People

Dedicated people, building resilience

We are a diverse team of more than 100 people, with a small core office in Bolinas, California, and staff working in many parts of the world. Our visionary program directors lead from the heart and dedicate themselves to the challenges that face their own communities.

Commonweal Founder

Michael Lerner

Commonweal Founder

Board Chair Emeritus

Board of Directors

Angela Oh

Board Director

Gift of Compassion Director

Catherine Dodd

Board Director

Jaune Evans

Board Director

Katherine Fulton

Board Chair

Lisa Simms Booth

Board Director

Milicent Johnson

Board Director

Octavia Fund Director

Omar Brownson

Board Director

Robert Mulhall

Board Vice Chair

Serena Bian

Board Director

Steven Bookoff

Board Treasurer

Stewardship Council

Arlene Allsman

Chief Operating Officer

Cancer Help Program Director

Oren Slozberg

Executive Director

Healing Circles Global Co-Director

Stanley Wu

Steward

The Resilience Project & Omega Director

Vanessa Marcotte

Chief Financial Officer

Victoria Santos

Center for Healing and Liberation Director

Commonweal Staff

Alexa Pal

Bookkeeper

Program Coordinator

Amber Faur

Power of Hope Director

Beau Vincent

Office Coordinator

Burr Heneman

Commonweal Co-Founder

Environmental Health Advisor

Doron Hovav

Events and Database Coordinator

Elon Slozberg

Bookkeeper

Erin O'Reilly

Donor and Grants Manager

Francis Weller

Cancer Help Program Advisor

Halley Sanders

Advancement Associate

Heidi Paul

Payroll and Accounting Assistant

Jacob Scheidler

Site Manager

Jenepher Stowell

Cancer Help Program Advisor

Kimmy Haines

Retreat Center Coordinator

Ladybird Morgan

Cancer Help Program Advisor

Lisa Holsworth

Human Resources Manager

Mary O'Brien

Advancement Director

Melinda Stone

Bolinas Community Liason

Sharon Tonski

Donations Manager

Executive Assistant

Steve Heilig

Environmental Health Advisor

New School Host

Susan Grelock-Yusem

Narrative Development Director

Tu2, YingMing Tu

GoCompassion Co-Director

Visual Artist

Waz Thomas

Cancer Help Program Senior Advisor

Program Directors

Alex Dorsey

Platform Impact Leaders Fellowship Director

Alexandra Destler

SafetyNEST Director

Andrea Frey

Omega Resilience Awards Co-Director

Anna O'Malley

Natura Institute for Ecology and Medicine Director

Armando Zumaya

Somos El Poder Director

BJ Miller

Center for Dying and Living Director

Barbara Sattler

California Nurses for Environmental Health & Justice Director

Brenda Salgado

Racial Healing Initiative Director

Cassandra Lynn Ferrara

Center for Ethical Land Transition Director

David Spaw

Healing Circles Houston Director

Deborah Cohan

Foundation of Embodied Medicine Director

Diana Lindsay

Healing Circles Global Co-Director

Elin Stebbins-Waldal

Healing Circles Langley Director

Irwin Keller

Taproot Gathering Director

James Stark

Regenerative Design Institute Director

Jenyng Wu

project SOUL Director

Jim Quay

Courage & Renewal Network of Northern California Director

Jordan Luftig

Kinship Blooms Director

Kate Holcombe

Healing Yoga Foundation Director

Kristin Schafer

Collaborative for Health and Environment Director

Kyra Epstein

The New School Co-Director

Communications Manager

Lindsay Espejel

Healing Circles Global Deputy Director

Madeleine Corson

West Marin Review Director

Mark Valentine

Omega Resilience Awards Co-Director

Nancy Netherland

Kids & Caregivers Director

Pauline Tesler

Integrative Law Institute Director

Rachel Naomi Remen

Cancer Help Program Medical Director

Sharyle Patton

Commonweal Biomonitoring Research Center Director

Valerie Chafograck

Movement Liberation Fund Director