Roger Briggs co-founded the Planet Project in 2021, a non-profit organization inspired by his book Emerging World (2021). Roger spent his professional career in the public schools as an award-winning physics teacher, team-builder, coach, and program developer, always with an eye toward creating environments that maximized human thriving and performance. His Girls Cross Country teams at Fairview High School won three Colorado State Championships over five years and later he developed a 2-year AP/IB physics program that was the first of its kind in the world. His love of the mountains and Nature found expression in rock climbing where he pioneered many cutting-edge first ascents.

Since retiring from the public schools, he wrote the book, Journey to Civilization (2013), and founded and grew a local non-profit for public lands stewardship based on deep partnerships between local governments, businesses, and the public. Roger now works at the global level serving the Great Transition to a regenerative civilization and planetary culture. The Planet Project has become one of many threads in the emerging global tapestry of people and organizations dedicated to co-creating a flourishing Earth.

Nancy is passionate about connecting people and ideas, convening gatherings RE: leading-edge ideas for optimal wellness, healing, longevity, environment, future economies, politics, and women’s empowerment. She is also part of the worldwide KINS Innovation Network. She is a socially responsible investor, rancher and “land whisperer”, drawn to special places to protect them.

In 2004 she became a mentor to the CSSC or California Student Sustainability Coalition which drove UC policy sustainable practices, (shifting over 11 billion dollars into the green economy. CSSC has grown to over 400 colleges nationwide.)

Always curious, she has taken courses or had certifications in a great number of interests such as geomancy, feng shui, coaching, healing, physics, parapsychology, meditation, spirituality, leadership, Indigenous studies, and more.

Scott Catamas is a Writer, Producer, Relationship Coach & Teacher. His Educational Television shows won multiple EMMY awards and played nationally on HBO, Showtime, UPN, FOX and PBS. Scott wrote & produced the groundbreaking feature film MEN IN LOVE. As the Founder of The Love Coach Academy, he has supported thousands to have better relationships. Since the start of the pandemic, Scott has produced and hosted over 250 free online events that inspire and inform audiences worldwide.

Born on Christmas Day, Scott playfully acknowledges growing up with a Messiah complex! Underneath the humor is the true calling to play his role in planetary transformation. This has led to a lifetime of service to the education and enlightenment of his audiences. Scott is especially grateful for the extraordinary people he has had the honor to collaborate with.

www.GlobalPeaceTribe.com | www.LoveCoachAcademy.com | www.LoveCoachScott.com

Olivia Hansen is Founder and President of the Synthesis Foundation and the Spiritual Life TV Channel. She has collaborated with the Dalai Lama and been lead sponsor on a number of his events including the Dalai Lama’s World Peace Talk at the US Capitol in Washington DC, Kalachakra for World Peace, and Dalai Lama events in Atlanta, Chicago, Bloomington and Louisville, KY.

Olivia partners with many leaders, teachers and groups of spiritual consciousness to bring about growth of consciousness for a more spiritual and beneficial world. She sponsors many conferences and gatherings that encourage higher awareness and progressive ideas. Through her Synthesis Foundation, she advances the deeper wisdom of the East and West. Her Spiritual Life TV Channel features practical wisdom from many spiritual traditions, with engaging videos that show how a person can live a more spiritual, fulfilling and happy life. Olivia’s latest focus is working with outstanding women from around the world to share women’s wisdom, insights and sacred feminine qualities in “Rising Women, Rising World: Creating a World that Works for Everyone.” http://www.SpiritualLifeTVChannel.com

DESIREE HURTAK, Ph.D./ Board Member Desiree has assisted communities and individuals in many developing countries, bringing both water and education to where they are needed. She has worked to bridge the gap between various cultures with an eye towards introducing both new technologies and at the same time helping indigenous cultures to maintain their uniqueness within the larger global society. Desiree is a co-founder of The Academy For Future Science (www.futurescience.org), an international non-governmental organization with the United Nations and is President of The Foundation for Future Science which works to support a variety of programs including the Sustainable Development goals around the world.

She is a co-author of several books, including Overself Awakening and her most recent, co-authored with Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher and James Hurtak, entitled Mind Dynamics in Space and Time. She is a member of the Evolutionary Leader Circle of the Source of Synergy Foundation. She is also well-known for her graphic films, such as The Light Body and Voice of Africa for which she has won several film awards. She has also worked in the pyramids of Mexico and Egypt doing acoustic testing, where she and her colleagues showed extensive sound tones built into the architectural design of the various temples and tombs. She was also on the team that found the Tomb of Osiris on the Giza Plateau.

Kurt (www.interspirituality.com) has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years and serves on many international committees, particularly at the United Nations. As part of UNITY EARTH and the Interspiritual Dialogue Network he co-edits two magazines: The Convergence and Light on Light, and cohosts the Convergence series on VoiceAmerica. Kurt was co-editor of the EL’s 2021 anthology: Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future. In comparative culture and religion Kurt has been on the faculty of New York City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and is the co-author of the very influential 2013 book on the future of world religions: The Coming Interspiritual Age. In science, with a PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Comparative Biology he was on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and is currently associated with the McGuire Center for Biodiversity at the University of Florida. Kurt has published over 200 scientific articles and seven books, including the popular science bestseller Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius. In 2015 his book on science and the arts, Fine Lines (Yale University Press) won the 2019 Brian Boyd Prize for scholarly writing.

Kurt has presented regularly on science and religion at The Science and Nonduality Conference and the Parliament of the World’s Religions and published articles on this inter-relationship in many periodicals, including audio discussions with Ken Wilber at Integral Life. He is founding member of the Contemplative Alliance and President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. At the United Nations he has served on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and co-founded the NGO Forum 21 Institute. Formerly a monastic for over 10 years, and active in contemplative and sacred activism across several traditions, Kurt is also an ordained Eco-Minister and recently co-edited the Namaste Insights internet magazine on the eco-vision of interfaith pioneers Thomas Berry and Wayne Teasdale.

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Jackie Knechtel is the co-founder of the Flow Consciousness Institute, a research and training body dedicated to developing cutting-edge, consciousness-based tools for unlocking human potential. She is a sought after teacher, known for her pioneering work in the area of flow and the mechanics of consciousness. Jackie currently travels the world giving keynotes, trainings and transformational workshops.

Jackie is a weaver, with a gift for seeing synergies in the most unlikely places. She uses this gift as an advisor to several non-profits and making leveraged connections.

My love of life and commitment to making a difference in people’s lives has allowed the many adventures to unfold thus far in this miraculous life: Honored to be a mother of one beautiful son / Montessori teacher for 15 years / Certified Breathworker spending much time with dolphins who are the sublime masters and teachers of conscious breathing / Pioneered the whole food / plant based and sustainable food movement, creating Babette’s for 27 years – a space for people to experience conscious eating, community, and learning how to make a difference locally and nationally in the political world. Board member of the Wellness Foundation providing cutting edge plant based programs for schools, people with chronic illnesses, prevention, and changing the way people eat for the health of people and the planet / Hospice Advisory Member supporting the well being of staff, families and friends as loved ones make the transition on their life’s journey/ Served as strategic advisor/ finance committee advisor for General Wesley Clark and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns. Currently on the East Hampton Village Foundation Business Council the objective being to shift the paradigm from competition to collaboration and enhance year round sustainability in the business community.

Last but not least, I have the honor and privilege of serving as the Executive Director of the Source of Synergy Foundation – the organization that is most dear to my heart – committed to co-creation, collaboration, and shared leadership – leading from our humanity, rooted in our hearts – beginning with the simple willingness to show up, and discover together the wide and open thinking and feeling necessary to embrace the changes that are guiding us to a radically different way of being. I am humbled, thrilled, and excited to be given the opportunity to work more closely with everyone, expanding our reach of belonging, bringing out the greatest capacity in all of us, and thriving in possibility.

Peter Matthies is the founder of the Conscious Business Institute (CBI), which provides a structured, measurable, and scalable way for organizations to become more inspiring, purpose-driven, and life-giving. The CBI approaches are used by businesses from 1-100.000 people, including Starbucks, BMW Group, Siemens, and Intel. Before founding CBI, Peter was a Principal for one of the world’s leading Private Equity and Venture Capital firms, Apax Partners & Co, and for b-business partners, a $1 billion pan-European VC fund. Peter serves on the board of several for-profit and non-profit organizations and enjoys his life in Santa Barbara.

I have been ever evolving on the spiritual path to enlightenment since childhood. As a young adult, I attended what was then the Maharishi International University in Los Angeles, where I studied transcendental meditation and the seven levels of consciousness in life and existence. I continued my spiritual studies and development through adulthood, first with Swami Muktananda through the practice and teachings of Siddha Yoga and later Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan of the Sikh community.

I helped to personify the concept of “Spirit in Business” through my company, Love & Happiness Productions and creating KJLH (Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness) FM in LA, where I was a radio personality, program director, and VP/General Manager. Subsequently, I transitioned into the music industry and became President of a CBS Records custom label, Unlimited Gold Records, and went on to become superstar manager to Stevie Wonder and Barry White. I currently play an integral role in Operation Hope, a Financial Literacy and Economic Empowerment Organization that birthed the new Silver Rights Movement, which focuses on educating underserved communities worldwide.

Nina Meyerhof, Ed.D, is a visionary thought leader recognized for a life of advocating for children and youth. The co-author of “Conscious Education: The Bridge to Freedom”, and “Pioneering Spiritual Activism”. Nina has received many awards for her work from The Mother Theresa Award to the Citizens Department of Peace Award to The International Educators Award for Peace as well as the State of Vermont passed a Resolution honoring her for her life’s work in PEACE, the Seeds of Peace Award and second of recipients for the Public Peace Prize.

Nina advocates for all people to go beyond cultural, ethnic and religious differences and strive for altruistic ethics. She started Children of the Earth in 1990 and has touched into over 90 countries with this work. Her focus now is on the realization that peace must come from recognizing our interwoven unity thus the One Humanity Institute-a City of Hope.

Thus the project One Humanity Institute -a City of Hope is emerging adjacent to the Auschwitz Museum, a place of renown horror with 2 million visitors a year, to learn we must “Never Again” stressing NOT one of us should “Ever Again”. We are now actively in the process of designing a complex of a campus containing a variety of programs as learning opportunities for those interested in resolving conflict and inspiring alternative possibilities for a better world. The One Humanity Institute will offer structures learning experiences for young people and adults through formal and non-formal means.

Synergy as a concept unifies and spirals this work into reality bringing many together as One. When we are willing to recognize this great option to unite then possibilities occur becoming a voice that carries into the world.

Rev. Deborah has made a colorful life journey from child actress to Broadway singer to Interfaith Minister to global peace worker – and now, through the Source of Synergy Foundation and the Evolutionary Leaders project, she is honored to support the movement of awakening consciousness. She is the Founder and President of the Garden of Light www.gardenoflight.org, an online platform for the emerging global spirituality.

As Representative to the United Nations of the World Peace Prayer Society www.worldpeace.org Deborah spent more than 20 years promoting unity at the heart level through the prayer, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” Rev. Deborah’s work as an ordained Interfaith Minister and with the United Religions Initiative encourages harmony among people of all faiths.

She currently serves as a Vision Keeper for UNITY EARTH https://unity.earth.

The Source of Synergy continues to weave its magic, allowing us all to serve together in spirit-filled joy to manifest a world of light and love. www.revdeborah.com

Rev. PAULETTE PIPE is a gifted mindfulness & meditation teacher, retreat facilitator, and host of “Touching the Stillness”, a popular, lively meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual practices podcast available on most podcast platforms.

With a distinctive mesmerizing voice, and reputation for leading heart-felt meditations, she masterfully-creates rich, sacred, experiences based on a wide-range of traditional and unexpected practices, which are designed to make the practice of mindfulness and meditation both relevant and accessible for daily application.

Formerly Spiritual Director of the UK Unity headquarters, and then manager of the Retreats department at Unity Village, today Paulette heads Touching the Stillness Ministries, a vibrant, tithing, thriving mindfulness and meditation organization, whose mission is to demonstrate and inspire others to remain audacious, bold, and courageous through sustained and relevant mindful living.

Paulette is the Keeper of the Flame for Unity Worldwide Ministries’ Board of Trustees, where she silently, and energetically, holds sacred space during meetings to support the board’s deliberations and decision-making process; and as the liturgist for the conference body during Unity Worldwide Ministries Annual General Meeting.

She is also Keeper of the Flame for the Evolutionary Leader’s Circle and the its parent organization, the Source of Synergy Foundation.

During the 2019 Institute of Noetic Sciences Conference, held in Santa Clara, CA, Paulette created an Opening Ceremony, presented a breakout workshop, and co-emceed the event. This sought-after speaker, with three beloved guided meditation CDs to her name, also leads retreats, workshops, and extended meditations at many venues in the United States and abroad. A British-born native, Paulette currently resides in Lee’s Summit, MO.

www.touchingthestillness.org

Mitchell Rabin, M.A., L.AC., is an international speaker and founder/CEO of A Better World Foundation.

He hosts the NYC-based public access TV show A Better World and Radio podcast since 1993, interviewing thought leaders with particular emphasis on personal and planetary healing, sustainability and well-being. (www.abetterworld.net)

On the macro-level, Mitchell consults to CEO’s of start-up companies committed to building a regenerative, renewable energy-based economy. Finding solutions to reverse Global Warming and restoring the inner and outer eco-systems is A Better World’s goal and the focus of Mitchell’s work.

On the micro-level as counselor/coach, he uses Mind-Body Scan Systems for balancing the body’s energy fields, and works with individuals, couples and coaching for social enterprise entrepreneurs.

Mitchell has been an expert speaker in numerous PBS documentaries and other award-winning documentary films, he has been an MC and moderator at international conferences and has been moderating panels for decades including at the U.N.

Mitchell has been invited to write chapters in several books (and has) and currently writes for Meer, an on-line publication with some 5 million subscribers. He is working on completing his own book between 12-2am!  Meanwhile, see https://wsimag.com/authors/945-mitchell-j-dot-rabin

Mitchell is on a few Advisory Boards including Ethical Markets, the All-Faiths Seminary and World Water Rescue Foundation.  He is President of the ECOSOC NGO Institute for Global Education, a member of the U.N. Unitive Cluster and a member of the NGO on Spirituality, Values & Global Concerns.

Mitchell is a member of the Evolutionary Leader’s Circle.

Mitchell has conducted thousands of interviews for Radio & TV which can be seen and heard at: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Vhdk4DldA6NUwOhD1VCLE and

www.youtube.com/abetterworldtvshow.

During her distinguished career, Denise Scotto, Esq. has represented law firms, governments, businesses, non-profits, NGOs, and individual clients. She is admitted to practice law in the courts of the State of New York and the District of Columbia, and advises clients on a wide range of matters, from Legal Analysis to Advocacy Strategy, Policy Development, Conflict Resolution, the United Nations System and Cross-Cultural Cooperation. Ms. Scotto is known for her thought leadership in communicating complex concepts easily through her dynamic presentations.

As a Trial Specialist handling cases related to civil rights, labor and employment law and negligence, Ms. Scotto started her career as an attorney in the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. She represented the City of New York, its various agencies, including the Board of Education, the Health and Hospitals Corporation as well as City employees at all phases of trial and at the appellate level. She later worked as in-house Special Trial Counsel for Nationwide & Wassau insurance companies where she tried high-profile cases and supervised outside counsel.

Ms. Scotto’s legal skills and management background served the United Nations Department for Economic & Social Affairs. Her responsibilities included acting as a liaison with UN Secretariat Departments, UN specialized agencies, governments and all sectors of civil society. She organized high-level panels and special events, and was actively involved in inter-governmental processes, in helping to define UN treaties, resolutions and outcome documents. She has influenced the development of government policies, national and local legislation and education relating to civic participation and engagement.

Ms. Scotto’s administrative and organizational experience make her a sought-after Board member. Here is an abbreviated list of organizations for which she has, or currently sits, on the Board:

United Nations Association USA, New York Chapter
Union International des Avocats (UIA/ International Association of Lawyers), USA Chapter
New York State Bar Association, International Law Section
New York Women’s Bar Association
International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (FIFCJ)
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (Duke- UNC-CH, North Carolina)
NGO Committee on Mental Health
NGO Committee on the Status of Women NY
United Nations Enlightenment Society
Values Caucus at the United Nations
Bridges of Hope Project (BOHP)
Sri Matrudevi Viswashanti Ashram (SMVA) Trust
Global Chinese Breast Cancer Groups Alliance

Ms. Scotto has taught international human rights and courses on the rule of law as an adjunct faculty at Ramapo College in New Jersey.

She has served as a judge of the prestigious Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition where she critiqued international law students’ written memorials and oral arguments.

In addition to her extensive legal experience, Ms. Scotto has also been involved in organizing and speaking at many conferences and programs in the US, China, Hungary, India, Italy, South Africa, Taiwan and Thailand.

Aside from her legal and public speaking credentials, Denise Scotto holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and a Master of Arts. Her artwork has been exhibited in group shows at the Art Students League in New York City.

She is the recipient of many honors and awards.

Jeff Vander Clute is a mentor and a guide for the journey of awakened living. Jeff empowers visionaries, entrepreneurs, and changemakers to become masters of consciousness and ultimately winners of life. He offers clarity and insights that help people to experience the truth of challenging situations, the joy of being, and the next level of their abilities. He works closely with aspiring souls and at the collective level to support the birth of new systems that are in harmony with the planet.

On the journey of life, and through ongoing spiritual practices, Jeff has been gifted with an intuitive capacity to calibrate the resonance, consciousness, and truth of possibilities. By sensing and engaging with the most awakened opportunities, he is able to bring wisdom and uplifting energy into every moment. In this way Jeff illuminates pathways for people to “become the new human” and enables businesses and organizations to navigate transformation with grace.

Jeff is a co-founder of https://sourcingtheway.com/, The Enlightenment Zone, and Enlightening Journeys and Expeditions. Additionally, he is a co-creator and teacher of The Consciousness of Money, a member of the board of directors of Source of Synergy Foundation, and a dedicated member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.

www.jeffvanderclute.com

Jennifer Ann Walsh hails from the Pacific Northwest. Currently she lives in San Francisco and runs a one-woman web shop specializing in websites for non-profits and other do gooders. She likes wild food and raw adventures. When she’s not helping people on a mission craft their online presence, you can find her noodling around with music, plants and words. To learn more: jenniferannwalsh.com

When the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Diane Marie Williams is the Founder and President of The Source of Synergy Foundation, an organization committed to consciously synergizing individuals, organizations and efforts by tapping into the infinite source of the collective potential to serve as a positive force for global transformation. She was the Initiator with Deepak Chopra of one of its main projects, The Evolutionary Leaders Circle. In 2004 she initiated the formation of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns (CSVGC) at the United Nations in New York. She also served as Co-Chair and Co-Founding member of this committee at the United Nations in Geneva where it originated in 2002. She is a founding member of the Council of the Spiritual Caucus at the United Nations in New York. She was the Co-Creator of the Sacred Place at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development as well as one of the Co-Founders of the Coalition for One Voice. She was a United Nations Representative for the Tribal Link Foundation for over a decade. She is currently a United Nations Representative for the Academy for Future Science. Diane was formerly the Director of International and United Nations Affairs at the Interfaith Center of New York; International Consultant & UN Representative at the Temple of Understanding, Program Director of the Learning Alliance, a program consultant for the New York Open Center, among other roles. She is currently on the board of the Garden of Light, a nonprofit website that offers a gathering place for those aligned with the emerging global spirituality. She is the founder of The Contact Card, that connects homeless individuals to food, shelter, job counseling and other free services in New York City. She has won a number of awards including the Spirit of the United Nations Award in 2011 bestowed by the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns (NY) and the Golden Rule award in 2010 also at the United Nations. In 1999 she was the receipt of the PEMAC Peace Award, and in January of 2013 she was acknowledged by the Emily Fund for a Better World as one of the Heroes for a Better World.