Ryan Oelrich Ryan Oelrich is an artist, advocate, and community builder. He serves as the Executive Director of Priority Spokane, a nationally recognized collective impact organization, and he’s a Culture of Health Fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He was awarded the Peirone Prize for service in 2016, and he’s received congressional recognition for…
Tom Mueller I am a freelance author whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, NY Times and elsewhere, on topics ranging from computer chess programming to the evolution of whales to the international conspiracy of olive oil fraudsters. My new book explores the social, legal, and psychological history of whistleblowing. The rise of…
Kiantha Duncan Kiantha is an avid writer, artist and philanthropist. In her profession she serves as a Program Officer at Empire Health Foundation. For over 20 years Kiantha has been recognized nationally as a community advocate, mobilizer and leader. As a former foster child having experienced traumatic Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Kiantha’s lived experience, passion…
Linda Hunt Linda Lawrence Hunt is co-founder of the Krista Foundation for Global Citizenship, an award-winning author, and former professor and director of the Writing Program at Whitworth University. A graduate of the University of Washington, she earned her Ph.D. from Gonzaga University. As the mother of a 25-year-old daughter who was killed while volunteering…
Karli Ingersoll Karli Ingersoll is a Spokane native, a designer, artist and arts organizer. She co-owns The Bartlett and Lucky You Lounge and is a songwriter/musician in several local bands including Super Sparkle, Cathedral Pearls and her solo project Windoe. She’s worked the past six years as a Spokane Arts Commissioner and runs the blog…
Erin Lydon Erin is an investor, strategist, keynote speaker and coach. Much of her working life was spent in Chicago, first as a fundraising executive and then as a private banker at JPMorgan. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and French from Bates College and her MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School…
Kimber Lybbert I am a National Board-certified teacher at Moses Lake High school, and my students keep telling me I need to write a book or give a TED talk. I don’t think this is because of who I am, but because of who they are. This year, their argumentative research projects answer the question:…
Benjamin Maixner Benjamin is a Spokane native living in Los Angeles. He is a board-certified behavior analyst providing behavioral and organizational consulting. He currently serves as the Director of Programs at Exceptional Minds, a vocational program training adults with autism to work in visual effects and animation. The program has afforded these artists the opportunity…
Abby Miller Abby Miller is a consultant specializing in developing effective, nutritious school meal programs for rural communities throughout Eastern Washington. As a registered dietitian, she focuses her work on educating faculties and students alike on everything from scratch cooking skills to the nutritional importance of fresh produce. As a mother of two young girls,…
Nicolette Ocheltree My name is Nicolette Ocheltree and I’m a philosopher from Spokane, Washington. I went to college at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and graduate school at Columbia University in New York. When I am not working on my new book, I am probably talking someone’s ear off about current affairs or spending…
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