Marianne Williamson is a world renown spiritual teacher who has had four books on the New York Times bestseller list, including A Return to Love which is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. A paragraph from that book, beginning "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure" – often misattributed to Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural address — is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers.

Jean Houston, PhD, is an international speaker, author of over 30 books, philosopher, futurist and consultant to the United Nations and leaders around the world. Deepak Chopra has said that "Jean Houston is the most important teacher of personal and social transformation today," and Buckminster Fuller advised that "Jean Houston's mind should be considered a national treasure." Her life has been and continues to be dedicated to advancing awareness of the untapped potential that each person contains. She then offers inspiration and practical steps for turning those latent gifts into action that benefits both the individual and society.

James O’Dea is a well-known figure in international social healing who has conducted healing and reconciliation dialogues for 15 years. He is currently the co-director of The Social Healing Project, whose work has led him to Rwanda, Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland. In addition to teaching the Path of the Peacemaker and Peace Ambassador Training programs at The Shift Network, he is also on the extended faculty of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and is its immediate past president. The former Washington office director of Amnesty International and CEO of the Seva Foundation, O'Dea is a member of also the award-winning author of Cultivating Peace, Creative Stress and his latest best-seller, The Conscious Activist: Where Activism Meets Mysticism.

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford, Gay served as professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years. He has coached top executives including top management from Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, Motorola and KLM. He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap and Conscious Loving. In 2003, Gay co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle,which distributes inspirational movies and conscious entertainment to subscribers in 70+ countries. Gay has offered seminars worldwide and appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others.

Kathlyn (Katie) Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, earned a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology and has been a Board Certified-Dance/Movement Therapist of the American Dance Therapy Association since 1975. She is an evolutionary catalyst and contextual disruptor who creates transformational collaboration around the world. She considers her life and relationship a living laboratory and invites others into co-creation free of drama and conflict. She has been a pioneer in the field of body intelligence for over forty years and conscious loving since 1980. Katie has an international reputation as a seminar leader, inspiring professionals from many fields in the core skills of conscious living and conscious loving.

Miranda Macpherson is a contemporary spiritual teacher, counselor and author of the spiritual guidebook Boundless Love (Random House 2002) and the upcoming book, Tasting Grace. Drawing from the ancient lineages of Advaita, mystical Christianity with more recent wisdom teachings such as A Course in Miracles, Miranda's work is a synthesis of self-inquiry, spiritual psychology, devotion and meditation practice offered with feminine grace. Through a blend of silent transmission and articulate teaching, she leads retreats and on-going programs oriented to guiding people into direct spiritual experience while providing a practical map for actualizing our realization into daily life.

Tim Kelley is a global change agent and internationally-renowned expert on higher purpose. He works with top leaders in many fields and countries to transform human institutions and evolve society to its new form. Tim’s methodology, True Purpose, has been featured internationally in magazines, newspapers and on television. Tim has trained over 1000 consultants, therapists and coaches in his methods and taught Voice Dialogue on three continents. He has worked with hundreds of CEOs, including top leaders and executive teams from such companies as Nabisco, ING, Oracle, Lexmark and AOL. He formerly worked as a leader at Oracle, two levels below the CEO. He is the author of True Purpose and the best-selling co-author of three other books.

Bill Bauman, PhD, was a Catholic priest in the 1960s, a practicing psychologist from the ‘70s to the ‘90s, a business consultant and leader for two decades, a noted leader in the global peace movement in the ‘90s and a spiritual leader from the ‘80s to today. Currently, Bill has combined these many systems into a dynamic and life-changing approach that he now calls “the ultimate human,” “the ultimate healer” and “the ultimate leader.” In this approach, he is a noted trainer, heartful speaker, loving motivator and visionary of life’s possibilities. Bil's loving heart is at the forefront of his every interaction.  His expansive vision moves people to hear their own truth most compellingly.

Anodea Judith, PhD has been writing and teaching about the Chakra System for 40 years. With a Master’s in Clinical Psychology, and a Doctorate in Mind-Body Health, her best-selling books on yoga, healing, manifesting, and social change have become global classics. Her first book, Wheels of Life, is an international standard, followed by her groundbreaking book on the psychology of the chakras, Eastern Body, Western Mind: Pyschology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self, which is frequently used as a text in universities and healing programs.  Anodea has also produced an award-winning film, The Illuminated Chakras, and conducted a private practice in somatic psychology for twenty years.

Andrew Harvey is an author, speaker and founder/director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective and practical agents of institutional and systemic change in order to create peace and sustainability.  Andrew has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as at various spiritual centers throughout the U.S. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary, The Making of a Modern Mystic. He has written and edited over 30 books and received many awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award.

Stephen Dinan is the CEO of The Shift Network and a member of the prestigious Transformational Leadership Council and Evolutionary Leaders groups. As the former Director of Membership and Marketing at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, he was the driving force behind the Shift in Action program. He is also the author of Radical Spirit (New World Library) and a forthcoming book, Sacred America, Sacred World. Stephen directed and helped create the Esalen Institute’s Center for Theory & Research, a think tank for leading scholars, researchers and teachers to explore human potential frontiers.

Rev. Dr. Devaa Haley Mitchell is a soul midwife, spiritual teacher and business leader. She is a co-founder of The Shift Network and Founder of Inspiring Women with Soul — a unique online gathering of more than 100,000 women from more than 160 countries. Prior to Shift Network, Devaa was the founding Executive Director of the Full Circle Fund, dedicated to building a new generation of civic leaders. She was also the Director of Member Engagement at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), an organization bridging science and spirituality. Devaa also worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group where she offered management advice to Fortune 500 Companies.