 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Jonathan in Kosmos.

(image) David Bollier is an American activist, scholar, and blogger who is focused on the commons as a new/old paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. Bollier pursues his commons scholarship and activism as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics [www.centerforneweconomics.org] (Massachusetts, US), and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, [www.commonsstrategies.org] an international advocacy project. He is particularly focused on the role of commons in re-imagining local economies to empower community self-reliance, prevent market enclosures, and anticipate the coming disruptions of climate breakdown and Peak Oil. David in Kosmos.

(image) Gayatri Naraine has been the Brahma Kumaris’ (BK’s) representative to the United Nations since 1980. When she first met the BKs as a young woman in 1975, she was working at the University of Guyana in the office of the Dean of Education. As the BKs liaison to the UN, her role has been to connect what the UN is doing on a global scale in the social and humanitarian fields of development with what the BKs are doing in those same areas. The UN addresses the wellbeing of people in all nations and seeks to provide the right conditions for the fulfillment of their human rights, such as the rights to education, health, and peace. Gayatri recognized that the BKs have certain expertise in the spiritual dimension that could be explored and extended from personal to the collective through their relationship with the UN. Gayatri in Kosmos.

Kosmos Team | Ongoing

(image) Nancy Roof – Editor Emeritus

Nancy Roof, Ph.D. is the founder of Kosmos Journal. As a founder of Transpersonal Psychology in the 1970s, she served as a spiritual guide to individuals for 20 years. In the late 1980s, she began to define the field of global transformation at the United Nations, where she successfully lobbied for elevated global standards in international treaties and co-founded the Values Caucus (1994) and the Spiritual Caucus (2000). Nancy in Kosmos.

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Rhonda Fabian – Editor, Kosmos Quarterly

Rhonda Fabian convenes and edits Kosmos Quarterly. She is also partner in Immediacy Learning, an educational media company for 28 years and active in the Transition Town movement. Ms. Fabian is ordained in the monastic tradition of her teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. Rhonda in Kosmos.

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Karen Andersen, Kosmos Designer and Webmaster

Karen Andersen has been developing websites for over 20 years. In addition to serving as the Kosmos web guru, Karen is Director and Instructor at Kushala Yoga in Vancouver, BC.

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Victoria Price, Associate Editor

Victoria Price is Associate Editor of Kosmos Journal. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Tufts University and is a certified yoga teacher. She co-authored the chapter “Social-Emotional Competence: Vital to Cultivating Mindful Global Citizenship in Higher Education” in the book Engaging Dissonance. Victoria in Kosmos.

(image) Carolyn Martin, Poetry Editor

Carolyn’s poems and book reviews have appeared in publications throughout North America and the UK including “Stirring,” “CALYX,” “Persimmon Tree,” “How Higher Education Feels,” and “Antiphon.” Her third collection, Thin Places, was published by Kelsay Books in 2017 and her fourth, A Penchant for Masquerades, is scheduled for an early 2019 release by Unsolicited Press. Carolyn in Kosmos.

Kari Auerbach, Music Editor(image)

Kari Auerbach grew up all over the world learning about music and working as a jewelry designer.  Currently living in New York City, she is social media director for several recording artists and a jewelry instructor for the New York Institute of Art and Design. She enjoys her many roles as a teacher, artist, mother, mentor, as well as advocating for artists, children, and a better, cleaner world. Kari in Kosmos.

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