Zanette Johnson, PhD
Using her experience as a learning scientist, neuroscientist, dancer, and dharma practitioner, Zanette invites the work of designing for life from a place of joy. Through embodied experiences that reveal and connect, Zanette activates teams and community leaders as they co-create specific new habits with the power to make visionary aspirations into reality. The practices […]
Heather Johnson
As a board member and chair of the board with New Stories, I find profound joy in being part of a team that invites and co-creates NewStories for a regenerative future. This work deeply aligns with my personal and professional purpose, rooted in a commitment to transformative change and the cultivation of systems and ways […]
Bob Stilger, PhD
Hi, I’m Bob Stilger and I founded New Stories in 2000. My focus is on helping us all create new stories which demand social and environmental justice equity and inclusion — the new stories needed to shift our mental models and meta-narratives enabling us to step into systemic shifts which regenerate healthy and resilient communities. […]
Lynnaea Lumbard, PhD
Lynnaea Lumbard, PhD, is a transformational psychologist, interfaith minister, wilderness guide, community weaver, social artist, and strategic philanthropist. Her journey began during her time at Stanford in a course called Consciousness and the Human Potential, launching her into the emerging field of humanistic and transpersonal psychology. She trained in a wide range of practices, including […]
Yve Susskind, PhD
Yve stewards the Principles Focused Co-Creation process for NewStories. She has been working with NewStories since 2018, leveraging over 20 years of experience in her company Praxis Associates supporting organizations to transform the way “business is done” to create a more equitable, just, and humane society. Yve’s practice centers on helping people think clearly about […]
Allison Joseph
Allison Joseph serves as Director of Programs, Community Cultivator and Facilitator, and Illuminator/Storyteller for NewStories, where she brings over a decade of transformative experience fostering deep connections across diverse global communities. Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to developing innovative programs and communication strategies that honor, uplift, and create meaningful bonds within communities. Her […]
Michele Stern
Michele Stern is the Project Manager for Great Transition Stories, where she brings together her skills in web development and design with her deep commitment to illuminating the patterns that connect us. Michele has been supporting the NewStories web presence almost from the organization’s inception and was instrumental in creating the wiki that preceded this […]
Stephanie Regalado
Stephanie Regalado is the Project Editor of Great Transition Stories. For over 25 years, Stephanie has been an award-winning writer, publisher, editor, and media professional. She has worked with brands, publications, and online platforms across the US and collaborated with leaders at all levels to craft compelling stories that build connection and credibility. Her work […]
Markabadi
Markabadi is a well-being specialist with a Master’s in Psychology who focuses on creating space for advancing personal excellence and community collaboration. At NewStories, he is part of the Great Transition Stories Team, where he fulfills his passion for cultivating spaces that support the emergence of people’s creative genius. Markabadi is also a meditation teacher […]
Nicole LaJeunesse
Nicole LaJeunesse is a community organizer, learning steward, and long-arc practitioner rooted in lived experience of disaster and recovery. A survivor of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, Nicole brings an embodied understanding of what it means to live through catastrophic loss — and to remain committed to community long after the immediate crisis […]
Michelle Beasley
Michelle Beasley is a long-term recovery and systems practitioner who helps communities design and implement regenerative approaches to disaster recovery. Her work combines relationship-building, cross-sector collaboration, and strategic learning to strengthen how communities adapt to disruption with agency, dignity, and care. With a non-linear career spanning civic engagement, organizational development, healthcare, learning technologies, tech startups, […]
Zulma Sofia Patarroyo
In addition to a vast experience in pedagogics, multimedia and design, Zulma is a passionate facilitator and designer of group dialogues, innovation, and change processes. She is a Colombian kaospilot, a mother, and a traveller who loves learning, leadership, and people. Zulma is constantly searching for new ways of utilizing her skills and knowledge to […]