Alain Ruche
A Belgian citizen and now a retired EU senior official, he began his career with the UN and the World Bank, then worked for nearly three decades at the EU External Service, with assignments in four continents. In recent years Alain has focused on complexity and how to look at things from another angle, including the role of artists for social change. A fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar, a member…
Kosmos Quarterly Summer 2020
“Accountability for how we affect others becomes integral to our decisions at every turn—in our personal and business relationships and in how we develop our social institutions.” – Loren Swift, The Science of Oneness
Introduction Keynote
The Labyrinth and the Black Madonna
By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee…
Lilia C. Clemente
Lilia has over 40 years experience as a distinguished investment manager, global investment strategist and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Chairman of Clemente Capital and is considered one of the pioneers of emerging markets investments. She is founding member and former trustee, Chief Investment Officer of Women's World Banking. Lilia is passionate about social value investing, women's…
Tara Pinheiro Gibsone
The challenges faced by humanity, whether external (systemic) or internal (mental), were the catalyst for Tara’s dedication to create positive change. A drive to address the inequalities in the world informed Tara’s studies, attaining a BA in Social Sciences and an MA in Human Rights. An equally strong passion for inner personal understanding led Tara to India where she explored the teachings of…
Amy Logan
Amy Logan is the author of The Seven Perfumes of Sacrifice, a novel about the search for the divine feminine and the ancient lost origins of honor killing in the Arab world. She has also explored her mythic imagination around the world through her dance studies and performance with the Isadora Duncan International Institute. She co-founded Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological RoundTables® in…
Ruth Lizotte
Ruth Lizotte, a former K-8 school teacher and organic farmer, lived most of her adult life on a 50-acre farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She raised sheep for meat and wool and had a large vegetable garden. Ruth’s classrooms were filled with living and nonliving things that helped her students better understand their subject matter. She was a catalyst for questioning and exploring; her motto,…
Joseph E. Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow)
Joseph E. Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow), MA, is a visionary healer and artist whose mother was of the Southern Ute people and his father was from Picuris Pueblo. He had a formative vision in the 1980s that led to the creation of over 60 Sound Peace Chambers worldwide and he was recognized by the UN for this global peace work. Joseph is the author of ten books, including, Being & Vibration:…
David R. Kopacz, MD
David R. Kopacz, MD is a psychiatrist working in the primary care clinic at Seattle VA. He is a whole health education champion with the national VA Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation and an Assistant Professor at University of Washington. He is the author of three books – Re-humanizing Medicine: A Holistic Framework for Transforming Your Self, Your Practice, and the…
Jamie K. Reaser, PhD
Jamie K. Reaser’s award-winning writing explores the inter-relatedness of Nature and human nature. She has published 12 books and over a hundred articles in scientific and literary magazines. Earlier this year, RidgeLines: A View of Nature and Human Nature received a Nautilus Book Award gold medal in lyrical prose and Conversations with Mary: Words of Attention and Devotion received a Nautilus…
O. Fred Donaldson
O. Fred Donaldson is a play specialist, internationally recognized for his ongoing research and use of play with children and animals for over forty years. He has coined the term “original play” to describe his work. He has written the books Playing By Heart: The Vision and Practice of Belonging and Playing For Real: Replaying The Game of Life as well as many articles and book chapters…