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We are simply trying to hold space for
people interested in group relations work.
We serve as a home for people who have experienced the power of group relations work, particularly in combination with spirituality and social justice. We want to nurture the GR network by offering a place to co-create as individuals and/or organizations. We are open to collaboration around group relations conferences and application events, writing, reflecting and meeting. We offer to stay connected with “the work” in various ways. We pay attention to where the energy takes us.
The programs we offer at this moment are listed in the activities section. As we are growing in numbers, we are beginning to create local (and virtual) communities that people may join to nurture “the work.”
CO-CREATORS
Aarti Kapoor | Bangkok, Thailand | ||
Alan Ruiz | Brooklyn, NY, USA | ||
Alasdair Johnson | Portland, OR, USA | ||
Amber Williams | Villanova, PA, USA | In 2016, I was introduced to the work of group relations through my graduate program at the University of San Diego. Though extremely uncomfortable and quite unnerving at times, I found myself more curious. | |
Andrea Andrade | San Diego, CA, USA | I was introduced to group relations work in 2016. Since then I’ve been interested in finding ways to translate this experience in many other realms of my professional life. | |
Andrew Alsoraimi-Espiritu | San Diego, CA, USA | I was introduced to group relations while in graduate school at USD. That experience helped me define patterns within and around me which have been instrumental in contributing to positive change. | |
Andrew Royal | Milwaukee, WI, USA | I'm a psychotherapist living and working in Milwaukee, WI. My experiences with musical group improvisation and psychoanalysis lead me to group relations. Group relations lead me to get involved with the local Quaker Meeting. | |
Angel Hu | unceded territory of Kumeyaay | Angel Hu is a Creative Entrepreneur and Ritual Designer. Group Relations work gave Angel language to a familiar world of intricacies that were not usually spoken though always felt. | |
Angelo Lewis | Lambertville, NJ, USA | Angelo John Lewis is the Director of the Sacred Inclusion Network, the originator of the Dialogue Circle MethodTM, and the author of Notes for a New Age.
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Anita Bashin | Seattle, WA, USA | ||
Anita Prasad | Toronto, Canada | Anita is a grassroots social justice leader who's work experiences on the front lines of anti poverty, social and ecological justice work span a global context, from India to Canada. | |
Anjet van Linge | Den Andel, NED | Anjet is a founding member of Group Relations International, who currently holds the buoy in the Netherlands. Anjet is an artist who enjoys the manual feeling of reshaping material into a new creation. | |
Anna Runion | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Anya Baskin | Belchertown MA, USA | ||
Betsy Hasegawa | Bellingham WA, USA | ||
Brigid Nossal | Fitzroy North, Victoria AUS | I first became interested in Group Relations in 1997 and over the past 20 years have attended and worked on several Group Relations Conferences in Australia, UK, India and China. | |
Candice Crawford-Zakian | Jamaica Plain MA, USA | ||
Claudia Renchy Morton | Burlington VT, USA | I attended my first Group Relations conference outside Paris in 1999. That conference and each subsequent conference have provided me such deep learning about myself and systems in general. | |
Claudio Maroni | Feldmeilen Schweiz, SUI | ||
Cynthia Franklin | San Anselmo CA, USA | ||
Darryl Chen | Singapore | ||
David Brooks | Los Angeles CA, USA | ||
David Luna | Highland Park IL, USA | ||
Elizabeth Simpsom | San Francisco CA, USA | ||
Ellen Short | Brooklyn NY, USA | ||
Emmanuel Molin | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Evangeline Sarda | Belmont MA, USA | ||
Eve Barnett | Washington, DC, USA | I became fascinated by this work as a graduate student at Yale University in 2019 and am interested in the nexus between group relations, interpersonal and emotional intelligence, and environmentalism. | |
Ezekiel Lyons | Dunkirk MD, USA | ||
Gabriel Baldwin | Boston MA, USA | ||
Geralyn Williams | Somerset NJ, USA | Geralyn is a Jersey girl with a passion for community, social justice, mental health, and the arts. She currently works in community engagement & higher education. She is passionate about what GRI can do. | |
Grace Bagunu | San Diego, CA, USA | My first introduction to group relations was at the Leadership for Change Conference in January 2012 at the University of San Diego where I completed my PhD in Leadership Studies. | |
Hannah Gray-Chambers | Chula Vista CA, USA | Group Relations emerged into my life in 2018 during my Grad Program at USD. Ever since then, I have felt connected, passionate, and in alignment with this work. | |
Ihan Anita Ip | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Ingrid Ordal Plunkett | Brunswick, MA, USA | ||
Ingrid Plunkett | Brunswick ME, USA | ||
Isabelle A Reiniger | Evanston IL, USA | ||
Jack Lampl | Encinitas CA, USA | ||
Jack Marmorstein | Philadelphia PA, USA | ||
Jamie Stevens | Brooklyn NY, USA | ||
Janice Wagner | Jamaica Plain MA, USA | ||
Jared Wright | Providence RI, USA | ||
Jay Guben | Worton MD, USA | have been a user ,not a provider.First attending in 1970.
Tavistock, Paris and many conferences.
There has been personal and work related growth.
Also Indifference to the society at large;
I join to see if I can change that. | |
Jeanine Baillie | Berkeley CA, USA | ||
Jeffrey Roth | Chicago IL, USA | I am an addictions psychiatrist and group psychotherapist.
I have served as the past-president of the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, am a Fellow of the A. K. Rice Institute
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Jennifer Burrows | Alphington Victoria, AUS | ||
Jennifer Gross | Washington, D.C., USA | ||
Joanne Bowman | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Joe Lasley | San Diego CA, USA | Joe Lasley, PhD is Founder, Game Master at Gamenamic Leadership Consulting LLC (gamenamic.org) and Assistant Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine. | |
John Hinck | Montgomery AL, USA | ||
John Knight | Washington DC, USA | ||
John Weng | San Diego CA, USA | John has a background in higher education and leadership development in San Diego, with administrative appointments at UC San Diego and a teaching appointment at the University San Diego. | |
Jonathan Rust | Poughkeepsie NY, USA | I am a counseling psychologist and an associate professor at SUNY New Paltz. My interest in GR emanated from my understanding of the dynamics of my family of origin and being a member of the BIPOC community in the US. | |
Joshua DeSilva | Norfolk, VA, USA | ||
Journee | El Cajon CA, USA | Group Relations entered my life quietly in 2013. My involvement with GRI has made available both conscious and unconscious processes present in life. Over the years, I have served in various capacities. | |
Kamila Wujec | Masovia, POL | I came across Group Relations Learning in 2015 where I experience a profound learning on a personal level but also in terms of understanding the system as a whole, which was a complete new, enriching perspective. | |
Karen Heyneman | Fishtail, MT, USA | Karen Heyneman is a rancher, a pilot, a Harvard Presidential Scholar and Master of Theological Studies, whose work focuses on leadership and how groups make meaning in their lives and organizations. | |
Kat Zwick | Santa Cruz CA, USA | Kat Zwick, MA, LPCC, CGP - I have been involved since 2007 in group relations work as a GRC attendee, administrator, observer, and consultant on staff as well as a member of the directorate. | |
Kate Dominguez | Chicago, IL, USA | ||
Kate Regan | Roslyn WA, USA | ||
Kayla Lane | Philadelphia, PA, USA | I am a Philly native with a passion for yoga, holistic wellness and social justice. Although new to GRI, I’m passionate about the power the work has to make this world a much better place. | |
Keith Lequay | Kingston, JAM | ||
Kimberly Nunez Barrios | Norfolk VA, USA | ||
Laura Mikelsone | Republic of Latvia | ||
Lauren Levy | Moorpark CA, USA | I was first exposed to group relations work in 2016 during my Group Counseling course taught by René Molenkamp at the University of San Diego. From the beginning, this work has help me immensely with my personal growth. | |
Leo Wilton | Vestal, NY, USA | Member and Past President of the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems; Member of the Washington-Baltimore Center for the Study of Group Relations (WBC) | |
Limor Vink | Brooklyn NY, USA | ||
Lorri Sulpizio | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Lotte Svalgaard | Valby, DEN | ||
Lynn Levis | San Diego CA, USA | My first group relations experience brought to the light so many behaviors that were previously unconscious. It was the start of a journey that I'm still on, and I'm enjoying the experience of deeper reflection. | |
Manshreya Grover | New Delhi, IND | ||
Mark Argent | Cambridge, UK | I came to group relations from a background in group retreats and with the encouragement of my psychoanalytic supervisor. I've found this a rich way to explore processes in groups and organisations and in society more widely. | |
Mary Galuski | Lockport NY, USA | ||
Metta Charis Buchman | New York, NY, USA | I'm passionate about enabling people, teams, and organizations to build learning cultures and creative environments, to explore what is supporting or constraining that to happen, to thrive, and to put in practice new insights. | |
Mette Stuhr | Frederiksberg, DEN | ||
Michael Gutmann | Paris, FRA | ||
Michael Speer | Washington, D.C., USA | I have been passionately working in the GR world since the early ‘90’s. This practice has positively affected all aspects of my personal and professional life, from coaching and teaching to marriage.
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Michelle Schneider | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Minnie Tao | Chicago, IL, USA | ||
Nadia Greenspan | Chicago IL, USA | I've been bitten by the GR bug in 2010 and, since then, participated in over a dozen conferences in various roles. I am a group psychotherapist, an improviser, an acting instructor, a vegan and a practicing witch. | |
Natalie O'Neill | Singapore | ||
Nicholas Bartlett | New York NY, USA | ||
Nicole Assisi | San Diego CA, USA | Nicole is a Partner at Copernicus Consulting, Founder/CEO for Thrive, a Senior Advisory at Entangled and sits on the Advisory Board for the San Diego Community College District’s Continuing Education. | |
Nicole Borunda | USA | ||
Novien Yarber | USA | ||
Omowale Elson | Severn MD, USA | ||
Patricia Kummel | New York, NY, USA | ||
Patrick Jean-Pierre | New York NY, USA | ||
Peter Shapiro | Washington DC, USA | My connection to GRI goes back over a decade including serving as a founding circle member, board member, co-creator and co-responsible of Coaches for Causes. It has been a joyful, productive and rewarding association. | |
Ray Edward Ruiz | Long Beach CA, USA | ||
Raymond Bakaitis | Los Angeles CA, USA | My early group relations experiences in the 90’s served a psychotherapeutic purpose for me. I experienced my need for attention, my narcissism, my racism, sexism, and homophobia in ways I had never encountered. | |
Rebecca Abell | Washington DC, USA | I participated in my first group relations conference as part of my PsyD training in 2011 and I have become more deeply involved each year. I recently became a Certified Consultant through AKRI. | |
Rebecca Ellison | Silver Spring MD, USA | ||
René Molenkamp | San Diego CA, USA | My first group relations experience in 1992 profoundly influenced my life. Since then I have incorporated and applied group relations thinking in many of my professional activities as a therapist, coach, consultant and teacher. | |
Robert Ehnow | Coronado CA, USA | ||
Robert Hsiung | USA | ||
Rod Smith | Colorado Springs CO, USA | ||
Rose McIntyre | Herndon, VA, USA | I am an artist, spiritual being, and nature lover whose passion for groups permeates personal and professional life. I believe in the power of and importance of GR to explore uncover, increase awareness and to create change. | |
Roxanne Kymaani | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Sanjiwan Boparai | Elk Grove CA, USA | ||
Sarah Rosenbaum | Wynnewood PA, USA | ||
Sebastian Parsons | Hartlebury Worcestershire, UK | ||
Sebastian Slovin | Encinitas, CA, USA | Sebastian experienced group relations for the first time in 2015. That experience has inspired him ever since. He is a Co-Founder of Nature Unplugged, a wellness education and leadership development company. | |
Sonia Weyers | Grez sur Loning, FRA | ||
Stacey Williams | Bozeman, MT , USA | I first encountered group relations in 2011 at the University of San Diego. It helped me make sense of dynamics that I was tracking in my organizational life. It’s a profound container for liberation and healing. | |
Steven Nishida | Torrance CA, USA | ||
Suma Jacob, MD, PhD | Minneapolis MN, USA | My first group relations conference occurred when I was working nights as a medical resident at UCLA and I was invited by my chief to go during a rare weekend off. | |
Susanne Broeng | Aabybro, DEN | ||
Suzanne Weeks | St. Legier, SUI | GRI is a place where I feel I can contribute part of who I am for those who have less than me, and receive from others who offer me what I need in different moments. I have been involved in GRI for many years. | |
Tanisha Jain | Jersey City NJ, USA | ||
Tingli Zhou | Beijing, CN | Group relations experiences profoundly influenced my life & work, also a bridge, giving me the opportunity to connect with people from all over the world, & motivating me to explore more widely. | |
Todd Murphy | Bozrah CT, USA | ||
Tom Cesarini | San Diego CA, USA | ||
Tracy Wallach | Brookline MA, USA | ||
Tyler Bean | Saugus MA, USA | I am a truth seeker. As a forensic accountant at EY in the Forensic and Integrity Services practice, I investigate financial crime and evaluate integrity. | |
Vicky Mesrie | Brooklyn NY, USA | ||
Winnie Fei | Qing Dao, CN | My first GR was in 2010 Boltmore with Ruthellen Josselson. I was so curious about the one thing in this world that could arouse her passion so much. I tried to find out what on earth could influence people enormously. | |
Xumei Wang | Shenyang Liaoning, CN | My GRC learning is from 2016 Beijing, My world becomes broader and deeper since then. I joined the GRI 2020, I become a member of international GRs community. | |
Yael Sharoni | Mattan, ISR | ||
Yaro Fong-Olivares | Waltham MA, USA | ||
Yihe Yang | San Diego CA, USA | I was introduced to group relations work in 2017 through USD. It reshaped my perception of human relations. I look forward to furthering group relations development from an intercultural perspective. | |
Yu-An Wang | Seattle, WA, USA | ||
Zachary Green | San Diego CA, USA | Zachary is the co-founder of Group Relations International and a fellow of the A.K. Rice Institute. Celebrating 30 years of group relations work, Zachary has directed nearly 20 conferences and staffed dozens. | |
Zoe Hayman | San Diego CA, USA |