is a transformational healer, psychotherapist, writer, and educator. He is the co-founder and former executive director of Soldier’s Heart, a nonprofit that provided veterans with emotional and spiritual healing for

is an ESL teacher and freelance writer, whose commentaries and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, The Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and other outlets.

, one of the early advocates for social media as a communications and marketing tool, cofounded the pioneering women’s media company BlogHer.