Consultants, Advisory Panel
& Affiliated Practitioners

• Holistic Business Development
  & Sustainability Advisory Board
  
  
• School Curriculum & Holistic Education Consultants
  
  
• Holistic Health & Wellness Advisory Board, Consultants & Affiliated Practitioners

• Holistic Public Policy & New Systems for Law Enforcement Advisory Board
  
  
• Integrity-Based Media and Advertising Advisory Board
  
  
• Building Holistic, Integrity-Based Political Paradigms Advisory Board

Paul Herman, CEO & Founder
Chief Investment Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
Series 65 Investment Adviser Representative
Paul invented “HIP =  (Human Impact + Profit)” in 2004 to  connect for-profit investors seeking positive human, social and environmental impacts and financial returns with investments designed to deliver those intended results. Since then, Paul and the HIP team have advised investors (individuals, families and foundations – and their investment advisers);  launched and manage the HIP 100 Index (SM) portfolio (a sustainable substitute for the S&P 100); and manage wealth for clients seeking their portfolios to become more HIP. The HIP Scorecard (SM) ratings and rankings – which focus on quantifiable metrics of sustainability and how they drive financial performance – have been featured in Fast Company magazine and online in 2007, 2008 and 2010. [HIP has also advised corporate clients, like Walmart and NIKE, on how to be more HIP.] Paul's landmark book, The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World is published by John Wiley & Sons, and swiftly became a top 20 business book bestseller in April 2010 for Inc . magazine / 800ceoRead.com. Paul's financial expertise began with his Wharton  School finance degree and work at McKinsey & Co. developing incentive regulation for energy companies and regulators, as well as  strategic improvements for Fortune 500 corporate clients  and government at CSC Index. At eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's Network, Paul designed investment strategy that also enabled high human impact, including venture-backed growth companies. Paul led Ashoka.org's fundraising and partnerships as Chief Development Officer globally, expanding its donations and entreprenurial networks. Paul's first pioneering venture reached 30,000 customers by creating a permission-based online debit card and financial system for families, teens and kids, a $200 billion market that including shopping, saving, investing and donating. Paul's own HIP investing includes companies in microfinance, organic food, renewable  energy,  affordable health care, and  B2B systems.  Paul is an Investment Committee member of the Patient Capital fund and an advisor to Net Impact. Paul is also a peer expert for InterfaceRAISE, an adjunct professor teaching MBAs at Thammasat Business School in Bangkok, Thailand, and a visiting lecturer for MBAs, including the Presidio MBA Graduate School in San Francisco.

R. Paul Herman created the HIP(SM) methodology for investors, companies and organizations  worldwide to realize Human Impact + Profit (SM).  Herman's financial acumen was honed at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, consultants McKinsey & Co. and CSC Index, and he helped accelerate social entrepreneurs at Ashoka.org and Omidyar Network. Herman advises investors and manages portfolios – including the HIP 100 Index –  using “The HIP Scorecard (SM),” which is also featured in Fast Company magazine and in his new  book. Herman advises leading corporations – including Walmart, NIKE and Cisco –  and foundations on how to be more HIP.   His insights have been quoted in the   Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and on CNN and CNBC.

Robert A. Mancini
Executive Director, RISCPA
Robert A. Mancini has served as (RISCPA) the RI Society of CPAs Executive Director since 2006. Since his appointment, the organization's membership has grown by 33 %. Prior to his present position, he successfully spent over two decades in the banking/ financial services arena; notably supported by tenures at the former Fleet Bank and Citizens Bank. Additionally, he served as President and equity participant of the former NEMTA, LLC, a marketing/ communications firm and principal/owner of Impresario Partners, LLC, a company providing business development, financial and public relations services to various clients in the New England market.

Strongly committed to the community, Mancini has served as a volunteer to a number of charitable organizations throughout his career. He currently serves as Secretary of the Gateway Real Estate Board; is co-chair of the St. Jude Children's Hospital corporate executive committee, RI Chapter; is a member of Bryant University's and CCRI's Business Advisory Boards; is a member of Freedom National Bank's Business Advisory Board; is a Board member of the Northern RI Chamber of Commerce and serves as a member of the RI Commodores. He has also been recognized by Johnson & Wales University for his contribution and support of the University's College of Business. And, he has recently been named the recipient of the SBA's 2013 Rhode Island and New England Financial Services Champion Award.

In 1996, former Governor Lincoln Almond appointed Mancini to the Rhode Island Lottery Commission where he served until 2005.

Mancini holds a BS/Business Administration degree from Providence College and has earned a certificate from The New England School of Banking at Williams College.

Kenneth J. Sanginario
Founder, Corporate Value Metrics
LLC CPA, MST, MSF, CMAP, CTP, CVA, ABV, CM&AA
Ken Sanginario is the Founder of Corporate Value Metrics and the developer of the Value Opportunity Profile.^® Ken has more than thirty years of experience providing executive leadership to middle market companies, valuing businesses, developing performance improvement and value creating strategies, turning around distressed operations, managing M&A transactions, and securing growth capital.

Ken is a credentialed expert in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, and turnaround management. Ken also spent five years in the Big Six accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, where he specialized in providing assurance services and transaction support to publicly held clients.

Ken's credentials include CPA, CMAP (Chartered M&A Professional), CTP (Certified Turnaround Professional), CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst), and ABV (Accredited in Business Valuation), and he received a master's degree from Boston College, as well as both master's and bachelor's degrees from Bentley College. He has authored and contributed to a variety of published articles on turnaround management and corporate valuations, and is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences. Ken currently serves on the editorial advisory board of CFO Publishing Corp, has served on the Boards of Directors of several privately held companies, and is currently the Board Chairman of Solutions at Work, a charitable organization focused on breaking the cycle of recurring homelessness.

Ken’s lectures explore some common misconceptions among business owners of how to build value in their businesses, including often adopted strategies that actually erode value. He then discusses the many actual drivers of business value, how they interrelate, and how advisors can develop processes to ensure that their clients are properly implementing these drivers to meet their highest potential value.

Mary Adams
Founder
Smarter-Companies
Mary Adams is the Founder of Smarter-Companies, a company focused on unlocking the collective potential of teams and organizations. The company provides open tools, training and a proprietary platform for stakeholder evaluation of key organizational intangibles. Its network includes consulting firms on five continents. Mary is also the co-author of Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge to Work in the 21st Century Organization. Previously, she spent 14 years as the founder of Trek Consulting and 14 years as a high-risk lender in the U.S. and Latin America at Citicorp and Sanwa Business Credit. She received a BA Political Science from Rice University and a Master of International Management from the Thunderbird School (now part of Arizona State).

For more information go to Mary's website at smarter-companies.com.

Ronald P. Pettirossi, CPA
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
President, ER Ltd.
Ron joined Ernst & Young in 1964 and was promoted to audit partner in 1976. During his 31 year career, Ron served both publicly held and privately owned companies, including ESPN, Advo, Veeder Industries, Sweet Life Foods, Security Insurance, Reflexite, Magellan Petroleum and Connecticut Development Authority. In addition to leading audit engagements, Ron consulted on numerous projects including merger and acquisition due diligence reviews, development of management information and reporting systems, inventory management and costing engagements, assisting companies in identifying international markets and helping companies apply for funding assistance from entities such as the Connecticut Development Authority. He also was a regional director in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Services Group which Group was dedicated to serving entrepreneurially driven companies.

Ron retired from Ernst & Young in 1995 and formed ER Ltd., a financial consulting company that specializes in working with both new to market public and privately-owned companies. Assignments have included assisting companies in preparing for an IPO, negotiating bank loan agreements and covenant terms, developing equity and bonus incentive compensation plans, merger and acquisition due diligence reviews and reviewing adequacy of insurance coverages.

Ron has also participated in a number of litigation support and forensic auditing engagements. Examples include:

• Testifying as an expert witness for the defendant in a case involving the sale of a portion of a business, where the acquirer charged the seller with not supplying accurate financial data
• Assisting counsel in determining whether or not the independent public accounting firm had properly followed generally accepted auditing standards in a case involving payroll fraud
• Helping to determine the value of a residential construction company for a settlement between the two partners
• Assisting in the development of an estimate of commission income lost due to incapacitation related to an accident

Ronald Pettirossi graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a B.B.A. in accounting in 1964. He has served on the Ellington CT Board of Education as well as its Finance Board. Active in local affairs, he was Treasurer of The Harford Chamber of Commerce and served on its executive Board from 1987 until his retirement from Ernst & Young in 1995. Ron has been active in a number of community projects and organizations. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of Magellan Petroleum Corporation and is its Audit Committee Chair.

Jackie Baretta
Founding Partner, The Nura Group, LLC
Author of "Primal Teams" Harnessing the Power of Emotions
to Fuel Extraordinary Performance
Jacquelyn A. Barretta is a Founding Partner of Nura Group, which uses ground-breaking scientific discovery in the field of group energy and consciousness to help businesses achieve unprecedented success. She is a published author on the subject of innovative leadership and is the author of an upcoming book, Thriving with the New Physics, which presents new scientific and business research to substantiate that a business will generate the highest profitability when it honors the One-ness, or connectedness, of the world. Ms. Barretta is a writer, speaker, and business consultant on creating the most effective group consciousness in business organizations. Ms. Barretta has been a successful executive and leader in Fortune 500 businesses and Big Four consulting firms for over twenty-five years. She has built large organizations, from the ground up, that were able to accomplish goals that other organizations had repeatedly attempted yet failed. She has used and observed the power of consciousness in her leadership roles.

Several years ago, Ms. Barretta became intrigued with understanding the science behind her theories of consciousness and with determining if business research backed them up. She spent years studying the research and corroborating it in her business experiences. She now believes it's time to spread the knowledge about the power of consciousness, so she formed the Nura Group, which represents the culmination of her research and experiences, through its written publications, public forums, business consulting, and leadership training.

Ms. Barretta is the former senior vice president and chief information officer for Con way Inc., a $5 billion Fortune 500 transportation and logistics company. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a master's degree in organizational communication from Marylhurst University. She has served on the advisory boards of Hewlett Packard, Teradata, and CXO Media's CIO Executive Council.

For more information see the website at www.nuragroup.com or you can email Jackie at barretta.jackie@nuragroup.com.

Jack Beauregard, author, founder and CEO
Successful Transition Planning Institute (STPI)
A nationally recognized expert in transition planning, Jack Beauregard's strategic planning steps, proprietary principles and decision making techniques have been helping people experience lives filled with meaning and purpose for over 20 years. He is the author of the highly acclaimed new book, "Finding Your New Owner”. Jack has presented his unique approach on many radio and television programs, including National Public Radio and the Voice of America worldwide business program, as well as conferences, seminars and workshops.  Jack is an alumnus of Harvard University and holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Michael Kraten, PhD, CPA
Associate Professor
School of Business, Providence College
Michael Kraten, PhD, CPA is an Associate Professor in the Accountancy program of the School of Business at Providence College. He has also taught in the executive education, graduate, and undergraduate programs of Maastricht University, Suffolk University, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Connecticut, as well as the continuing professional education programs of IHRDC and the Maryland Association of CPAs.

Previously, Dr. Kraten was a management consulting partner at BDO Seidman (the sixth largest global accounting firm). He also spent eight years in the consulting, accounting, and audit divisions of Deloitte & Touche (the second largest firm).

Dr. Kraten has earned a Ph.D. in behavioral accounting from the University of Connecticut. He has also earned an M.P.P.M. in management from Yale University and a B.B.A. in public accounting from Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Please see Mike's web site www.AQPQ.org for information regarding his current activities and professional background.

Cynthia Figge, PhD, CPA
COO and Co-founder
CSRHub and EKOS International
Cynthia Figge is a forerunner and thought leader in the corporate sustainability movement. Cynthia is COO and Cofounder of CSRHub, the world’s largest ratings database that aggregates and organizes data and knowledge on the social, environmental, and governance performance of 8,500 companies. In 1996 she co-founded EKOS International, one of the first consultancies integrating sustainability and corporate strategy, working with Boeing, BNSF, Coca-Cola, and REI, and others.

Cynthia received her BA in Economics from Lawrence University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Cynthia lives in the Seattle area. She is a Board Director of the Compassionate Action Network International.

Paul Cronin, Director of Business Development
Successful Transition Planning Institute (STPI)
Paul Cronin brings over 20 years of professional experience in sales, management, consulting and entrepreneurship to STPI, (Successful Transition Planning Institute) working with the founder, Jack Beauregard, to transform it from a small consultancy into a major force in Transition Planning for Boomers.

Paul Cronin has presented at the MIT Enterprise Forum as well as Northeastern University on issues of entrepreneurship, running a successful business and business networking.

Prior to forming his consulting practice, Paul was part of a management teams in both established and start-up businesses, having sold his most recent company in 2008.

Gil Lantini
President and Chief Executive Officer
Over 14 years' experience and proven track record of success as President and Chief Executive Officer of multiple start-up companies. Gil's primary area of expertise is working with companies of all sizes on maintaining brand consistency across all forms of media and developing brand messaging. Gil has also worked with hundreds of companies, from startups to Fortune 500's on web development and Marketing strategies. After successfully growing Focus Business Solutions to be ranked as one of Rhode Island's Top 100 Private Companies as well as one the fastest growing companies from 2008-2010, Gil turned his attention to his latest venture, the Rhode Island Small Business Journal. RISBJ is the voice of entrepreneurship in Rhode Island and supports the small business community with its monthly printed and online resources. In just 15 short months, RISBJ has grown to be the most circulated business publication in the state. Gil is also a SCORE Counselor, and consultant and regular workshop presenter for the SBA, the Small Business Development Center and the Center for Women and Enterprise

Kas R. DeCarvalho
Attorney
Counsel at Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC
Kas R. DeCarvalho is Counsel at Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC and a member of the firm's Corporate & Business Team. He has more than 15 years experience as a corporate attorney and business leader. His practice focuses on corporate and transactional law, financing and mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate, intellectual property, arts and entertainment law and education law. His clients include private businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations. Attorney DeCarvalho is also the founder of Original Innovative Concepts LLC, a product development and licensing venture, and he is a co-founder of Rhode Island Martial Arts, Inc.

Mr. DeCarvalho is an active community volunteer and presently serves on the boards of several nonprofit and business development organizations, including the Quonset Development Corporation, the Providence Economic Development Partnership, United Way of Rhode Island, the Greater Providence YMCA, Community Works Rhode Island and Progresso Latino. He is also chair of the Thurgood Marshall Law Society of Rhode Island, a member of the Rhode Island Commodores and a 2004 graduate of Leadership Rhode Island. Attorney DeCarvalho was a founding board member of the International Charter School, Inc., and is on the Board of Directors of The Metropolitan Career and Technical Center (The MET School). Prior to joining the firm, Attorney DeCarvalho was Managing Partner of Fontaine, DeCarvalho & Bell, LLP. Mr. DeCarvalho received both his bachelor degree and J.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was named a New England Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2010. and was twice named to Providence Business News' Forty under Forty, Class of 2006 and 2007. He is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island.

Areas of Practice:

• General corporate and transactional law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Intellectual property
• Arts and entertainment law
• International transactions
• Business planning and formation
• Education law
• Nonprofit organizations

Shawn McGuill, CPA
Summit Consulting Group, Operational Business Planning,
Practice Management
Bio coming soon...

Linda Boutilier, LICSW
Linda is a licensed psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience in mental health treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She focuses on a Mind-Body-Spirit approach to overall wellness, specializing in the use of Energy Psychology methods to clear past trauma. Her treatment allows her clients to free themselves from unwanted beliefs connected to old programming. Rather than using a “hands on approach”, she teaches her clients to work with their own body-mind to clear energy and create psychological well being.

Linda is a certified practitioner in EMDR, Specialized Kinesiology and the Tapas Acupressure Technique. She has been trained in Jungian Sand Play, Touch and Breathe (a version of Thought Field Therapy), Brain Gym and Reiki. With extensive clinical expertise in treating trauma, Linda has been certified by the state of RI as a Sexual Abuse Treatment Specialist. Linda works with both children and adults and tailors her approach to the needs of each client. Linda has personally benefited from the practices of yoga, tai chi and other forms of energy medicine. She is convinced that energy work is an essential compliment to traditional, allopathic medical practices.

Linda is the RI state representative for the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. She created and facilitates a support group for energy practitioners who meet several times a year. In addition, she has developed Energy Psychology workshops in order to train other clinicians in energy techniques.

Linda consults with parents and children to assist them in aligning with Source. She is passionate about helping others to follow their own Personal Guidance System (Abraham Hicks). She feels strongly that today's children are evolving at a pace that challenges us as adults to keep our own energy clear so that we can be conscious examples and guides. Linda has created group experiences that give parents and children the opportunity to practice energy clearing methods, together, in a supportive environment.

“Children do not need us to determine their life's purpose or the correctness of their journey. Children need us to allow them to shine like the stars that they are, and to support and nurture what they have come here to become” Abraham Hicks “The Vortex”

Barbara Schultz, RN, MSN, CNM
Barbara holds a Master of Science from Yale University in Maternal/Child Health, and is a Certified Nurse-Midwife. Barbara has been a Registered Nurse since 1975, and has varied and in depth experience utilizing allopathic medicine as treatment for illness. Additionally, Barbara has worked extensively with alternative and complementary therapies for the promotion and maintenance of health. Barbara's belief is “through restoration of inner harmony and balance self-healing results, the preservation of which is both a gift and a responsibility”. Barbara is an Integration Consultant with Building Bridges 2012, an executive on the Building Bridges Advisory Board consulting for the development of integrative Health Care Protocols and Energy Healing techniques and is a certified co-facilitator of the Charon System of Integration. 

"Utilizing my vast experience and knowledge in the field of allopathic medicine combined with the Charon process and my expertise in an array of complementary healing modalities, enables me to assist each person, as a uniquely divine individual, to enhance their self-healing in all realms. Discovering and correcting areas of imbalance for each person can prevent or reverse illness, relieve discomfort and promote relaxation. Finding this balance and recognizing the power for change within each individual, is the key to health and happiness."

Rick Morin
Rick Morin is the creator and director of The Rhythm Room, an all-original, ten member band currently touring on the east coast (www.RhythmRoomLive.com). The Rhythm Room has released two CD's; The Rhythm Room and Circle of Souls. They are working on their third CD due to release in 2011. Rick has also development The Rhythm Room Enrichment program. Details of the program can be found at www.RhythmRoomLive.com/rrenrichment. Rick has been featured on Fox 25 on two occasions to demonstrate his enrichment program.

Rick is also a freelance drummer/percussionist for original artists, general business bands, dance companies and theater companies. He has performed with Betty Buckley and Shirley Jones with Heart To Heart Production based out of Taunton, MA. He recently performed with Broadway/movie actor Michael Leon Wooley (Little Shop of Horrors, Dream Girls, Princess and the Frog) at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor, ME. His teaching experience includes teacher/owner of The Rhythm Room studio in North Attleboro, MA, percussion director for the SMARTS Summer Institute, Attleboro, MA and facilitator of percussion-based enrichment programs for grades K-12. He received the 2006 Kathleen McKiel Memorial Award from the North Attleboro Cultural Council for his contribution to the Arts. He conducts drum therapy workshops for Hasbro Children's Hospital Arts Program and Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Attleboro. Rick also created a TV show for local cable, The Rhythm Room. He is an endorsed percussionist by LP, Sabian, REMO and Vic Firth. He is a member of the original band Spiney Norman and the house drummer for Paris Cabaret in Stoughton, MA.

Michael Pierce, MD
Glastonbury, CT
Psychiatrist
Michael Pierce, MD is a Psychiatrist practicing in Glastonbury. He is a Clinical Associate at the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis in New Haven, CT, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychoanalytic Association, International Neuro-Psychoanalytic Association, Association for Humanistic Psychology, International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine, and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.

Michael values a holistic approach, which he brings to his practice. Extending his traditional training and interest in the mind and the brain, he has explored many alternative and complementary therapies. He has received the Munay Ki rites, a second level Reiki attunement, and has studied the Art of Living Foundation's sudarshan kriya, and Anodea Judith's chakra teachings, among others. He has been a yoga practitioner for a number of years after personally experiencing a number of positive changes. Michael maintains a private practice at 25 Concord Street, Glastonbury, CT.

Tony Tavares
Bellevue, MA
EFT Practitioner and NLP Specialist - Neuro linguistic Programming
Tony Tavares is a Respiratory Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner. He uses a variety of energy healing techniques that include Chi Gong, Reiki, Therapeutic Chi Gong, Tui Na pronounced TWEE NA, Acupressure, Tong Ren, Hypnosis, Breath Work, Meditation, Guided Visual Imagery, EFT, NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming). All of these techniques are designed to do one thing.......remove the blockage, “when we remove the blockage the body can go on to heal itself”. Tony also offers classes in Chi Gong, EFT, The Laws of Attraction, Reiki, Stress and Anxiety, Meditation and more. Although he specializes in anxiety, stress, and pain relief, he has had great success with fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue, Lyme disease and a host of serious illnesses such as cancer and MS. He is the host of the Radio Talk Show "Healing Thoughts and Energy" and is available to speak at conferences and seminars. For more information email Tony at: MiraclesofChi@comcast.net or go to his website at www.thechi-center.com.

Linda Beal Klein, M.Ed
Wakefield, RI
Certified FES Flower Essence Practitioner, Trained Waldorf and
Special Education Teacher
401-212-0954 | info@innergardentherapy.com
Flower essences are safe, all natural remedies created from flowers, which help us to gently release unwanted emotions and behaviors while helping us to foster our innate strengths. Taken orally in liquid drop form, or applied topically, flower essences work subtly to effect profound change. Flower Essence Therapy uses biography, personal and artistic expression and kinesiology to identify a unique flower essence combination for the child. An affirmation or verse is also offered to work with the flower remedy. Flower Essesnces are extremely helpful for many childhood emotional issues: Fears, ultra-sensitivity, low self-esteem, concentration & distractibility, anger & oppositional behaviors, despondency & socialization challenges, to name a few.

William Getman, RN, Director of Education, Energy Practitioner
William Getman is a nurse currently practicing at Griffin Hospital in Derby where he works in the Intensive Care Unit. Although his daily practice is in allopathic medicine, his passion is healing. To heal means to make whole and since energy is the next larger context for any physical object, energy medicine is required to complement the allopathic interventions that current medical practice dictates if healing is to occur. This is true whether that object is a human body or whether it is the land itself and all of the various life forms associated with and residing on that land. As part of his work in nursing, Bill performs Therapeutic Touch with the patients under his care as part of the extended services offered by Griffin Hospital. In addition, at the request of the hospital, he has recently completed an energetic clearing of the land on which Griffin is built in order to strengthen the healing qualities of the patient environment. In addition to nursing and energy work, Bill's passion includes teaching metaphysics and galactic history. In this context, he focuses on ways in which the individual can access his own knowledge of the truth in ways that will facilitate the practical conduct of daily life and the solution of personal problems. Bill is an executive on the Building Bridges Advisory Board consulting for the development of Integrative Health Care Protocol, Energy and Healing techniques and is the department Chair for the Galactic History department of the Charon School of Integration.

Carol Pettirossi, Noeticae/Mind Solutions
Carol is the Managing Director of Noeticae/Mind Solutions. The future of health maintenance requires us to understand that we are energy beings with an energy body, parallel to and intertwined with the physical body. Imbalances in the energy body in the form of stress and anxiety, fear and anger, guilt and sadness can cause imbalances in the physical body. Carol is an Energy Coach, guiding clients to understand and maintain their energy bodies, releasing negative emotions and limiting beliefs in order to create a path to improved performance and personal peace. Carol holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts, is a Certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner through EFT Universe, a Certified Hypnotist with The National Guild of Hypnotists, Certified through Peggy Huddleston to present Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster Workshops, trained in Guided Imagery, and Therapeutic Touch, Certified in the Transformational Healing Method, and is a Reiki Master. Carol served for 21 years as a Hospice Volunteer at Visiting Nurse and Health Services in Vernon , CT. “We are energy beings and understanding and working with the mind/body/spirit connection is of paramount importance to personal peace.

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bio description coming soon

Tony Tavares
Bellevue, MA
EFT Practitioner and NLP Specialist - Neuro linguistic Programming
Tony Tavares is a Respiratory Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner. He uses a variety of energy healing techniques that include Chi Gong, Reiki, Therapeutic Chi Gong, Tui Na pronounced TWEE NA, Acupressure, Tong Ren, Hypnosis, Breath Work, Meditation, Guided Visual Imagery, EFT, NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming). All of these techniques are designed to do one thing.......remove the blockage, “when we remove the blockage the body can go on to heal itself”. Tony also offers classes in Chi Gong, EFT, The Laws of Attraction, Reiki, Stress and Anxiety, Meditation and more. Although he specializes in anxiety, stress, and pain relief, he has had great success with fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue, Lyme disease and a host of serious illnesses such as cancer and MS. He is the host of the Radio Talk Show "Healing Thoughts and Energy" and is available to speak at conferences and seminars. For more information email Tony at: MiraclesofChi@comcast.net or go to his website at www.thechi-center.com.

Linda Beal Klein, M.Ed
Wakefield, RI
Certified FES Flower Essence Practitioner, Trained Waldorf and
Special Education Teacher
401-212-0954 | info@innergardentherapy.com
Flower essences are safe, all natural remedies created from flowers, which help us to gently release unwanted emotions and behaviors while helping us to foster our innate strengths. Taken orally in liquid drop form, or applied topically, flower essences work subtly to effect profound change. Flower Essence Therapy uses biography, personal and artistic expression and kinesiology to identify a unique flower essence combination for the child. An affirmation or verse is also offered to work with the flower remedy. Flower Essesnces are extremely helpful for many childhood emotional issues: Fears, ultra-sensitivity, low self-esteem, concentration & distractibility, anger & oppositional behaviors, despondency & socialization challenges, to name a few.

Barbara Schultz, RN, MSN, CNM
Barbara holds a Master of Science from Yale University in Maternal/Child Health, and is a Certified Nurse-Midwife. Barbara has been a Registered Nurse since 1975, and has varied and in depth experience utilizing allopathic medicine as treatment for illness. Additionally, Barbara has worked extensively with alternative and complementary therapies for the promotion and maintenance of health. Barbara's belief is “through restoration of inner harmony and balance self-healing results, the preservation of which is both a gift and a responsibility”. Barbara is an Integration Consultant with Building Bridges 2012, an executive on the Building Bridges Advisory Board consulting for the development of integrative Health Care Protocols and Energy Healing techniques and is a certified co-facilitator of the Charon System of Integration. 

"Utilizing my vast experience and knowledge in the field of allopathic medicine combined with the Charon process and my expertise in an array of complementary healing modalities, enables me to assist each person, as a uniquely divine individual, to enhance their self-healing in all realms. Discovering and correcting areas of imbalance for each person can prevent or reverse illness, relieve discomfort and promote relaxation. Finding this balance and recognizing the power for change within each individual, is the key to health and happiness."

Tony Tavares
Bellevue, MA
Respiratory Therapist/Alternative Care Practitioner Pain and Anxiety Specialist
Tony Tavares is a Respiratory Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner. He uses a variety of energy healing techniques that include Chi Gong, Reiki, Therapeutic Chi Gong, Tui Na pronounced TWEE NA, Acupressure, Tong Ren, Hypnosis, Breath Work, Meditation, Guided Visual Imagery, EFT, NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming). All of these techniques are designed to do one thing.......remove the blockage, “when we remove the blockage the body can go on to heal itself”. Tony also offers classes in Chi Gong, EFT, The Laws of Attraction, Reiki, Stress and Anxiety, Meditation and more. Although he specializes in anxiety, stress, and pain relief, he has had great success with fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue, Lyme disease and a host of serious illnesses such as cancer and MS. He is the host of the Radio Talk Show "Healing Thoughts and Energy" and is available to speak at conferences and seminars. For more information email Tony at: MiraclesofChi@comcast.net or go to his website at www.thechi-center.com.

Adriene Smith, RMT
Rhode Island
Adriene believes each individual has the right to be an active participant in their health care. Our sense of well-being is intimately connected to our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Adriene has worked as a partner with her allopathic medical team since being diagnosed with diabetes in 1974. After earning her bachelor's degree in communications she worked on the corporate side of medicine for over 25 years before turning her full time attention to the growing field of Holistic Health. She actively follows the latest in traditional, scientific medical advancements and enjoys being an enthusiastic teacher and student of many forms of complementary or integrative healing. While dedicated to the growth and expansion of Angel Whispers RI Adriene also volunteers in the Integrative Therapies Program at South County Hospital.

Angel Whispers Rhode Island offers a variety of holistic energy therapies which can be scheduled at Wellness Center at Gold Plaza in Warwick, private homes, businesses, hospitals, and nursing homes. Adriene also conducts Reiki certification courses and workshops on a variety of topics related to wellness.

Rob Martin
Back in the mid-80's I read Ken Dychtwald's book "Bodymind" and became fascinated with the idea of increasing body awareness through hands-on approaches, such as Dr. Rolf's Method of Structural Integration. But it wasn't until 1991 that I finally received the work. My Structural Integration experience changed my body so profoundly, that I no longer perceived the world the same as I did prior to that event. I was different, yet I couldn't quite grasp what had happened to me. I spent time researching this and other modalities and in 1993 I took my first massage course with Robert Brown out in Santa Rosa, CA. I practiced massage for several years in Rhode Island and then moved to Boulder, CO to study at the Guild for Structural Integration with Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior. By mid-2001, I had opened my practice in Connecticut, and now thoroughly enjoy walking to work in my socks with a cup of tea in hand, having fun exploring all the interesting possibilities and being open to what my clients can teach me each day. I've continued my education studying anatomy with Michael Morrison, Thai massage with Kam Thye Chow in Montreal, Jason Beasley and Noji Okada, Koji Hiroshige and Pichest Boonthumme in Chiang Mai, Muscle Energy Techniques with Stephan Moran in Connecticut, Hatha Yoga with Ellen Schaeffer in Rhode Island and movement work with Ed Maupin in San Diego. As time goes on, I will continue to explore new ideas and theories related to my work. To find out more information please go to Rob's website at: www.rolfbodyworks.org or call him at (860) 617-1234.

Paula Scopino
Paula Scopino is the Owner/Director of Sacred Rivers. Paula was inspired at a young age by her parents' spiritual explorations and discovered yoga at age 19. She has been a student of yoga since 1976 and has been teaching continuously since 1978 after receiving her first certification with Ruth Bender (pre Kripalu). Ruth Bender studied with Selvarjan Yesudian, who had a medical therapeutic approach to yoga. Paula has taught in many different settings, including corporations, hospitals, and fitness and rehabilitation centers. She has studied many different yoga styles all over the country and has been inspired and influenced by numerous wonderful teachers. Her love and interest of yoga, movement, and energy led her to study massage therapy, Reiki, Feldenkrais, and Pilates.

Paula is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher - 500 hour, and is a certified Cardiac Yoga Teacher, having studied "Yoga of the Heart" with Nischala Joy Devi (the stress management portion of the Dr. Dean Ornish program). Paula does yoga therapy for heart disease and cancer, and yoga therapy for chronic conditions, back problems, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. She teaches prenatal yoga, yoga for children, and yoga for 60, 70 and beyond. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.IAYT.org).

Paula graduated from the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in 1989 and is a Connecticut licensed massage therapist and member of the American Massage Therapy Association. She also assists her brother, Rick Haesche in teaching the Art of Traditional Thailand Massage in massage therapy schools as a part of their regular and continuing education curriculum. In addition, she is certified in Karuna and Usui Reiki. She has maintained a private practice in massage therapy since 1989. For more about Paula and her offerings, please go to: www.SacredRiversYoga.com.

Barbara Bailey, MS
MS Integration Consultant and Director of the Integrated Public Policy and Criminal Justice Department
Barbara's passion lies in working to bring a more holistic perspective to the field of Criminal Justice. She earned her Master of Science degree with a concentration in Criminal Justice from Boston University. She is currently in the dissertation stage of her doctoral studies, and at completion will earn a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice. Presently she is a Program Consultant and Evaluator, and works in higher education as an Adjunct Instructor teaching criminal justice to a diverse student population.

Prior to that, she spent much of her adult life as a criminal justice practitioner, working as a Deputy Sheriff. Barbara's personal journey began more than 15 years ago when she recognized a need to balance her Mental side with her Spirituality and discover her truth. She has studied many healing modalities and earned many certifications such as Reiki Master/Teacher, Theta Healing Practitioner, and Hypnotherapist. Barbara came to the realization that there is a much "Bigger Picture" to life and its dysfunctions and challenges. Her ability to combine and apply this bigger picture construct with esoteric information to the criminal justice system has opened up new ideas and ways of working with the "criminal mind" and our criminal justice system.

Barbara brings an integrated approach to the field of criminal justice with her ultimate goal to focus on being a part of a movement that shifts away from duality in the criminal justice system, "us against them" and bring to light the fact that the criminal justice system merely represents the collective shadow. As we all deal with our own "darkness" and heal ourselves, we heal the dysfunctional systems and bring light to the fact that we are all one. From her perspective, it is now time for the old belief systems holding the “us against them” mentality to fall away, and to be replaced with a belief system that does not blame but rather focuses on seeing the bigger picture, taking responsibility and applying new ideas based in quantum research to creating the new systems that will sustain us through the vast changes happening on the planet today. Barbara has been inspired by many criminologists, including Richard Quinney, Harold Pepinsky, John Fuller, and others who have worked to bring a more peacemaking perspective to the field of criminal justice.

Regina Meredith
Regina has spent over 30 years in the mainstream media, as an NBC sports broadcaster with Bryant Gumbel, a news anchor, an award winning documentary film maker, producer, author, and host of a national PBS vegetarian cooking show.

Regina realized that the public would never get the full depth of the truth about the information they really need to know because the media operates on fear of losing market share rather than the courage it takes to build something of value.

She is a tireless and dedicated researcher and digs as deeply as possible into the potential implications of the new sciences, ufology and a vast array of other topics to assist in the personal transformational process of our viewers and to brighten the spirit. For more information please click here: www.ConsciousMediaNetwork.com.

Scott Meredith
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We do everything on this site between the two of us and with the help of Jim, our faithful underpaid editor who rides 15 miles to get here on his bicycle and makes the DVD's you can order. There are no secretaries, assistants or corporate bean counters and no corporate sponsors or financiers. We do this for the greater good, wherever possible, and hope that you take what we are offering in the spirit in which it is intended. For more information please click here: www.ConsciousMediaNetwork.com.

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Dr. John Hagelin

Dr. Hagelin is currently Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, a leading science and technology think tank, and International Director of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace, an organization of leading scientists throughout the world dedicated to ending nuclear proliferation and establishing lasting world peace. Dr. Hagelin also serves as President of the United States Peace Government, a knowledge-based, complementary government composed of hundreds of America's top scientists, which advocates proven, prevention-oriented solutions to critical social problems; and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace, an international organization dedicated to prevention-oriented government, world peace, and global administration through natural law.

John Hagelin, Ph.D., is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace. Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center). His scientific contributions in the fields of electroweak unification, grand unification, super-symmetry and cosmology include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is also responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring. Dr. Hagelin is therefore at the pinnacle of achievement among the elite cadre of physicists who have fulfilled Einstein's dream of a “theory of everything” through their mathematical formulation of the Unified Field—the most advanced scientific knowledge of our time.

But Dr. Hagelin is unique among scientists in being the first to apply this most advanced knowledge for the practical benefit of humankind. He has pioneered the use of Unified Field-based technologies proven to reduce crime, violence, terrorism, and war and to promote peace throughout society—technologies derived from the ancient Vedic science of consciousness. He has published groundbreaking research establishing the existence of long-range “field effects” of consciousness generated through collective meditation, and has shown that large meditating groups can effectively defuse acute societal stress—thereby preventing violence and social conflict, and providing a practical foundation for permanent world peace.

For the last quarter century, Dr. Hagelin has led an international investigation into the nature and origin of consciousness, including higher states of human consciousness. In his seminal book, Manual for a Perfect Government, Dr. Hagelin shows how, through educational programs that develop human consciousness, and through policies and programs that effectively harness the laws of nature, it is possible to solve and to prevent acute social problems, and to profoundly enhance governmental achievements.

In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Hagelin was named winner of the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made “major contributions to society through their applied research in the fields of science and technology.” The award recognized Dr. Hagelin as “a scientist in the tradition of Einstein, Jeans, Bohr and Eddington.” Please click here for more: www.hagelin.org/about.html.