TOM ATLEE of Eugene, Oregon, founded the Co-Intelligence Institute (CII) in 1996 to provide an organizational means to manifest ideas and possibilities he had been researching since the Great Peace March in 1986. An avid writer, activist and community volunteer since the late 1950s, Tom has been involved in many citizens groups and publications, particularly around peace and democracy issues. He has served on several nonprofit boards and has consulted internationally. His book The Tao of Democracy has sold hundreds of copies in more than a dozen countries and his articles have been published in dozens of alternative journals including Yes!, The Permaculture Activist, Institute of Noetic Sciences Review, Earthlight, Turning Wheel, The Systems Thinker, and Science of Mind. The websites he has built are visited by thousands of visitors every month. He lives in a co-op house in Eugene, OR, with his partner Karen Mercer, seven other people, a changing population of dogs and cats, dozens of plants, and thousands of books. For more biographical and bibliographical information on Tom, click here

ADIN ROGOVIN has 30 years varied experience as a corporate manager including 10 years as Chief Financial Officer. He has 17 years service on non-profit Boards and Staff including, The Home of Truth Spiritual Center, Seven Generations Land Trust, Lost Valley Educational Center, Parker Street Coop, The Natural Heritage Institute, The Eugene Children's Peace Academy, The Center for Wise Democratic Processes, Climate Neutral Network, and The Co-Intelligence Institute. Adin's passion is promoting wise collective process and transforming democracy and civic governance through developing, teaching, and implementing citizen deliberative councils and integrated process design. He is co founder of the Eugene Facilitator's Collective, and is a trained Dynamic Facilitator who has worked with The Blue Mountain School, Alpha Farm Community, The Veterans for Peace, Trillium Hollow Cohousing, The New Orleans Community Congress II, and the Pleasantville, NY Great Oak Council. Adin organized The Lane County Low Income People's Wisdom Council and the Walnut Street Coop, a coop house in Eugene.

LYN BAZZELL of Ashland, Oregon, finds the work of Tom Atlee and the Co-Intelligence Institute to be inspirational, essential, and timely. Her current venture, in the start-up phase, is Now We’re Talking Radio dedicated to bringing participative, wise democratic principles and examples to life for the purpose of inspiring people to make a difference and showcasing people and programs committed to positive change. Her 30 plus years of varied experiences include: executive director of a non-profit organization dedicated to world peace; founding principal of a consulting firm specializing in “vision in action” programs and the implementation of effective interpersonal communication systems and strategies; partner in a Los Angeles executive search firm; public school teacher, grades 5-12. She was featured in INC and Entrepreneur magazines during the 80’s. Lyn has served on the Board of Directors for several non-profits. She is dedicated to spending the rest of her life making the world a better place for each and every one of us.

HEATHER TISCHBEIN of Grand Junction, CO, brings to CII three decades of citizen activism and experience working with non-profit organizations in both staff and board roles. Her youthful passion for working on behalf of the well-being of children has evolved over the years to a broader focus on the well-being of human communities and the eco-systems that support all of life on Planet Earth. Heather currently serves as executive director of the Western Colorado Congress, an alliance for community action dedicated to empowering people to protect and enhance their quality of life in western Colorado. Prior to moving to Grand Junction, Heather lived in Vancouver, WA, where she worked in various capacities for the Vancouver and Battle Ground School districts while raising her three boys. She also served as executive director and board chair of the Cold Spring Conservancy, a biodiversity reserve located in the Columbia Gorge and then as interim director of the Climate Neutral Network. Heather was certified as a mediator with Community Mediation Services of Vancouver-Clark County, Washington, where she also served on the Advisory Panel of the Make Democracy Work project of the Ft. Vancouver Regional Library, the city of Vancouver’s Green Ribbon Panel (sustainability taskforce) and was vice-chair of the Clark County Food System Council.

JOHN ABBE of Eugene, Oregon, has been an informal process artist since the age of 20, when he fell into a true community for the first time, took some risks and was amazed at the resulting flowering of trust. In the 1990s he volunteered briefly at the Institute for the Arts of Democracy then joined the Center for Group Learning in Oakland, learning a little about T Groups, Tavistock, organization development & Process Work; and a lot about facilitation and group dynamics as the group watched and consciously engaged in its own process. For more than five years he has shared Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in the United States, Sri Lanka and India, and supported the NVC network, both informally and as a member of the NVC USA Project. As a computer geek he has played a significant role in organizing the RecentChangesCamp series of events, and recently joined Grass Commons as a software designer and cultural & technical support person. He is currently co-developing a wiki on process (using Grass Commons' Wagn software) and writing a book on the role of process arts in the culture shift from power-over to power-with ways of seeing, being and doing.