Hope Springs Advisory Council is composed of individuals from many walks of life. The Council's commitment to Hope Springs, along with its collaboration and consultation with the Executive Director and Board, supports the development, growth and long-term sustainability of Hope Springs.
Ruth King, MA, a respected voice on transforming rage, is president of Bridges, Branches & Braids—an organization working with negative emotions in positive ways. She is the author of Healing Rage—Women Making Inner Peace Possible and the audio CD Soothing the Inner Flames of Rage—Meditations that Educate the Heart & Transform the Mind. Ruth weaves Eastern and Western psychology, leadership development, systems theory, shamanism, metaphysics, meditation, and teachings from wisdom traditions to lecture, coach, and facilitate retreats that transform the emotional body and mind. Ruth has been involved with Hope Springs since its inception, served on Hope Springs’ Board for three years, and is now on the Advisory Council.
Peter Norlin, currently the Executive Director of the Organizational Development Network, has spent over 25 years in the human systems development professions, as both an internal consultant. Through the years he has served a wide variety of customers, in corporate, government, and not-for-profit settings. He is a professional member of the NTL Institute, and was formerly the Associate Editor of the OD Practitioner.
Peter says he is committed to supporting the work to Hope Springs because the space and the people there represent a powerful intersection between strong, right-minded human values and the healing potential of the natural world. When people come to Hope Springs, they enter an environment that invites them to listen deeply to themselves, to learn new ways to engage across differences and act on their own potential, and to truly understand our connectedness and our responsibility to everything on the planet. "Every time I come here I feel I've come home, and every time I leave, I feel changed in some way, for the better. Bringing Hope Springs to the attention of the large world is a privilege and a pleasure."
Reyna Joe, owner of Bright Ideas and Services in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, consults internationally on Press Relations, Marketing and Communication Strategies. Reyna is well-known for hosting a weekly television show in Curacao. And she is also touted for the annual multicultural women's conference she has developed, managed and hosted for the past 5 years in Curacao. See www.aboutwomenconference.com
According to Reyna, her daughter and other young women in her life motivate her to work with women. Reyna says, "the future is dependent on all great, ambitious and fabulous young women."
Sue Wilke, has been involved with Hope Springs since its beginnings and has witnessed its transformation into the wonderful spaces it offers all who come. She has spent hours cleaning, striping and painting, attending wonderful classes and events and serving on its first Board of Directors as Secretary-Treasurer.
Sue has had a successful career with the federal government, was a corporate executive with Procter & Gamble and has spent over ten years in the non-profit sector. She is currently the Executive Director of the Leadership Council of Human Services Executives in Cincinnati. She has a M.A. in Far East Area and Chinese Studies from American University and a certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Cincinnati. Sue loves to come to Hope Springs to enter the quiet and to walk the land in its different seasons.
Cherry Steinwender is founder and Co-Executive Director of the Center for the Healing of Racism, an ethnically diverse, nonprofit corporation located in Houston, Texas. Through her work with the Center, she has helped to develop Dialogue: Racism, a seminar that brings together ethnically diverse groups to examine the history and sociological phenomenon of racism in the United States and to begin the process of healing racism.
Cherry has conducted healing racism workshops for myriad groups including counselors, social workers, religious communities and students and faculty from elementary school through university level. She has served on the Houston Community College Racial Awareness Program, the Advisory Board for the Center for Principled Leadership, as well as on the Advisory Council of the Office of Reconciliation Ministries. Cherry continues to offer intensive weekend workshops in cities across the United State to aid communities in establishing local programs to deal with the issue of racism.