Ann Florini
Ann Florini is Senior Fellow in the Governance Studies Program at the Brookings
Institution and director of the World Economic Forum’s Global Governance Initiative.
From 1997 to 2002, she was Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace. She received her Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and a
Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University. She has…
Anne Hillman
Anne Hillman mentors groups and individuals who seek a mature spirituality, offering retreats that include all perspectives, and which allow participants to experience the kind of love that unites differences. One participant wrote: “You can be sure your work was an encounter with what is deepest within everyone there and they heard something of what they have been longing to…
Anne-Marie Pochat
Anne-Marie Pochat, artist and scientist, was actively involved in the
arts and science research think tank known as GLACS, which belongs to
the prestigious College de France, from 1988 until 1991. In addition to
many exhibits in Paris and in French counties since 1978, she has
produced important pieces of work such as The Origins of Life, The
Aquacosmos and the Heart of the Stars. A large number…
Arthur Zajonc
Arthur Zajonc is president of the Mind & Life Institute, former director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and a professor of physics at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1978. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan.
He has been visiting professor and research scientist at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, the Max…
Ashok Gangadean
Ashok Gangadean is Co-Convenor of the World Commission on Global
Consciousness & Spirituality, which brings eminent world leaders
together in sustained deep dialogue to cultivate global vision and
wisdom for the new millennium. Professor of Philosophy at Haverford
College, Founder-Director of the Global Dialogue Institute, host of an
Emmy-nominated live call-in television show on global…
Avon Mattison
Avon Mattison is a Peacebuilding and Organizational Consultant with
over three decades' experience. She works with innovative leaders,
groups and organizations committed to cooperatively building Cultures of
Peace inter-generationally and inter-culturally for the children of
this and future generations.
She is Founder of Pathways To Peace (PTP), an international
peacebuilding, educational and…
Barbara Fields
Dr. Barbara Fields is Executive Director of The Association for Global New Thought and co-founder and Project Director of The Gandhi King Chavez Season for Nonviolence. Among many other roles, she serves as co-founder and Project Director of the Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Dharamsala, India, 1999, Trent, Italy, 2001, and Rome, 2004, and was Program Director of…
Barbara Valocore
Barbara Valocore spent most of her life as a performing artist in New
York and Los Angeles until the early 1990's when she had the opportunity
in 1992 to found The Lifebridge Foundation with her father, Paul
Hancock, an early cable television pioneer. Since then, Lifebridge has
funded cutting edge and visionary projects untouched by most small
family foundations. Dedicated to promoting the…
Barrett C. Brown
Barrett specializes in leader development and organizational and systems change. For 20 years he has supported individuals and organizations to navigate complex challenges and unlock deep capacities. His recent work has involved engaging entire sectors to undergo system-wide sustainable development.
Barrett is often asked to speak, and has presented widely, including to CEOs and government…
Benjamin Quinto
Benjamin Quinto is the executive director of the Global Youth Action
Network, a leading alliance of youth organizations in over 180
countries. Mr. Quinto is also associate director for Youth in Action, a
United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving youth
civic engagement, and he acts as international co-coordinator for
Global Youth Service Day, the largest annual celebration…