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Board of Directors We are committed to the democratic involvement of all participants as the Institute continues to grow and evolve - with the goal that we can more effectively serve our students and the transformation of the planet. For this reason, in addition to the Board of Directors, we have created an Advisory Council which works in cooperation with the Board in guiding the growth and development of the Institute. The Advisory Council is composed of Sponsors (financial contributors) and Students. Deb Rosen - President I support the International Institute for Global Leadership because I have been blessed with a wonderful support system of friends, mentors, and resources throughout my life. In return, my intention is to help others of all ages with their educational and spiritual journies. As an educator, I have taught different topics such as Leadership Development, Team Building, Conflict Resolution and Cultural Diversity both in corporate and academic environments. My joy comes from seeing the "aha's" when people from different work environments, cultures, and ages can appreciate their similarities and differences. I often encourage others to create what they want in their lives, whether that is a career, relationship, travel experience, or a new home in a new location...that it's all possible...all it takes is to believe it's possible and to listen to one's inner guidance! Through my experience, I've observed that creativity, trust and listening are key elements of Leadership. I am also certified as a Life Purpose Coach...a facilitator who coaches others on life purpose and choices. I believe all of us have a soul purpose and a collective purpose. In addition, I am a Numerologist and Astrologer which is another way that I help others understand their life paths and choices. I have been fortunate to witness how resources are raised, allocated and implemented for humanitarian cause. My vision is to expand "gifting to others" by having resources available to the ALL! The International Institute for Global Leadership allows me to apply this vision. I see us as one Global family. It's very inspiring to see the Institute continuously expand and grow. I feel that by educating others about consciousness, great shifts are created. I have many personal interests such as Traveling, Creative Writing, Painting, Yoga, Holistic Wellness and Dream Interpretation. I am blessed with two beautiful and gifted children, Zachary and Mollie. They teach and guide me to new levels of learning every day. We together hold the vision for a world of Peace instead of dis-ease. Corine Wilson - Vice President In the field of education, my background is varied. I have worked as a teacher, trainer, consultant, administrator, and program coordinator for the Stanford Research Institute. But the role I find myself in most of is that of advocate. I have found that working with the disenfranchised often requires a great deal of advocacy as well as education, within the school system and society as a whole. In this capacity I have trained teachers in cultural diversity, taught parenting classes, developed youth programs and have served as both a consultant and as a board member with several educational organizations. My personal commitment to youth and excellence hasn't been limited to the school setting, however. I have served on the board of directors of the Rochester, New York Urban League; was the founder of the Rochester Battered Women's Center; was the vice president of the International Black Women's Congress and a charter member of the World Foundation oof Successful Women; National Association of Female Executives. Once I 'retired' I was finally free to really take on a dozen other projects I had always dreamed of such a co-authoring a system to increase self-esteem and cultural awareness in students, starting my own consulting business called "I'm Somebody Making A Difference!" and creating an educational Center in Orlando, Florida dedicated to reaching out to make a difference in the lives of teachers, parents and children. I was born and raised in Florida and lived in New York State for 30 years before moving back to the Orlando area in 1985. In addition to my educational interests, I enjoy reading, sewing, yoga and many other interests. My travels have taken me throughout the USA and to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and Africa. I have two children and one granddaughter. My daughter works for GM and my son, who has an MBA from Harvard is an attorney with AVCO, Inc., My granddaughter is in her first year college. I see the Institute for Global Leadership as a means of sharing my expertise and leadership on an international level while continuing to expanding my own cultural and love of diversity. Wanda Gail Campbell Many years and several careers later, I presently serve as a Minister of Peace with The Beloved Community. It is my honor to coordinate the formation of Spiritual Peacemaking Sacred Circles. As of July, 2007 I complete a PhD in Intercultural Peacemaking and feel this will assist me in preparing others as my generation successfully passes the baton on to future generations who will participate in peaceful conflict resolution on the planet. I am currently part of Interfaith Mission Service in my local community where I lead the Heart to Heart Hometown Pilgrimage each year, work with Interfaith Dialogue, Racial Harmony, and serve as co-director for Essential Self Ministries training for others who are ready to offer their own unique service to the world. For my own spiritual nourishment, I enjoy spiritual pilgrimages. In 2006 I experienced the rituals of another faith and culture from my own base practice of using The Sacred Office of Peace Prayers. It brought awareness of a lifetime of ignorance about other spiritual cultures and allowed the healing and release of unfounded prejudices. Now, I personally understand that world peace begins in the individual heart and ripples outward. It is my intention to become loving peace and to live every moment from a peaceful heart. My ministry offers opportunities to serve joyfully in a “ministry of the moment”. Not only is this fun, it includes a wide variety of experiences such as LuvBucket, the clown and a puppet reading ministry with area low income children. One way to live peace is to assist and encourage others to connect to Divine Essence and to allow an authentic expression of that to emerge as a powerful force in the world. Part of this process is, I believe, empowering the energies of the divine feminine in both men and women. Then, we will feed all the hungry peoples of the world, encourage self-responsibility, and live in harmony with each other and this precious planet. Colins Imoh The United Nations Organisation of Youth (UNOY), international Secretariat in Netherlands, I worked as the Africa Desk Coordinator till 2003. I was actively involved in the International Young Christian Student (IYCS), and held various positions. I facilitated various projects for organizations like: Africa Youth Parliament, Nairobi, UNOY Foundation, Freetown, Africa Renaissance Network, Makurdi, Child Rights Organisation, Aba, Children of the Earth, Inc, USA, Apeadu Peace Center, Aburi, among many others. I have attended training programmes in various parts of the world. This includes Peace Building Institute of Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA. The course educating for peace in formal and informal education at Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace & Development, Israel. Currently, I am the Executive Director of Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation (CHDST). I hold a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the University of Cape Town. I have experience in grassroots work for local development and youth empowerment. I have received advanced training in project management, communication, accountability and leadership. My vision is: 'An empowered youth capable of being the voice of the voiceless and a beacon of light. I enjoy travelling meeting people and making friends. I have been to about 30 countries. In my interactions I have come to the knowledge that people want to be understood and appreciated. The bases for most conflict are our inability to understand ourselves. I am outgoing, love reading and listening to classical music. I live among the people of the Niger Delta who produce the oil wealth. Everyday these people are faced with the uncertainty of the future and the frustrations of the present. The people are mostly unemployed or not meaningfully employed. Their land produces the wealth, yet they are poor. Living among them is a challenge to build hope and a belief in the future. I love life and I intend living it to the fullest. However, nobody can live in a vacuum. We need each other. Website: Protect Our Future Mark Mazadu Living in an environment full of so many unused potentials, and with my discoveries about myself and the intelligence of the universe I began to live to give what I could, instead of join others complain or get what I could, and I entered a new and wonderful world. My life began to become meaningful and colorful, I began to love and appreciate my own self and others which lead to my attainment of many other blessings and seeds in my journey, which includes the seed of love, Joy, peace, happiness, friends, teachers and guided thoughts. Having realized my challenges, doubts, fears, past secrets, mistakes, and wrong perceptions are all irrelevant knowing truly who I am, why I am here and what this is all about. I knew I was on an assignment and I began to nourish my mind and life in harmony to my assignment as a world changer and today the results are just beyond my imagination. Like many others who share this view with me….I'd say I look up “within” for there I listen to my inner teacher “God” who is the highest light that is in direct harmony with my assignment here on earth and who provides me with all the necessary guidance I need through the whispering of my heart. I know I am whole and was created whole. I am Mark Elisha Mazadu and I am 21 years old. I am a Divine Creature sent on a mission to help, heal, bless, and command this planet into a higher vibration/density/frequency. My personal philosophy is, first comes being, then you do, then you get what you get. Being is the key. If you want love, be love. If you want change, be change. If you want freedom, be free. If you want joy, be joy. I shall ruthlessly pursue the path that serves me best, which is “LOVE” till my last breath. Nothing shall keep me from my love. I see my involvement at IIGL as “LIGHT” which shines directly to the source of my mission on earth and a vehicle through which many others will experience their own “INNER LIGHT”. Currently, I'm a student of International Relations at Covenant University Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. I'm also currently working on my level seven (7) studies with the International Institute for Global Leadership Asheville, North Carolina U.S.A. Peace and blessings. Naomi Miriam Stauber I am a facilitator. I weave resources and people together for the Highest and Best. In the early 70s I administered a program in Atlanta for Minority Management Development. In 1976 I was asked to do this program nationally by the Federal Department of Transportation. The mass transit and subsequently, the railroad internship programs, were developed in twenty-five cities around the U S. By the early 80s I was doing consulting work and called upon for a wide variety of management/administrative projects. Experienced in governmental, political, charitable, philanthropic, educational and global/personal transformation, I have served in a myriad of capacities in the past thirty years, all in one way or another, working with educating young people. As a Board Member of the non-profit, Children of the Earth, my global connections have been expanded greatly. We have forty acres in Ghana and the beginnings of an international conference center for Youth to gather and share their part of the world. I have worked on global peace summits the past few years, bringing together those of like mind interested in raising the level of existence on this Blessed planet to a Higher and Lighter place. For too many of our children, a better future is remote, at best. Constant, concerted and rigorous efforts will be needed to bring about the changes in the global political climate necessary for peace to become a possibility, a probability and ultimately a reality. With peace being the heart-felt desire of so many of us on this planet ~ why isn't it a reality? Most of us don't know what to do to make Peace happen. I believe Michael's vision and the IIGL is a magnificent beginning. Perhaps when we bring young people together they can learn about each other, share their differences and their commonalities, their cultures and beliefs, their own pieces of gold. I believe that is how we will bring peace and comfort to this Blessed Planet. Helen Baker BSN, MA, PhD At present I spend much of my time creating a healing refuge on 26 acres in South Carolina. For the past several years I have enjoyed working as a mentor to students enrolled in the International Institute for Global Leadership. I believe this organization has been very instrumental in creating the opportunity for the advancement of many persons around the world. Kirsten Bolwig I started my training for my present healing career in complementary medicine in 1975 while still working in my former profession of teaching. A member of the World Federation of Healing, I worked in London as a healer before moving to Bath in 1988 where I trained in aromatherapy and holistic massage. In 1994 I gained my instructor's certificate in Lifestyle Change and Stress Management, and in 1996 I achieved the Central School of Counselling and Therapy certificate in counselling skills and theory. My comprehensive training and unique blending of skills enable me to effectively help a broad spectrum of society with a wide range of personal difficulties and health problems. Combining everything I previously learned, I embarked in 2005 upon a cutting edge area of healing using a quantum device, the EPFX/SCIO. I am involved in continuous and ongoing training to help people understand even more effectively, how they can consciously transform their health, well being and life experience for the better. I have thus far helped thousands of people spiritually, emotionally and physically since I started my career in healing I have developed a working relationship with some of the local doctors and a hospital clinic that refers patients to me. Gregory Burazer Website: Foundation For Purposeful Living Randa El Sharif Having experienced that, I wished to share my beautiful adventure with others. In 2000 I opened a place called "Time-Out" in Cairo, to offer a window of different activities, philosophies and tools to help people find themselves and find peace of mind. Activities included Tai Chi, Yoga, Positive Thinking, Meditation, Reiki, Art Expression, workshops and talks on different topics and techniques, including music and books. This was an absolutely rewarding experience. I was pleasantly surprised that "Time-Out" attracted mainly young, Egyptian adults ranging from early 20's to mid 30's. They are the ones looking for answers. I realize there is so much that needs to be done to bring us all back in unison again. There are so many things around us and we need to come together back to ONE. In 2002 I was certified as a Dale Carnegie Facilitator and began working with the Franchise office in Egypt as the Training Director for Dale Carnegie Egypt, as well as a partner in the company. I delivered Dale Carnegie programs to top and middle management, new entrants and university graduates. Our programs emphasized the human aspect of management, changing human behavior positive thought, leading an intentional life and taking charge of ones life, as well as respecting and honoring people around us. With IIGL, the opportunity widens even further to reach more people all over the world. Since I consider myself a citizen of the Universe, I guess that this is the next logical step. I am a mother of two beautiful children in their 20's. My life is devoted to helping in any way possible to shift people's mindsets to a positive, proactive one. We have choices and we create our realities. Some of my earlier readings that left an impact on me include: Conversations with God by Neale Walsch, Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss, You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. There are many other books that I read, but these authors left a strong imprint on me and helped me in clarifying a lot of issues around me and in the universe. I have traveled to several countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, and hope to continue visiting new countries. Julia Cuervo-Hewitt After earning my Ph.D. degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee (USA), I accepted a teaching position at the Pennsylvania State University where I am currently a tenured professor. This has put me in contact with numerous students interested in the same issues and eager to learn and experience life outside of the United States. I have organized programs abroad, in Mexico and Spain, that would give young people a broader vision of the world and their place as world citizens. I have served as adviser to students, planned and organized programs, and personally directed several of them. In Mexico, I helped organized a summer program for our students in Puebla, and a semester study-abroad program with the Iberoamericana University in that city. The summer program takes the students to meet children and teachers in the rural highlands of Mexico. This is a valuable and rare experience which deepens their sense of cultural diversity. My concerns have always been to bring students together from different parts of the world and to get to know each other and be able to share their thoughts and ideas with each other as a way of bridging ignorance and ethnocentrism, and as a way to fill in cultural gaps and to bring about world peace. I am also an active literary critic, and have published numerous articles in literary journals around the world and in the USA. I have done extensive research, lectured and published on the influence of the West African culture on life and literature in the Spanish speaking Caribbean. I see my role in the Leadership Institute as an extension of my interest in youth, in international affairs, and world peace. Lily Ann Julie Loosbrock
Roger Yomba Ngue I grew up in a country where the conventional education system was under turbulence. I then decided to put emphasis into professional training while working to improve my effectiveness to contribute to the development of my country and Africa in a peaceful world. This is still my overall objective. My constant quest is to become a role model for the African youths for my struggle, commitment and determination for a new global leadership and effective change in Africa. One of my objectives is to obtain an MBA to enhance my knowledge of the business world. I am councilor and consultant for various NGOs, Programs, Business, Networks and missions worldwide. I notably served as consultant with UNDP, Institut Panos Afrique de l'¬Ouest (IPAO), and the African Union Mediation in Cote d'¬Ivoire. I am currently reshaping Ronyo Investments, a company I founded in 1998. I was awarded the NEPAD Award for Individual Personal Contribution (Johannesburg, 2004) and have been nominated as laureate by the international Committee of Century Quality Award, Category gold (Geneva, 2003). I have got the opportunity to work in the private sector in the fields of Communication, International trading, Business Management and Mining. I served in the positions such as Sales Manager; Director of Strategy and Development; and CEO before joining the civil society in 2000 as Executive Secretary/Director of the NGO Positive Africa. In July, 2003, I was appointed regional coordinator of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) for the Central Africa civil society. NEPAD is the African Union Development programme. I also served as National coordinator of WANEP (West Africa Network for Peacebuilding) in Cote d' Ivoire (2004 - 2005). I have had the opportunity to travel in most of the African countries and USA. I joined IIGL because I felt comfortable with the concept that matches my vision and goals. I am very proud to participate in the program as it strengthens my capacity and improve my leadership ability. Now I wish to serve the Institute by contributing to the development of the curriculum, the enhancement of a French Division and motivate French speaking students to join the program. My hobbies include reading, Viet-vo Dao, jogging, cinema, international finance, and capacity building for the youths. Website: French Division, IIGL Kathleen M.C. Oweegon Who I am today is partially because of that moment in time, but I also am who I am because of the influence of philosophers such as my grandparents, Richard Bach, John Steinbeck, Kahil Gibran and so many others. I have learned that in everything and everyone who crosses my Path there is the blessed opportunity to gain wisdom, strength and the courage to keep following my Light. So, now my Path - I am given this life to help others to restore Harmony. Harmony, as I see it, is a healthy balance of mind, body, and soul. I thought at first that this work would be directed towards individuals, and so, in part, it is. But I have since recognized that our planet lacks Harmony by this same definition, so my work expands. I use and teach Conflict Resolution, Herbology, Reiki, and Native American philosophies as some of the primary tools of my work. Other tools come in the form of revelations that are given me and the art of listening. I reach out my heart, my hand, my mind, and my soul to each and every one of you. If I can help you meet your needs; if I can help you along your Path, it is my honor and my Destiny to do so. Website: Bridges Of Peace Nahla Rifai I have worked in national and international humanitarian and development policy and operations for the past 7 years. My focus has been on helping people receive the best possible national and international assistance to survive in times of wars and natural disasters, as well as to rebuild their lives afterwards in a sustainable, cohesive manner. I believe that spiritual healing of individuals and nations is needed on a profound level if we want to avoid more conflicts and poverty and create a peaceful society on earth. It is thus my aim to promote the empowerment of peoples in humanitarian and personal crises so that they may be able to have the confidence, faith and tools to rebuild their lives and find true happiness. I also hope to positively influence community, national and international leaders to empower nationals of the world and work together as one team to achieve harmony, balance and peace through inner and outer self-development. I am also a part-time singer trying to promote inter-cultural harmonies of unity, love and spiritual devotion. Whatever religion, race, gender or nationality one is, we are nonetheless united by the same sparks of Divine Light that transcend time and space. In addition to singing, I sometimes write articles and short stories that span similar plus other cultural and spiritual themes. It is my hope to spread the messages of unity, peace, love and empowerment through whatever creative means I have at my disposal. This also includes energetic healing that I perform on friends and those I encounter whenever possible. I believe in the principles and rationale behind the “International Institute of Global Leadership” (IIGL), and believe that this Institute of excellence has helped many people around the world find their true callings in life and contribute positively to their communities. It has definitely helped me become more empowered and continue on my spiritual journey to enlightenment. I hope to be able to contribute actively to the strengthening and expansion of IIGL's work across the globe to enlighten and empower ever greater numbers of individuals to lead us into the next era of advanced human development. Elisabeth Tepper Before getting a Business degree, I studied Translation (English-Spanish). I also studied and use on a day-to-day basis NeuroLinguistic Programming to better understands human behavior and possibilities. I am also a Reiki and Aura-Soma Practitioner. And now, besides also being an IIGL student, I am studying a graduate program on Social Dynamics. I have also being studying Qabalah for over 16 years, which has given me spiritual insight into the way we create our reality. For many years I worked in corporate America in Venezuela, until I realized I didn't believe in competition, I believe in becoming a better person and professional today in comparison with yesterday, not in comparison to others. That's when I decided to do something different. I work as an NLP therapist, facilitator of diverse workshops focused on having people realize that they can change their lives! I met Michael Lightweaver in 2002 during a meeting I helped organize in Venezuela, and decided to become a student of IIGL. Being a part of the Institute as a student gave me a chance to see that education can also work differently; How useful is what we are learning?? How does it influence your life?? Those are some of the questions we have to answer in our assessments. As of Dec. 2005, I took on the responsibility for developing the Spanish Division of IIGL, we now have Spanish speaking students from the US down to Argentina I believe change comes from within, we can only create changes around us when we are willing to do so in our personal lives. Then, can we influence our families, then our friends and those closest to us, and then the community as a whole. If we can provoke this consciousness in one person, only one, we will have been able to start a change. This one person is 'I'. Am I peaceful enough to ask for peace? Am I fair enough to ask for fairness and justice? This is where my present work aims at; awareness of the responsibility we have on every choice we make for our lives and those around us. It's the small stuff that make the difference, greeting those around us, giving a helping hand whenever we can, asking for help when we need it, understanding we have rights, as well as responsibilities. We can make a difference in remembering that WE are to ones we are waiting to make a difference!!! Website: CoCreation Spanish Division, IIGL Margie A. Tice I have been a student of natural laws and mysticism since my mid 20's and especially in my 30's. I became focused on the wellness model of living after experiencing much depletion in the physical body and found the allopathic illness model was not a source of healing that I knew in my heart of hearts was possible. My thought... "God made me perfect and how did I screw it up." I began an intense search for the causes of illness and their correction and prevention. The search led me to understand the greater connection and linking of all the bodies, ie, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The source and cure of illness is in the alignment or not of all those bodies and maintaining the balance and harmony. By watching nature and becoming aligned with the natural flow, our own natural flow, we can maintain that balance and harmony with self... and the natural byproduct is that in doing so, we are helping the greater of humanity to do the same. I have traveled thru the study of many wellness modalities at all the levels of body, mind, emotion and spirit. Some of my greatest tools for transformation are symbology, astrology, numerology, the ancient teachings of the mystery schools and the practical application of those teachings. One of my greatest joys is working with individuals and groups and watching them grow into the greatest they can be: on purpose and helping them to see who they really are. So, when, I believe, I heard the first seed thought expressed about this very Institute, I was touched with a knowing and joy that it's concept is at the very core for supporting the transformation of consciousness at this time. My belief is that education of and modeling the principles and higher laws of the universe is what brings about peace, unity and the awareness that WE ARE ONE from within self that naturally radiates out to the whole... The course of study as outlined in the Institute provides the building blocks, if applied, to meet the goal of self actualization and gain a very personal experience in knowing that WE ARE ONE as we see exampled in the students and their assessments and experiences. I am in such gratitude for the opportunity to participate in this great project with such fine models. Birgitt Williams As a management and organizational change consultant I am also a mentor, coach, facilitator, teacher, healer and workshop leader. I work using 'Socratic questions' in my mentoring and teaching roles enabling executives to find the answers, often from deep within themselves and their organizations. I have attained international acclaim as a large group methods facilitator specializing in the methods Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry, Word Café and Real Time Strategic Change. This specialty in large group methods is significant in my success as an organizational change consultant, in which I assists organizations to achieve the change they desire and then to sustain and grow from the new state. Through my work as facilitator and consultant, organizations find the answers for their challenges and opportunities, usually from deep within themselves, accessing inner wisdom and resources that they had not previously been conscious of. She teaches this work to consultants and leaders throughout the world. I believe that individuals and organizations are whole, that they have within them the blueprint for their own perfect health. This worldview assumes strength rather than weakness or deficit thinking about individuals and organizations. When businesses and individuals are approached on the basis of their strengths, conditions are fostered for them to flourish. I and Ward Williams are life partners and business partners, we have our home base in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. I have also worked across Canada, Australia, the United States of America, Europe, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, and Africa with numerous individuals and organizations. Together, Ward and I developed the "Genuine Contact" program, a holistic approach to success in business and all types of organizations, that we now teach in a number of countries along with certified workshop leaders that we have trained. I prepared for this work for over three decades with my undergraduate and graduate level studies in psychology in Canada, and in learning intensives in Canada and the USA. I have a number of published articles and workbooks and has been cited in a number of books. Website: Dalar International Ward Williams I prepared for this work for over three decades including specialized training and experience as an insurance and investment financial advisor, personal coach, consultant, negotiator, meeting facilitator and specialist in new technologies. My training has included Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) trainings in finance and securities to be multi-licensed as a securities representative specializing in tax planning and tax shelters as well as stocks, bonds and mutual funds; training in understanding and using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP); and training at PDS, Inc. (Productivity Development Systems) from the Gestalt Institute in Ohio. Recently, I completed training in both basic and advanced Avatar training, Basic and advanced Psych-K training, both of which deal with belief reprogramming at a subconscious level. My coaching and consulting work is informed by my education & life experiences including being a father to four children and step father to four, and my previous work experience as a financial advisor to businesses and families in the insurance industry and in private business specializing in new technologies. I developed my skills of working with individuals and organizations in both coaching and consulting capacities dealing not only with their finances but also their life goals and in how to develop strategies that would successfully accomplish those goals through thousands of interviews conducted over 34 years working with individuals, families and business owners developing their financial, retirement and estate planning as well as working with businesses in developing their employee benefit programs, both qualified and non-qualified. I work in partnership with my life partner, Birgitt Williams. We live in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Our home is a place of healing where annual open enrolment workshops and many closed enrolment workshops take place. Website: Dalar International |
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From
the age of four, I remember teaching an "imaginary" classroom! I have been
attracted to innovative educational efforts all my life. Throughout my
youth, I felt uncomfortable with the formalness of the traditional
classroom. This feeling led me to earn a Master's Degree in adult education
and curriculum design. Along with my interest in education, came a desire to
"make a difference" in the World. During high school and college I worked at
an inner city oesteopathic hospital in the X-ray department and emergency
room. This is where I had my first lessons about compassion and the
importance of treating other people with the utmost respect and kindness.
One of my greatest joys was to connect with others from different cultural
backgrounds and to participate in their healing. 
My
primary interest, both personally and professionally, has always been in
working with youth, and especially those who are disadvantage for personal,
social, economic or ethnic reasons. This interest led me to earn a Masters
degree in Educational Administration and is the motivation behind my current
late-in-life pursuit of a Ph.D. 
I was born to be a peacemaker. Most of my childhood was spent in rural
Alabama- the southern part of the United States of America. This was during
the turbulent birth of civil rights activities. In a strongly codependent
community, I learned the strength of personal integrity and dedicated work
ethics. Now I am astutely aware of our ignorance of and isolation from the
global arena. I see our sheer unawareness of how our actions affected the
bigger picture. We seemed to be mostly spiritually asleep and focused on
physical survival with weekly attention to fundamentalist religious dogma.
I was born in the Igbo ethnic group after the Nigerian civil war. The
Igbos lost the war and great fortune. I was christen "CHUKWUDOZIE" meaning:
"let God repair" a reflection of my parent's hopes and aspirations. I
realise we are the architect of our destiny and shape our future! We have an
obligation to work for the development of our race. I have a strong vision
for peace, poverty reduction and sustainable development in Africa. I have
offered myself to be vanguard of this change. This I do through various
organisations I collaborate with. 
I bless the day I was introduced to IIGL for that was the beginning of
my breakthrough. Being part of this family (IIGL), I made so many very
important discoveries. In the first place I discovered who I am, why I am
here and what this is all about, which was the greatest discovery of my
life. Also was the discovery that there is a universal intelligence, force
or knowledge in every individual who cares to know and whoever that is open
to this intelligence of the heart and positive living, is being guided in
the right direction to do what is best for he/she and those around. This
discovery was my gateway to inner peace, love, joy and compassion as I
worked in harmony with my own self and the universe. 
I
was raised in a home that placed teachers and education at the Right Hand of
God. I have been involved with teaching, training and guiding all my life.
Before
retiring I spent my days as a registered nurse first in the area of Critical
Care and more recently in the area of Death and Grief. I completed training
as a mental health counselor and added trauma therapy to the death and grief
work. Throughout the past sixty plus years I have been active in the music
ministry as an accompanist, piano teacher and church organist. 
I come from a background of science open spirituality and human rights
activism and describe myself today as a spiritual activist. I view
everything in all its diversity as an integral part of the Whole. I have a
strong interest in bringing people of Western culture together with those of
ancient traditions as the way to foster deeper spiritual, ecological and
collective awareness, seeing this as key to creating a more harmonious
future for peace and balance. 
I am a founding Board member and volunteer at the Center for Purposeful
Living. In 1986 I left my part ownership in a popular metaphysical health
food store in Charlotte, NC, and arrived with a young family in-tow and
began as a volunteer at the Care for the Terminally Ill Project on its
original site in the Brushy Mountains near Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Duties also included being the volunteer caretaker of the 57 acres and three
buildings. This was my first taste of life within a service-centered
community. After a year of volunteer work I returned to my occupational
roots. With a background in trucking, first as a truck driver and then as a
sales representative for the same trucking firm I kept one foot in the world
of daily duties and ffamily while the other was immersed in group life as
the work of the Center for Purposeful Living moved to Winston-Salem. The
Center expanded its service projects to include care for the terminally ill,
respite care for families with severely developmentally disabled children,
and mediation/conflict resolution training. In 1993 I and my angelic new
wife Julia began a business that incorporated both of our work experiences.
Julia's was in senior adult care and retirement communities while mine was
transportation; together we founded Allways Tours, a very successful travel
company offering senior adults fun tours onboard the Allways Tours luxury
motorcoach. Fourteen years later the business has been a success; We are now
enjoying life within a spiritual community enlivened with a sense of greater
responsibility, debt free and living simply. These personal choices have
allowed us to “gift” the business to a small group of young and aspirational
apprentices who will continue to serve and expand the business using the
principles being explored and developed through group life within a
spiritual community. A Pay It Forward concept in practice. 
I
was introduced to the spiritual world in 1997 through Tai Chi, followed by
being initiated into Reiki. This was my first experience with energy and the
introduction to looking at the world we are living in from a completely
different perspective. I began putting the pieces of the puzzle together to
complete the bigger picture. Things started making sense. Ever since, I have
been exposed to many schools of thought, people and theories. For me, it is
clear that All is One. Humans, souls, religions, philosophies and nations
are all one with no separations or borders. Unfortunately, mankind has
created so many limitations and dividers for power reasons. We have been
separated and divided, either from our own doing or through societal
conditioning, all based on instilling fear in the hearts of souls. 
It
was growing up in the midst of the Cuban revolution that made me aware of
the upheavals and turmoil families around the world often experience. Later,
as an immigrant exile in the United States, I realized that my childhood
experience was also the experience of many immigrants to the United States.
I suppose this is why I chose to study Social Science and Religion, and
later Sociology. These roads took me on to explore Latin American Literature
because I found that the writers of this part of the world have been trying
to communicate much of what I had tried to articulate to myself about Latin
American societies, peoples, children, history, politics, and many other
issues of today's world related to who I am. 
I have been a truth finder for most of my life. I resonate with the
oneness of all mankind and the total galactic adventure. I share this
truth/love with those I connect with as often as it shows up. I have
assisted many people (including kids) to believe in themselves and know
everything is possible if you believe in it. My joy and passion for over 30
years is assisting people with their healing at all levels; mental,
emotional, physical and spiritual. I love passing on great books, videos and
so on to others, that they too may be blessed. I share the beliefs that this
institute supports through this wonderful program. 
As a student of the world who is continually learning and growing, there
is joy in all these life-learning opportunities. To be able to share with
others in many ways is a means of continuing this growth. In traveling, one
has the opportunity to learn, first hand, about the rest of our human
family. Many countries (what I call families in the neighborhood of the
world) i.e. China, Russia, Siberia, Thailand, India, Tibet, Mongolia,
eastern Europe, central Asia, Netherlands, etc. have opened their doors and
welcomed me in. With open hands they
have shared and helped me to learn. Some personal interests include art,
sculpture, literature, history, ballet, opera, live theater, GOOD
CONVERSATION, and most importantly, the value and joy of continually
widening the circle of good friends. 
Lynne Murguia
I
am a citizen of Cameroon, a father of a gorgeous daughter. My education
includes Marketing; Conflict Transformation and Non-Violent Conflict
Resolution; and Leadership. In addition I am a certified trainer and
consultant for the Genuine Contact Program (Holistic organizational
development). 
I believe that each of us has a purpose(s) for which we have been given
this life. No purpose is greater or lesser than another. What is important
is to fulfill these purposes. While I have known my purpose since a very
young age, I strayed too far away from my Path and got lost for awhile. My
purpose was made clear to me again at the lowest point in my life when I was
on the verge of ending a life that seemed too lost in the darkness to ever
see Light. A voice that seemed to come from outside of me told me to list
each and every blessing I had ever been given, including those that did not
seem like a blessing at the time I received them. I was told that if I did
this with great thought and care, that when I knew the list was truly
complete, that my Light would shine and would find my way out of the
darkness and know the Path to my destiny. It took four days for me to
complete my list - I included everything I could think of, such as the fact
that I am able-bodied, that I can recognize the pain of others and often
help alleviate that pain, that people, especially children and elders are
drawn to me, that I have survived severe abuse, and on and on and on. When
that very long list was complete, sure enough, my Light shone brightly and I
knew my Path again. 
I am a cosmopolitan lady who was born and raised in Jordan for 21 years,
studied in England for 4 years and have been working in Switzerland for the
past 5 years. To me, it is the soul that defines a person rather than the
country, though there is a lot to learn and appreciate from different
cultures. I am therefore an international citizen of the world seeking to
share my knowledge and love with all those who need it, as well as continue
to learn on this magnificent journey we call life! 
I've
learned that Happiness, Peace and Freedom to express myself are my goals and
those of all human beings, but we are usually unaware of this. I was born in
Denmark and live in Caracas, Venezuela. Two continents apart, but a lot of
love in common. Venezuela is home, here I gave birth and raised two
wonderful men. I've loved and cried my heart out in this beautiful country.
However, I know I am truly a World citizen! 
My mission here at this time is to support the transformation of human
consciousness through any venue that feels appropriate for me and I do that
to the best of my ability. I have concluded that education is at the base of
the structure for transforming consciousness. Practicing and modeling what
we learn thru that education is the next layer on the structure. IIGL is an
organization that models what it is teaching. I am so grateful and proud to
be participating in this particular model of education and transformation.
I am an international management and organizational change consultant,
keynote speaker and executive coach. My business focus is on engaging Spirit
in business to create inspiring work environments that are highly effective
in achieving their purpose and fulfilling their vision. We provide a
holistic approach to business success that works with the full potential of
both tangible and intangible assets in the organization. I assist
organizations in recreating a foundation for optimal performance by finding
health and balance in the organization and in the individual engaging the
whole person at work including mind, body, spirit, and emotions. When health
and balance in the organization and the individual is attended to, the full
potential of the organization to get its work done has its greatest chance
for success. I refers to these high performing inspired organizations as
Conscious Open Space Organizations. I have been the creator of the concept
of the Conscious Open Space Organization and a pioneer of this work in the
world. 
I work internationally with leaders and businesses as a consultant,
coach, advisor, and workshop leader. My work is primarily with leaders and
businesses that specialize in new technologies for a healthier planet and
healthier people. Together with my business partner, Birgitt Williams, I
assists leaders and the organizations to work in a healthy and balanced way
that is congruent with the health and balance that the new technologies are
offering to the planet and to humanity. Together, we developed the
Organizational Health and Balance series of workshops featuring the Genuine
Contact™ program that is now taught and used in dozens of countries to
achieve and sustain healthy, balanced organizations.