Advisory Board
Dr. Sheila Hassell Hughes
Dr. Hughes is Professor and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California. Read more about Dr. Hughes here.
Dr. Paul Turnbull
Dr. Turnbull is President of Mid Pacific Institute and past superintendent of St. Ynez Valley Union High School District. Read more about Dr. Turnbull here.
Dr. Brian Thomas Swimme
Dr. Swimme is a Professor of Evolutionary Cosmology at the San Francisco California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Read more about Dr. Swimme here.
Dr. David Sloan Wilson
Dr. Wilson is Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at Binghamton University. Read more about Dr. Wilson here.
Dr. Francis Heylighen
Dr. Heylighen is a professor at the Free University of Brussels (VUB). Read more about Dr. Heylighen here.
Dr. Terrence Deacon
Dr. Deacon is a Neuroanthropologist, Professor of Anthropology, and member of the Cognitive Science Faculty at UC Berkeley. Read more about Dr. Deacon here.
Research and Development Team
Dr. Michael Pirson
Dr. Pirson is a professor for Global Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University, New York and a Research Fellow at Harvard University. Read more here.
Dr. Michael Jacob
Dr. Jacob is a Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Read more here.
Dr. Ellen Rigsby
Dr. Rigsby is a Professor of Communication at Saint Mary’s College of California, teaching Theories of the Public Sphere and Qualitative Research Methods in the Communication Department. Read more here.
Dr. Clément Vidal
Dr. Clément Vidal is a philosopher eager to tackle big questions, bringing together areas of knowledge such as cosmology, physics, astrobiology, complexity science or evolutionary theory. Read more here.
Dr. Carolyn Peterson
Dr. Peterson is a research associate at Saint Mary’s College working with Professor Ellen Rigsby on the HEP Techno-Social Dilemma study.
Monica DeRaspe-Bolles
Monica is a PhD student at the California Institute of Integral Studies working with Professor Brian Thomas Swimme.
Parham Pourdavood
Parham is involved with HEP website development as well as the Global Brain analysis project where he builds computational and visualization tools to investigate underlying neural mechanisms in societal data. Read more here.
Dr. Shima Beigi
Shima is the founder of Mindfulness Engineering™ an international Resilience, Sustainability Engineering and Design House whose approach stems from Dr. Beigi doctoral thesis, a cutting-edge integration of STEM sciences, smart cities, neuroscience, Sufism and Mindfulness.
Dr. Marta Lenartowicz
Marta holds a PhD in humanistic management and currently serves as the Director of Education and a senior researcher at CLEA and the Programme Director of CLEA’s Postgraduate School of Thinking
Consultants, Staff & Associates
Alan Honick
Alan has been producing, writing, and editing documentary films for more than 35 years, and has been working with Professor David Sloan Wilson. Read more here.
Devin O’Dea
Devin is a video producer, director, and editor working with Professor Brian Thomas Swimme.
Landon Silla
Landon is a software engineer who has worked in Bay Area internet startups for 14 years in industries ranging from heritage preservation, advertising, home fashion, and recruiting.
Nancy Topp
Chief Financial Officer
Nancy is a CPA who has worked in a variety of public accounting firms, for profit and non-profit organizations for over 35 years. Her work in the non-profit sector includes support for organizations involved in heritage preservation and promotion of environmental awareness.