Tom Daly, Ph.D. Tom is a co-founder of The Men’s Leadership Alliance, and creator of the Leadership Training Program. He is a teacher, therapist, life transitions coach, and a nationally respected elder in men’s soul work. The author of ‘Wildmen at the Border’ and ‘4 Gateways Coaching’, Tom is co-creator of the Inner King Training and founder of 4Gateways Coaching. Tom has led men’s groups and done rites of passage work for over 30 years. He is best known for his ability to create powerful containers for sacred soul work. Tom is a father, step-father & grandfather.
	Jason Geoffrion, MA As a teacher and mental health counselor Jason has worked with high school students and adults throughout Minnesota, Alaska, and Colorado. Through it all he has seen a deep desire and hunger from men to experience meaningful connection with themselves and others; and the dire ramifications when that connection is absent. Jason is actively working to create spaces for men to access their authentic selves, connect meaningfully with their communities, and discover their work in the world. He has guided wilderness trips, camping excursions, father/son retreats and rites of passages for people of all ages.
	Stuart Motola, MAStuart is the founder of Ubuntu Coaching for Men, helping men enhance purpose and power in their careers, finances, and relationships. He has 20 years of experience working in education, small businesses, psychology, and men’s work. He is a certified 4 Gateways coach and celebrant.. He is passionate about holding men in ceremony and helping men live heart-felt lives. He has been very active in MLA during the past ten years and holds MLA’s work in high esteem as it has transformed his life and many others. He is also a proud father and husband and the co-owner of Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids, which provides theatre education to over a thousand Boulder/Denver area youth performers every year.
	Geoffrey Hanzlik, MSWGeoffrey Hanzlik, MSW, is a certified 4Gateways coach, psychotherapist, therapeutic mentor for teens and young adults, and parent coach. Geoff’s passionate about supporting young men discover their inner resources, strengths, and wisdom as they journey to an empowered and soulful life. Along with supporting young adults and parents, Geoff facilitates men’s groups, parent groups, and groups with professional musicians to deepen their creativity, purpose, and performance skills. Geoff is a student Brazilian of spirituality as well as Brazilian guitar enthusiast. He is a passionate husband and father of two children.
	Jeffrey Duvall Jeffrey is a co-founder of The Men’s Leadership Alliance. He has guided men’s retreats for over 20 years in celebration of personal mythology, creative expression, healing, and world peace. He is a wilderness rites of passage guide and works on the staff of the School Of Lost Borders Youth Programs in addition to his work with MLA. Jeffrey is author of ‘Men, Meaning, and Prayer: The Reconciliation of Heart and Soul in Modern Manhood’. A devoted husband and father, he lives with his wife and young son in Nederland, Colorado.
	Keith Fairmont Keith is a co-founder of Men’s Leadership Alliance. He is an executive coach assisting individuals and groups in navigating business and personal transitions. His work is designed to stimulate positive and dramatic shifts in the way a person responds to their inner world, their partner, family and friends, their work and their world. He is also a certified resource for the Young President’s Organization (YPO). Keith is a dedicated husband, father of four, a mentor, a men’s group leader, and a community builder.
	Mel Grusing, MSW Mel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. For the past 25 years he has focused on men’s issues and is dedicated to guiding men in finding their core value and expressing this value through their relationships, work and community. Mel has been on the staff of the Men’s Leadership Training for 11 years. Mel is an elder, husband, father and grandfather.
	Jonathan HefterJonathon been active with soul-based support work for over ten years. In studying Rites Of Passage work, he participated in Vision Fast ceremonies with the School of Lost Borders in Big Pine, California, and currently servers on the staff of MLA’s Vision Fast programl. In 2003 Jonathon completed MLA’s Leadership Training Program. He has served several times as a Guide with The Berkshire Men’s Council. In keeping with this tradition, Jonathan became a certified 4 Gateways Life and Career Coach in 2005. He and his wife Kathryn live in Norwalk, Connecticut.
	Michael Herrick, MAMichael is an artist, poet, psychotherapist and director of “The Human Rites Institute”. As a teacher and trainer for the Hakomi Institute from 1986-2001 he taught workshops and psychotherapy trainings worldwide. Currently he maintains a private practice and studio in Longmont Colorado. where he lives with his wife and daughter.
	Don Koehler, Ph.D.Founder and director of Family Hope Clinic, an inner-city mental health facility in Denver, Don has over 25 years of clinical experience as a therapist and supervisor and 15 years of group process and general consulting experience. Don is trained as a 4 Gateways Life Coach and a Newfield Executive Coach, and is a certified People Map Trainer and Leader Lab Facilitator. He facilitates experiential workshops and seminars, men’s groups, and outdoor experiences. He is a devoted father and husband.
	Jude Blitz, MACo-founder of Women in Power, Jude is a psychotherapist in private practice and a facilitator and teacher of Systemic Constellation Work in Boulder, Colorado. Certified in Hakomi Therapy and Shadow Work®, Jude is a practicing fifth degree black belt in Aikido, which she teaches at the Naropa University. She is a training mentor for 4 Gateways Coaching programs and a leader of the Inner Sovereign Program for men and women. . A member of a moon lodge for many years, and then a member of the Rolling Crones, Jude created and led women’s retreats: Reclaim Our Feminine Initiations; Warriorship and the Feminine; Meetings with Remarkable Women: Our Mothers. She also designs and facilitates personal retreats and initiatory ceremonies for women from 13 years old to 80+.
	J. Todd Smiedendorf, M.S., M.Div.A graduate of the Iliff School of Theology, Todd was ordained as a minister in United Church of Christ and served the Forest Grove UCC in Forest Grove, Oregon for several years before returning to Colorado in 2005. Todd has been involved with The Men’s Leadership Alliance since 2001, and served as adminis-trative staff in 2006-07. He is the creator of CrossRoads in the Wilderness, an MLA program for Christian men. Todd has completed Basic Facilitator Training in Shadow Work™ and is a Certified 4Gateways Coach.
	Gene Dilworth, MA Gene is an environmental educator and wilderness guide with more than twenty years experience leading groups in nature-based pathways to self-discovery, wholeness, and community. He is an adjunct faculty member in both the Environmental Studies and Transpersonal Psychology Departments at Naropa University, with extensive training in ecology, ecopsychology and wilderness rites-of-passage. Gene is committed to facilitating deep encounters with the more-than-human world, and to incorporating the gifts of true nature into contemporary culture. He nurtures his own sense of wonder by exploring the Boulder foothills with his young daughter.
	Laura Waver, MA Laura Weaver, MA is a mother, writer, rites of passage guide, and co-director of the PassageWorks Institute (www.passageworks.org). She is the co-author of the book The 5 Dimensions of Engaged Teaching and her poetry, book chapters, and essays have been published widely. She has taught courses and workshops for parents and educators for the last ten years and has a particular passion for supporting young people through the transition years.
	Jennie Gershater, MA Jennie Gershater Lopez, MA, LMT is a somatic healing arts practitioner who has been guiding individuals through significant life thresholds since 1998. She leads workshops for women of all ages at many stages in their lives. She weaves dance, the creative process, the natural world and body-based awareness into her work. Her deeply-rooted vitality, pure passionate heart, and playful spirit are at the foundation of her work.
	Brie Anderson-Feldman, MA Brie Anderson-Feldman, MA, BC-DMT is child and family therapist, with over 10 years experience supporting young people find empowerment, hope and healing. She is passionate about partnering with communities, both locally and internationally to create programming which addresses the critical themes related to the social and emotional health of young women. www.passagescounseling.org.