Alan Seid & Tricia King are both Trainers in Nonviolent Communication™, and certified in Permaculture Design. They are students of sustainability tools and practices, inner and outer, individual and collective, and are establishing a skills learning center on 25 acres near Bellingham, Washington. They have a private practice, offering trainings, consulting, and mediation for couples and organizations. Alan and Tricia's workshops are lively, inclusive, engaging, fun, and interactive. They strive, as early as possible in a program, to get people practicing the process on real situations in their lives, where they've seen that people experience the power of the process the most.

Loraine Hutchins, Ph.D. co-edited Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, the book that catalyzed the U.S. bi movement and is still rocking worlds over a decade later. She also co-starred in Betty Dodson's first video, Selfloving: Portrait of a Women's Sexuality Seminar and co-founded BiNet USA: The National Bisexual Network. A feminist wiccan who believes in the erotic core of all religions, she earned her doctoral degree in queer feminist sacred sexualities. She works as a sex educator and sex coach in the Washington, DC area; specializing in serving large people, elders, people with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender folk with increasing their sexual satisfaction and pleasure and is working on a new book on this work called "Harlots & Healers."

Robert Silber has worked as an organic farmer and gardener, permaculture landscape consultant, political organizer with the Sierra Club and other national environmental organizations, and is currently the Allegheny Riverkeeper. He is located in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.

Laina Dicker, MAT, CHT, is a joyful, loving mish-mash who defies pigeon-holing. Laina is a leader for the Human Awareness Institute, and a co-leader for the monthly workshops of the Self-Awareness Institute. And oh yes, she rides a Harley.

Judy Dolmatch, MSW, is a nationally certified practitioner of psychodrama and group psychotherapy. She has worked in mental health settings for 25 years, and conducted trainings in psychodrama, action methods, and improvisational theatre for public and professional groups. She founded the Rogue Valley Playback Theatre in 1995, and has been a Summer Camp presenter each year since SC'01.

Sharon Byrd facilitates conflict resolution and a monthly Human Awareness Institute (HAI) support group. She also presents at HAI community nights. She believes that we are on this human journey to learn to love, and delights in creating experiential opportunities for others to find expanded ways to dive more deeply into the experience of loving. Sharon brings her joyful heart, mind and humor to all that she does.

Teri Ciacchi is a teacher, counselor, artist and writer known for her leadership role in creating sex-positive culture. She received her Master's degree in Social Work in 1988. Teri has been a member of Seattle's Sex Positive Community Center since 2000. She is on the S.S.P.C.C. Sex Education Committee and an active part of the Pacific North West Sex Educators Forum.

Roberto Rodriguez and Wako Takayama present. Roberto is a teacher and coach in various body/mind modalites (Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Tarot Chi, and Tarot for Living) in the S.F. Bay Area (see www.newworldpractice.com). His mission in life is to inspire and support people to deepen their connection with their own bodies and hearts, and to increase their sensitivity to connections with each other and all living things. Wako helps companies to promote products and services that are healthy for the environment and people. She also produces and supports community-based events that bring people together to celebrate and share their passions. She is passionate about doing away with waste, creating beauty, and "nurturing her inner Latina".

For a detailed examination of the development and use of this process at ZEGG, see What is the ZEGG Forum? in our document library section.