• Maureen O'Hara Ph.D. Chair, Department of psychology, National University President Emerita, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. • A native of England, and resident in the US for over 35 years and several years in Brazil, she received an honors degree in Biological Sciences from the University of London. She did post-graduate research in bio-science at Leeds University and…

Michael Edwards is widely recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on civil society, philanthropy, and social change. For the past thirty years, he has worked to strengthen the contributions of ordinary citizens to their communities as a grant giver, writer, advocate, organizer, and activist across five continents, and has lived and worked in Zambia, Malawi, Colombia, India, the UK,…

Michael Vlahos, PhD is Professor of Strategy at the United States Naval War College. He is the author of Fighting Identity: Sacred War and World Change, a ‘take no prisoners’ analysis of how war—as culture’s core ritual—has shaped national identity in the modern world. Vlahos, a graduate of Yale and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, began his career in the…

Rama J. Vernon, Founder of the Center for International Dialogue has traveled to the former Soviet Union 47 times organizing counterpart meetings, exchange programs, events and conferences. She initiated the First and Second Soviet-American Citizens Summits as well as the first Conflict Resolution and Dialogue Round tables between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Ukraine. During the Gulf…

A leading international executive, writer and keynote speaker, Rinaldo Brutoco is widely recognized as a practical visionary, change agent and futurist. He is Co-founder and President of the World Business Academy, a collaborative network, publishing pre-eminent new paradigm business literature. He has served on numerous non-profit boards including The Gorbachev Foundation, Institute of…

Tatiana Glad is a social entrepreneur, sustainability practitioner and change strategist. She works across sectors and cultures to develop life-affirming and resilient leadership for whole systems innovation. She is passionate about systemic change, sustainability, water, enabling start-up initiatives/enterprises, creating synergies, good questions and meaningful conversations.  Tatiana is a…

Bert Parlee, PhD serves as senior advisor at STAGEN in Dallas, complementing a private practice as Executive Coach, Leadership Trainer, OD Consultant and Mediator.  His areas of expertise are training individuals, teams and organizations on how to bridge opposing perspectives, principles and worldviews, and thus to communicate more effectively in situations of difference, disagreement and…