Meet the IAM team
Bruce Alderman
Metatheory Team; Integral Philosophy Advisor
Bruce Alderman, MA, is an affiliate faculty at John F. Kennedy University in the Consciousness and Transformative Studies and Holistic Counseling Psychology departments. Recent integrally...
Cory David Barker
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Cory David Barker is a transdisciplinary and archdisciplinary scholar. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Social Science and Informatics, and is pursuing a...
Trace Bell
Network Expert
Trace Bell is a creativity and transformation coach, psychedelic integration guide, and Chief Integration Officer at The Holon Institute. Immersed in the world of spirituality...
Valerie Beltran
Network Expert
Valerie Beltrán is the Director of Outreach for the Zendo Project, as well as a psychedelic therapist and supervisor. She has an MA in Integral Psychotherapy from JFKU, completed CIIS’s...
Lana Bolotina
Director, Finance
Lana is a seasoned financial industry executive with twenty years of experience in the commercial lending industry, thriving in dynamic and fluid environments while remaining...
Dima Bulatov
Director, Design & Engineering
Dima Bulatov is the Director of Design & Engineering for the Institute of Applied Metatheory, where he leads the Institute's software development, AI and design...
Lawrence Cahoone
Network Expert
Lawrence is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross. He was formerly Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University and President...
Andrew Davis
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Andrew M. Davis, Ph.D. is an American process philosopher, theologian, and scholar of the cosmos. He is research and academic director for the Center for...
Theo Dawson
Lectica and MHC Advisor
Theo Dawson is founder and executive director of Lectica, Inc, a non-profit organization that develops and administers evidence-based, diagnostic, and formative developmental assessments; offers research...
Brendan Graham Dempsey
Director of Research; Managing Editor, Integration Journal
Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things...
Hans Despain
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Hans Despain (Ph.D.) is a Lecturer in Economics and the Commonwealth Honors College, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also teaches in the Metropolitan...
Corey deVos
Media Advisor
Corey is the editor, designer, writer, and producer of IntegralLife.com, as well as the managing editor of KenWilber.com. He is also a freelance writer, integral...
Mark Edwards
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Mark Edwards is currently working as a social activist and volunteer with various community groups in Perth Western Australia. He was Associate Professor in Business...
Kelly Edwards
Integrative Policing Transformation Initiative Team Member
Kelly is a qualified town planner, currently working in local government in Australia. She is leading a team in recreation facility planning and public land...
Sean Esbjörn-Hargens
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Dr. Sean Esbjörn-Hargens got his PhD in Humanities focused on Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness, from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a recognized...
Mark Fischler
Metatheory Team; Public Policy Advisor
Mark Fischler is a Professor of Criminal justice and current program coordinator for the criminal justice and criminology programs at Plymouth State University. Prior to...
Alan Froggatt
Network Expert
Alan Froggatt develops leaders who can navigate complexity with clarity and purpose. As a pioneer in Generative Leadership and Integral Development, he helps individuals build...
Julia Gerasimova
Research Associate
Julia Gerasimova is a researcher, educator, and learning experience designer specializing in transformative adult learning and environments that foster personal growth. A PhD candidate in...
Lisa Gibson
SALT for Climate Initiative Leader
Lisa Genki Gibson is a systems change consultant, educator, facilitator, and coach, with a background in social justice, gender and development, and community engagement across...
Daniel Görtz
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Daniel Görtz is the co-author, with Emil Esper Friis, of both “Hanzi Freinacht” books, The Listening Society and Nordic Ideology. Daniel’s work approaches what many...
Marcia Gralha
Network Expert
Marcia Gralha is an independent scholar of the Unified Theory of Knowledge (UTOK) and has authored professional publications on its application to psychotherapy and curates...
Jason Grant
Design Thinking Advisor
Jason was an Independent Experience Design Strategist since early 2000s. He has consulted professionals and coached designers at companies like: Amex, eBay, Bupa, Legal &...
Gary P. Hampson
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Dr. Gary P. Hampson is a seasoned independent academic with extensive experience in research, teaching, and leadership development. He has held senior researcher positions at...
Shane Hanlon
Creative Director
Shane Hanlon is an interdisciplinary artist with expertise in 3D art, filmmaking (cinematography, editing, and color grading), and front-end programming. His work has contributed to...
Jacob Harold
Network Expert
Jacob Harold is a Planetary Fellow at the Berggruen Institute, Senior Advisor at Rewiring America, and Co-founder of Project Starling. He served as CEO of...
Nick Hedlund
Director of Research; Editor-in-Chief, Integration Journal
Nick Hedlund, Ph.D., is founding director of the Eudaimonia Institute (www.eudaimoniainstitute.org). He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy & Social Science from University College London and...
Gregg Henriques
Unified Worldview Initiative Team Leader
Dr. Gregg Henriques, Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University, is a clinical and theoretical psychologist. He is the founder of UTOK, the Unified...
Gail Hochachka
Metatheory Team; SALT for Climate Initiative Leader
Dr. Gail Hochachka, PhD, is a researcher, thought-catalyzer, facilitator, and coach. She has pursued a unique area of research on the human dimensions of climate...
Ryan Johansen
Integrative Policing Initiative Leader
Ryan Johansen currently serves as the Chief of Police for the City of San Bruno, CA, a diverse community of approximately 50,000 residents located in...
Sean Kelly
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Sean Kelly is Professor of Philosophy at the California Institute of Integral Studies, having received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Ottawa...
Michael Kleineberg
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Dr. Michael Kleineberg studied library and information science and German literature at Humboldt-University in Berlin, Germany. His research interests cover the intersection of knowledge organization,...
Matt Kreinheder
Integral Theology Initiative Team Leader
Matt Kreinheder has over two decades of contemplative practice in Eastern and esoteric traditions, paired with more than a decade of experience running a successful healing...
Henry Kurze
Research Associate
Henry Kurze holds a B.Sc. (Honours) in Politics, Psychology, Law, and Economics from the University of Amsterdam, where he graduated at the top of his...
Josh Leonard
Network Expert
Josh Leonard is a seasoned social impact organizational leader with more than two decades of real-world experience developing strategy, culture, programs, and leaders through an...
Stephanie Lepp
Initiative Leader
Stephanie Lepp is an award-winning producer and creator of Infinite Lunchbox — a production studio devoted to celebrating and sourcing strength from viewpoint diversity. She’s...
Tam Lundy
Social Sector Initiative Co-Lead
A consultant, educator and mentor in the field of human and social development, Tam has led innovative initiatives in diverse sectors and settings, including health,...
Toby Marks
Brand & Product Management Advisor
Toby is a seasoned Product Manager from the UK with a decade of experience working for agencies and consultancies across various sectors. With a sharp...
Michael Mascolo
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. His is the Founding Director of Creating Common Ground, a...
Claudia Meglin
Network Expert
Claudia Meglin is an Integral Systems Designer with a deep commitment to bridging philosophy, technology, and creativity in service of regenerative futures. With over 25...
John Minkler
Civic Education Initiative Team Leader
John Minkler has been an educator and administrator in history and civics since 1971, with extensive experience in both alternative and traditional educational settings. He co-founded...
Niccolo Miranda
Creative Technologist
Niccolò Miranda is a Creative Technologist and Founder at Revelium Studio, a digital innovation studio specializing in WebGL, AI-driven interactive experiences, and Mixed Reality (MR)....
Alfonso Montouri
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Alfonso Montouri is an educator, consultant, and musician. His transdisciplinary research has focused on the application of creativity research and complexity to better understand how...
Brandon Nørgaard
Network Expert
Brandon Nørgaard is a co-founder of the The Civic Enlightenment Project, an initiative aiming to promote improved sensemaking, civic engagement, and inner development through networks...
Chris Orrey
Integrative Policing Initiative Leader
Chris Orrey is a retired police lieutenant with over 30 years of service with the Hayward, California Police Department. She is a graduate of California’s...
Godswill Osa
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
God’swill Osa is a PhD candidate at UT Austin whose work explores the ways people develop a sense of group identity. He holds a master’s...
Kraig Parkinson
Director, Automation & Network Learning
Kraig Parkinson is the Director of Automation & Network Learning for the Institute of Applied Metatheory. He is a lifelong business, product, organization design, technology,...
Nomali Perera
Network Expert
Since 2009, Nomali has been a coach to individuals and teams in both startups and public companies. She has also consulted in large organizations including...
Arthur Petersen
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Arthur Petersen is Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at UCL, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Dutch Delta Commissioner (since 2024), and Editor-in-Chief of...
Bryan Plasters
Web3 Advisor
Bryan is a lifelong technophile whose interests, career, and pursuits reflect a vast knowledge base in emerging and cutting edge technologies. He spent his professional...
Rufus Pollock
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Rufus is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together....
Eric Postow
General Counsel
Eric Postow is the visionary Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Holon Law Partners, a forward-thinking law firm built to serve businesses at the crossroads of...
Leigh Price
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Leigh Price is a Zimbabwean-born ecophilosopher who has worked primarily in the field of environmental education. She is an Associate Professor at the Inland Norway...
Jonathan Rowson
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
A chess Grandmaster from Scotland, Jonathan Rowson is the co-founder and the director of Perspectiva, a research institute based in London seeking to highlight the...
Bonnitta Roy
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Bonnitta Roy is a contemporary thinker and teacher whose work combines process philosophy, complexity science, and a metamodern sensibility of meaning-making. She writes and speaks...
Michael Schwartz
Metatheory Team; Critical Theory Advisor
Michael Schwartz, born in Brooklyn in 1957, and raised in Teaneck NJ (the first town in the USA to vote for integrated schooling via busing,...
Emma Seery
Digital Strategy Advisor
Emma Seery is a strategic communications and content specialist, writer, and editor focused on storytelling and digital strategy that support systems change, sensemaking, embodied self-awareness,...
Matt Segall
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Matthew David Segall, PhD, is a transdisciplinary philosopher and Associate Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies in...
MinGyu Seo
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Dr. MinGyu Seo is a philosophy professor at Konyang University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. at the State University of New York at Buffalo,...
John Smart
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
John Smart, Vice President and Co-Founder of the Brain Preservation Foundation, is a futurist, evolutionary developmental systems theorist and professor of technology foresight, specializing in understanding drivers,...
Tiffany Smith
Project Management Advisor
Tiffany Smith, PMP, CPIM, is a Senior Project Manager in large-scale, complex technology environments across government, healthcare, enterprise software, mobile applications and manufacturing. She is...
Robb Smith
Founder & CEO
Robb is founder of the Institute of Applied Metatheory and leader of its executive team. He is a lifelong social innovator who coined the term...
Jonas Søvik
Network Expert
Jonas Søvik works as a coach, workshop-leader and community builder who is currently learning more about running orgs/ops and leadership, while launching a business providing...
Max Stephens
Network Expert
Max Stephens is an ontological coach and developmental practitioner based in Sydney, Australia. His work is rooted in effective conversational practice, the idea that meaningful...
David Storey
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
David E. Storey is Associate Professor of the Practice in the Philosophy Department at Boston College, where he has taught since 2013. In addition to...
Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm is professor of religious studies and science and technology at Williams College. He received his master’s degree from Harvard University and...
Brian Thomas Swimme
Network Expert
Brian Swimme is Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San...
Owen Temple
Network Expert
Owen Temple is a product manager and multidisciplinary practitioner working at the intersection of data science, psychology, and the narrative arts. He holds a Master...
Clément Vidal
Editorial Board Member, Integration Journal
Dr. Clément Vidal is a philosopher with a background in logic and cognitive sciences. He is co-founder of the Evo Devo Universe community. In 2022–2023...
Tyler Volk
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Tyler Volk is Emeritus Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies at New York University, and a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Golden...
Roger Walsh
Integral Metatheory Advisor
Roger N. Walsh is professor of psychiatry, philosophy and anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. His...
Michael E. Zimmerman
Editorial Review Board Member, Integration Journal
Michael E. Zimmerman is an American philosopher, integral theorist, author, and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy for Tulane University and University of...