Public Interest Technologist, Facilitator

Kaliya Young is a public interest technologist, known as Identity Woman. She has spent the last 20 years of her career focused on one thing: supporting the emergence of an identity layer of the internet that works for and empowers people. A term was coined recently to describe this - self-sovereign identity. She spearheaded the use of Open Space Technology for unconferences in the tech industry and founded the Internet Identity Workshop. She has known Tom for more then 20 years. . More here

Educator and Climate Strategist

Creator of a TV series, The Future We Need & How to Get It, Nancy holds a Harvard doctorate in Philosophy and Education, spent 15 years overseeing curriculum and staff development for the then 108 colleges of the California Community College system, and has work in and with other countries. Her current focus is to promote, connect and develo resources for emerging solutions pivotal to both survival and transformation. More here

Co-founder of the Bridge Alliance, transpartisan activist

John has been a major figure in the American transpartisan movement establishing and supporting projects and programs, including the Bridge Alliance, Reuniting America, the Mediators Foundation, BridgeUSA, YOUnify, and The Transpartisan Review. More here

Award-winning business & organizational consultant and teacher

Manju is co-founder, keynote speaker and process designer for Now We're Talking. Manju has spent decades working with organizations committed to creating vibrant, intelligent, adaptable cultures. In 2006, she threw herself wholeheartedly into the field of governance, specifically democracy. She has worked closely with Healthy Democracy and Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, as well as dozens of for-profit companies dedicated to creating healthy organizations. More here

Facilitative leader

”holy broken, warrior, dreamer, dancer, beloved, (aspiring) mother, cosmo-local, free migrant, renegade economist, commoner, griever, weaver, translator, (aspiring) storyteller” More here

Democracy Innovator

Laura convenes the SHIFT Action Lab, which is bringing together practitioners across the often siloed democracy-supporting fields of bridging, organizing, and co-governance. Previously, Laura focused her time on supporting the equitable adoption of solar energy in Philadelphia, through her roles with the Philadelphia Energy Authority and a cooperative neighborhood-based solar project. Laura attributes much of her effectiveness to her time spent as a youth climate organizer in her teens and twenties. More here