Ideas can build a better world, or they can trap us in what we already have. I learned that from feminist and queer thinkers who critiqued the social norms we take as given and imagined ways we might live otherwise. Their work drew me into the possibilities of social change and a desire to better understand how we challenge entrenched systems of power, whose voices and ideas shape our understanding of the world, and how we create the conditions for people to imagine and lead differently.

For 20 years in higher education, including a decade as a professor, I worked at the intersection of ideas and social change. My work includes three books, over twenty peer-reviewed articles, keynotes, co-founding fields of inquiry, and featured in Ms. Magazine, The Advocate, LGBTQ Nation, and The Los Angeles Times. I’ve spent much of my career building new ways of thinking and leading with people whose ideas and lives are often pushed to the margins, and I care deeply about making space for those voices.

What I bring to Visionary is the same thing philosophy trained me in: the ability to think deeply, challenge paradigms, and sit with difficult questions until something new emerges. I do this work because social impact and social change leaders are doing some of the most consequential thinking in the world right now, and they deserve a real thought partner for it.

Decades of practicing and teaching yoga have taught me that thinking involves more than the mind alone. I love being outdoors, especially backpacking and exploring with my dogs, and I’m a devoted macaron aficionado.