Board of Directors
Eric Utne, President. Entrepreneur, publisher, and educator. Founding publisher and editor of the New Age Journal and Utne Reader. Member of the Executive Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing, helping to develop the field of Whole Systems Healing. B.E.D. in Environmental Design.
Linda Bergh, Secretary. Author, teacher, counselor, and therapist. Founder and program director of the Novalis Institute, Minneapolis. Expert and speaker on biography work, vital aging, community building, death and dying, and rights of passage. M.A. in Psychology.
John Miller, Treasurer. Bio-dynamic farmer and gardener, woodworker, and Waldorf teacher. Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing, helping to develop the field of Whole Systems Healing. M.A. in Education.
Board of Advisors
Grant Abert: Philanthropist, activist
David Astin: Minnesota State Science Teacher of the Year, Wayzata HS, Wayzata, MN
Carol Bellamy: Former Executive Director, Peace Corps & UNICEF; President and CEO, World Learning; President, School for International Training
Orland Bishop: Founder, Shade Tree Foundation
Gigi Coyle: Former President, Ojai Foundation; Director, School of Lost Borders
Sharon Franquemont: Author, expert on intuition; Director, Life Science Foundation
Paul Hawken: Environmentalist; entrepreneur; author; co-founder, World Index for Social and Environmental Responsibility (WISER)
Juliana Hepp: Co-founder, Idem; youth organizer
Timothy den Herder-Thomas: Student activist, organizer of youth movement on global climate change
Jan Hively: Founder, Vital Aging Network; co-founder, SHiFT
Chris Johnson: Director, Center for Vocational Reflection, Gustavus Adolphus College
Mary Jo Kreitzer: Founder and Director, Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota
Frances Moore Lappé: Author; co-founder, Small Planet Institute
Richard Leider: Author, expert on vital aging
Michael Meade: Author, story-teller
Frank C. Miller: Emeritus Professor, Anthropology, University of Minnesota
Rick Moody: Ethicist and gerontologist, AARP, International Longevity Center
Craig Neal: Co-founder, Heartland Institute, Heartland Circle, Thought Leader Gatherings
F. David Peat: Physicist; author; expert on complexity theory; founder, Pari Center
Lisbeth Shepherd: Co-founder, Unis-Cite; author; coordinator, Green Jobs & Service Collaborative
Chris Schaefer: Author; educator; former Director, Sunbridge College
Don Shelby: Journalist, TV news anchor
Will Steger: Polar explorer, environmentalist
Sam Utne: Strategist; producer; creative director
Arthur Zajonc: Physicist, convener of dialogues between scientists and the Dalai Lama
