Heather Johnson
Heather Johnson is Co-Director of NewStories, a nonprofit that works alongside communities, organizations, and leaders navigating disruption and profound transition—strengthening the relationships, learning, and collaborative capacity needed for regenerative futures to emerge. A leadership and health coach who supports meaningful change in times of transition, Heather brings an integrated approach connecting adult development, leadership, and […]
Z Johnson
Z Johnson is Co-Director of NewStories, a nonprofit that works alongside communities, organizations, and leaders navigating disruption and profound transition—strengthening the relationships, learning, and collaborative capacity needed for regenerative futures to emerge. Using her experience as a learning scientist, neuroscientist, dancer, and dharma practitioner, Z invites the work of designing for life from a place […]
Nicole LaJeunesse
Nicole LaJeunesse is a community organizer, learning steward, and long-arc practitioner rooted in lived experience of disaster and recovery. A survivor of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, Nicole brings an embodied understanding of what it means to live through catastrophic loss—and to remain committed to community long after the immediate crisis has passed. […]
Lynnaea Lumbard
Lynnaea Lumbard, PhD, is Co-Founder of Great Transition Stories, a living commons illuminating archetypal patterns of change that help people recognize where they are in threshold moments, understand this isn’t chaos but transformation, and see viable futures already being built by those working with living systems principles. She is also Co-Founder and Board Chair of […]
Michele Stern
Michele Stern is the Project Manager and Website Architect for Great Transition Stories, where she brings together her skills in web development and design with her deep commitment to illuminating the patterns that connect us. Michele has been supporting the NewStories web presence almost from the organization’s inception and was instrumental in creating the wiki […]
Stephanie Regalado
Stephanie Regalado is the Editor in Chief of Great Transition Stories, where she stewards narratives that illuminate the deeper patterns shaping our collective human experience. For over 25 years, Stephanie has been an award-winning writer, publisher, editor, and media professional, working with brands, publications, and online platforms across the US to craft stories that build […]
Markabadi
Markabadi is a well-being specialist with a master’s in psychology who focuses on creating space for advancing personal excellence and community collaboration. At NewStories, he serves on the Great Transition Stories team, fulfilling his passion for cultivating spaces that support the emergence of people’s creative genius and helping illuminate archetypal patterns of change that orient […]
Duane Elgin
Duane Elgin is Co-Founder of Great Transition Stories, an internationally recognized speaker, author, and social visionary. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in economic history from the University of Pennsylvania, and an honorary Ph.D. for work in “ecological and spiritual transformation” from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 2006, he […]
Bob Stilger
Bob Stilger, PhD, is Founder and Board Chair of NewStories, a nonprofit that works alongside communities, organizations, and leaders navigating disruption and profound transition—strengthening the relationships, learning, and collaborative capacity needed for regenerative futures to emerge. An activist-scholar exploring social change, leadership, and community building, Bob’s work has taken him into communities across North America […]