MEET THE TEAM

The FYERA foundation's LEADERship team

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SHEVA CARR
Founder, President

ROBERT BROWNING
Vice President

MELINDA DEWEY
Secretary

SANDRA SOLANO McGUIRE
Chief Medical Officer & Treasurer

Lisa Marie GORMAN
Chief Nursing Officer

MATTHEW MITCHELL
Board Member

CHERYL GEOFFRION
Chief of Staff & Communications Officer

Easton Moko
Regional Director, Zimbabwe

Kansas Carradine
Director of C20 operations

The FYERA Foundation's BOARD of advisors

MAI SHBETA
Board Member

Phoenix Gauthier
Youth Board member

CAROLD GARCIA
C.O.O. - Nicaragua Region

SHEVA

Founder, CEO, President, Executive Director

Sheva Carr

Sheva Carr is a visionary, humanitarian, creator, lover of life, author, speaker, doctor of Oriental Medicine, Board Certified Polarity Therapist and Registered Polarity Educator, and expert HeartMath trainer and coach. She loves to help people find fulfillment and peace within the power of their hearts! She is the founding CEO of Fyera! Inc and Heart Ambassadors, a global network of endeavors sharing a common purpose of creating measurable social ROI to transform the world’s story with heart. Under the umbrella of that mission she is the architect of HeartMath’s www.heartmastery.com program, the founding Executive Director of the Fyera Foundation and Sunflower SunPower Kids, and Co-Vice President and Head of UN Delegations for the United Nations Peace Messenger Organization Pathways To Peace www.pathwaystopeace.org . The author of “Being the Source of Love” and “Where the Sky Meets the Earth,” she is featured as a “love luminary” in Marci Schimoff’s New York Times bestselling book “Love for No Reason.” She cofounded (with Global Womens Empowerent Network and The Representation Project) the annual Women Illuminated Film Festival. She is also the founding visionary behind www.operationbigsister.org designed to enroll a Civilian Army to contribute to efforts to end sex trafficking and modern day slavery. She mentors teens from Israel and Palestine in peace dialogues with www.creativityforpeace.org under the motto “An enemy is a friend whose story you have yet to hear.”

She has created her own trauma relief interventions with her knowledge of the autonomic nervous system, and has been published in respected medical journals as “Perspectives in Biology and Medicine,” and other publications including “The UN Special.” She has trained and mentored medical staff from C-level executives to bedside nurses at distinguished medical centers, including Mayo Clinic, Harvard, Stanford, Cedars Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, and more. She also founded the first HeartMath hospital patient education program at Earl Bakken’s Heart-Brain Institute. She co-authored HeartMath’s Stopping Emotional Eating Program with Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman and was the coach and manager of the participants involved in the study done on that program. Previously on the Faculty of Alternative Medicine at University of Minnesota, and a professor of Oriental Medicine at Emperor’s College, she has worked as a coach and consultant to leading cardiologists, heart-brain researchers, and physicists. She has also trained United Nations staff and numerous international government agencies, and soldiers preparing for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

She did her undergraduate work in fine arts, cross cultural international studies, Spanish, and premed at Carnegie Mellon Universty, Yale, Friends World College, and Dalhousie University. She received experiential credits for her work in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Holland, England, and Canada. Her Masters Degree is in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Yo San University.

Sheva speaks to people all over the world on how to access heart intelligence and peace of mind, in order to receive the benefits of the heart’s impact on their relationships, health, performance, creativity, contribution, legacy, social change, and the building of a global culture of peace.

Please see Sheva Carr’s full bio HERE

And CV HERE

Robert Browning

Director of HeartMath Healthcare and Consultant to / Trainer with Fyera; Co-Vice President of United Nations Peace Messenger Organization ‘Pathways To Peace’

Robert Browning, PhD (h.c.) is Co-Director for HeartMath Healthcare and a Senior Master Trainer. For over 25 years with HeartMath, he’s trained more than 20,000 individuals in heart-based living and leads programs at: Stanford, U.C.L.A., Brigham & Women’s and Kaiser Permanente. He oversees HeartMath’s strategic healthcare alliances focused on self-care, human caring and wholeness healing. In April, 2015, Robert received an Honorary Doctorate in Human Caring and Caring Science from Dr. Jean Watson, Founder and Director, Watson Caring Science Institute and Dean Emerita-University of Colorado, Denver, College of Nursing. It was given “to honor devotion to the betterment of humankind through human caring – heart centered teachings and practices.”

He holds a faculty position with the Esalen Institute and Watson Caring Science Institute and adjunct faculty with the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, College of Nursing. Robert graduated from U.C.L.A., Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Communications. His passion and 20 year focused inquiry on the power of the heart, care and healing has informed the depth of his work, practice and message.

ROBERT

Vice President

Melinda Dewey

Board Certified Coach. Trainer. Speaker. Mentor. Operations Officer. The Fyera Foundation Board Member and Secretary

Following a successful 17-year business career in roles as a Corporate Controller, Project Manager and bank Loan Officer, Melinda now combines her business expertise and passion for health, empowerment, and resilience as Operations Officer in addition to her private practice as a certified Life and Breath Coach and HeartMath Coach and Trainer to individuals and groups. Some of her related certifications, training, and 30 years of full-time wellness-related experience include:

Licensed HeartMath® Coach and HeartMath Certified Trainer
C.O.O. of Fyera! Inc since 2010
C.O.O. of HeartMath’s HeartMastery online learning program since 2011, managing and leading HeartMath Course Group Coaching Calls for students from around the world
Certified Mindful Change Life Coach, with Wellness Coaching specialty training At the Institute of Life Coach Training
Employee Wellness Coach to Fortune® 100 employees cross the Nation for over five years
Board-Certified Coach Credential
Owner, manager of InnerLight Healing Arts in Costa Mesa, CA for 10 years, with chiropractic and allopathic physicians and practitioners of various holistic modalities and group class offerings.
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Communication

It is also my privilege to serve as a board member and secretary of non-profit The Fyera Foundation since 2011.

It is my joy to engage in awakening authenticity, potential and heart intelligence with the power of the heart to generate inner and outer peace.

SANDRA

Chief Medical Officer, Treasurer

Sandra Solano

M.D., M.S.

Sandra is a healthcare professional with more than 20 years of experience as a Healthcare Executive and consultant and now has her own Holistic Wellness practice in New Albany, Ohio. Dr. Solano successfully implemented large scale transformational projects in the private and public sector and was recognized as a successful disruptor and change agent. Through her career, Dr. Solano experienced personally and professionally the detrimental impact that stress and lack of emotional regulation has in productivity, communication and efficacy in the work place and family life. Through her practice, she works with individuals, teams, groups and organizations to bring evidence-based tools and skills that empower the individual to develop emotional fitness and stress management.

While she enjoyed a successful and fulfilling career in public health, Dr. Solano felt disconnected and unfulfilled. She continued studying alternative health modalities and how they could improve wellness. After extensive research and training, Sandra chose a combination of methods that facilitate the regulation of emotions and management of stress as the foundation of her holistic wellness practice. Dr. Solano is a certified trainer of HeartMath’s Resilience Advantage™ program; certified practitioner Shuniya Tibetan Bowl Sound Healing©; a Reiki Master; and a practitioner of Holographic Memory Resolution©.

After personally experiencing and practicing these tools, Dr. Solano feels connected with her authentic self and feels a sense of hope and peace that she wants to share with others. Learning about and experiencing these techniques brought her a new understanding of health as a state of balance and wholeness. Her concept of health sees every person as a fundamentally perfect being. Her passion is to help others to find that connection, authenticity, peace, and hope that she is now able to experience

The Fyera Foundation is committed to the development of our leaders.

To increase our effectiveness at the local level, we sponsored our Chief Medical Officer, Sandra Solano, M.D., M.S., to attend the New Albany Leadership program. Sandra summarized her experience and the lessons learned for our community.

Lisa Marie Gorman

R.N., M.S.

Lisa Marie is a healthcare professional with over 30 years of experience, in a wide range of roles from critical care nurse to corporate wellness director. Throughout her extensive career, she witnessed firsthand the profound impact of stress on herself and her colleagues. Despite learning and teaching various healing modalities such as yoga and mindfulness, she found that managing the deeply ingrained stress response in her nervous system remained a challenge. Her life took a transformative turn upon discovering HeartMath – the catalyst that facilitated her personal healing from stress and trauma.

HeartMath® and the power of heart coherence provide the foundation of her coaching and consulting practice with individuals, organizations and animals. Lisa Marie’s unique approach is a synthesis of her rich background in nursing, functional, integrative, and lifestyle medicine, nutrition, yoga, meditation, energy healing, polarity principles, spirituality, and intuition. In addition, she facilitates animal healing and the human-animal bond as an animal communicator and animal reiki practitioner.

Lisa Marie holds a Master’s Degree in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition, and is a HeartMath Certified Master Trainer, HeartMath Trauma Sensitive Certified Practitioner, Animal Reiki Practitioner, Animal Communicator, yoga, and meditation teacher.

It is a life dream of hers to serve on a nonprofit board of directors. She deeply humbled and grateful to be a part of the heart of The Fyera Foundation!

LISA

Chief Nursing Officer

MATTHEW

Board Member

Matthew Mitchell

Matthew Mitchell has over 30 years experience in sales, business development, and relationship management. He is an international speaker and consultant specializing in high performance and human potential. He gives people the tools and guidance necessary to eliminate the limiting beliefs and behaviors that hold them back so that they can achieve excellence in their personal and professional lives.

Matthew received his Masters of International Management from The American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, Arizona and his MBA at ESADE, (Escuela Superior de Administraccion y Direccion de Empresas) in Barcelona, Spain.

Matthew’s diverse career has spanned a number of industries. He spent ten years doing finance deals for large corporate clients with US Leasing and GE Capital. He made a career change in the early ‘90’s by going to work for Lucasfilm Ltd. in the Entertainment industry. He headed their electronic editing systems division and represented their proprietary technology to the major studios and production companies.

Matthew later served as VP of Television sales for two top post-production facilities in Los Angeles, once again cultivating relationships with studio heads, and independent film companies. He spent several years in the Communications industry with Qwest Digital Media being one of the first to sell the ability to deliver content over the Internet.

In 2004, he began his own consulting practice specializing in teaching high level skills to the fortune 100.

At present, Matthew is a keynote speaker, an expert in “Negotiation Skills”, “Organizational Savvy”, “Power Messaging”, and “Executive Presence” skills. He travels nationally conducting public seminars in negotiation skills. He has consulted and trained some of the biggest companies in the world. Current and former clients include: UPS, VMware, EMC, GE (multiple divisions), Honeywell, Tektronix, Ciena, Fujitsu Networks, Pratt & Whitney, Exxon Mobil Chemical, Microsoft, ATT, Sprint, Yahoo, Earthlink, Oracle, Cisco, HP, Intel, AMD, Aetna, Prudential, Siemens, Owens Corning, Cardinal Health, Care Fusion / Becton Dickenson, Autodesk, Caremark, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Abbott Labs, Wellpoint, United Healthcare, Optum Health, Ingenix, Hersheys, Applied Materials, Kronos, Ceridian, Unisys, Intelsat, Colgate Palmolive, and Medela.

Cheryl Geoffrion

Cheryl Geoffrion is certified as a trainer, facilitator and coach by The Institute of HeartMath and The International Center for Attitudinal Healing. She has facilitated one-on-one coaching, support groups, and workshops for more then 24 years utilizing these principles and practices as well as many other transformational life techniques. She has also worked with Fortune 100 companies, Non-Profits, and individuals as an expert negotiator, facilitator, and coach in sales and negotiation skills, leadership development, interpersonal communication and conflict resolution. She is a published co-author of The Three Value Conversations, How to Create, Elevate, & Capture Customer Value at Every Stage of the Long-Lead Sales with a feature article of the same theme in Top Sales World Magazine. An international motivational speaker, teacher, and former TV talk show host, Cheryl brings experience, compassion and vision to her work.

For more than two decades, Cheryl has been highly sought as a keynote speaker and consultant to a wide variety of public, private and educational institutions. Her experience, passion, sense of humor, and ability to drive high-impact performance execution enable her to be both entertaining and remarkably effective at producing transformational results.

Additionally she has the unique privilege to specialize in comprehensive international and domestic sport sponsorship and corporate hospitality programs working with the Olympics and FIFA World Cup implementing programs for Top Sponsors in Asia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States. She also served as the Managing Director of the Avon Breast Cancer 3-days and the National AIDSRides during which time she was responsible for many multi-million dollar charitable events nationwide. Cheryl’s global experience ensures a strong cultural awareness.

Cheryl started her professional career as an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) where she honed a skillset that enabled her to achieve great success as one of the youngest certified in ATC nationwide. She went on to pioneer unique performance enhancing coaching programs for Air Traffic Managers and Supervisors.

Affiliations:
-Fyera Foundation
-Institute of HeartMath
-The International Center for Attitudinal Healing
-CMCM T.V./Talk Show Host
-Summer Olympics: Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro
-FIFA World Cup, South Africa
-Winter Olympics, Vancouver

CHERYL

Chief of Staff & Communications Officer

EASTON

Regional director - zimbabwe

Easton Moko

Easton is married to Emmanuela and has 2 children. He has a background in Banking, is a proud Heartmath Certified Trainer and has successfully completed and passed his degree in Development Studies. He is the Executive Local Coordinator for the Rosshirt Water for Africa Foundation Water Borehole and related farm projects. And he oversees The Fyera Foundation Zimbabwe water projects and the sponsoring of students to attend school there.

PHOENIX

Youth Board Member

Phoenix Gauthier

I was blessed to have been brought up in an extremely non-conventional way, traveling around the world with a circus until the age of 8. Most of my life I have been homeschooled, following a Waldorf education curriculum that has nurtured my creativity and helped to inspire my love for music and the arts. Traveling to many countries has not only given me a perspective on how society functions in different cultures, but has also opened my eyes to the suffering and injustice that goes on outside of our daily lives. When I am asked what my goal in life is, I’m usually drawn to responding with, “I want to help people. I want to learn how to be of service to the world.” The Fyera Foundation offered me the amazing opportunity to attend the 2023 C20 summits that took place in India, where I was able to observe and learn from how our pressing global issues are being dealt with, while continuing to share the principles of HeartMath. This was just one small step of many more to come toward realizing my goal. I represent the younger generation, and I hope to awaken in them a desire to work together to bring about a better future.

KANSAS

Director of c20 operations

Kansas Carradine

Kansas Carradine is a globally acclaimed professional horsewoman with a lifelong dedication to her craft. Since she was 11 years old, she has entertained audiences around the world, demonstrating her exceptional talents as a trick rider, roman rider, and lasso artist.

Some of her performance credits include Hidalgo, Heartland, the World Equestrian Games, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, National Finals Rodeo, appearances on MTV, ESPN, CBS, Equitana, Cheval Passion and Equifest. She has been featured in publications such as Sports Illustrated, Western Horseman, Cowboy & Indians, and the LA Times. With Cavalia, she toured over five continents as a featured soloist, roper, rider, and trainer.

Kansas is a HeartMath Certified Trainer and SkyHorse Equine Guided Educator and incorporates her unique skills into her training and coaching; bridging science, spirituality, horsemanship and heart. Through her workshops and teachings, she helps individuals activate their own heart intelligence for improved emotional self-regulation, self-confidence, health, connection, and performance.

Following the wisdom and power of her heart, Kansas has made a positive impact through her service work with G20/C20 Presidency in India as Project Manager for the Fyera Foundation, as well as outreach in indigenous communities and fundraising for the Humane Society, Equestrian Aid Foundation, Wild Beauty Foundation, Compton Cowboys, and Embracing the World Charities.

Mai Shbeta

Lawyer, Mediator, Project Manager and Group Facilitator

Mai is a peace activist, human rights lawyer, mediator, and group facilitator. She was born and raised in Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace), the only intentional Jewish-Arab village in Israel. Her mother is Jewish and her father is Palestinian and her dream is to be a bridge between the two people. Since she was young, Mai has been active in programs that promote peace, leadership, and human rights in different organizations like Global Changemakers, Creativity for Peace, V-Girls (V-Day) and UNESCO’s Young Peace Ambassadors Workshop. She is a board member of the Fyera Foundation and is primarily working on a project that seeks to end human trafficking (the project includes a feature film, documentary film and online platform). In 2011, when she was 19, she participated and gave a speech about her work at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mai completed her legal internship at Michael Sfard’s human rights law office in Tel Aviv. She studied mediation and is seeking to give workshops and mediate between people in different conflict zones. Right now she is working as a project manager at the “Elmina” Jewish-Arab theatre in Jaffa and at the Center for Multiculturalism and Diversity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and she is also developing a mediation project between Israeli and Palestinian leaders and politicians.

Gary Strauss

BCPP, RPE, MS

Gary B. Strauss, BCPP, RPE, MS is a Master Practitioner and world-famous Polarity Therapy and CranioSacral Unwinding Instructor. He is the founder and director of Life Energy Institute and Polarity Healing Arts of CA.

Among his many credentials is his Master of Science Degree in Biology/Nutrition, University of Bridgeport, Conn.

He is also co-founder of LEI-IPSB Trust, a non-profit, 501(c)3, organization developed to spread wellness and energy healing in our community and around the world. Lei-Ipsb Trust | Their mission is to support people in all walks of life with our experienced teachers and practitioners sharing the benefits of energy healing.

He has consulted in curriculum development and/or business practices with the following Schools or Organizations:
Polarity and Yoga center of Long Island, NY

Energy ARTS of Manhattan, NY
Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing of Los Angeles, CA
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Scottsdale, AZ
Ecole Romand of Geneva, Switzerland
Energy Open Center of Kobe, Japan
Polarity Wellness of New York and Switzerland

He continues to mentor and guide the development of these schools, their teachers and their practitioners.

Gary has helped thousands of people find greater health and well-being with his work and mentoring. His educational programs have uplifted many students to greater levels of skill, self-awareness, empowerment and deep understanding of the Principals of Life Energy.

CAROLD

C.O.O - Nicaragua Region

Carold Garcia

16 years overseeing the operations of our programs in Nicaragua while raising her 16 year old daughter Lidia.

I am Carold García Castillo, Nicaraguan, graduated in Business Administration (UNAN-MANAGUA) with training in the HeartMath techniques and Regional Director for Fundación Fyera Nicaragua. I was born in January 1979 in Managua. I come from a family of limited resources and numerous, I am divorced and single mother of a lady of 15 years. I have vague memories of bittersweet childhood, my crib was the arms of my parents, my food the hope of my humble family and a people afflicted to see a new sun until the end of the Sandinista popular revolution of 1979-1990. In 1991 I heard Sheva’s name for the first time, her influential person formed in me a firm spirit, an integral character, a strength, and a deep desire to face everything. My life mission is at the service of families, to make a difference in the beating of their hearts.

SARAH

Youth Board Member

Sarah Syed

Sarah is an 18-year-old climate activist and innovator. She is a Youth Board Member at The Fyera Foundation, a fellow at The David Suzuki Foundation, and a climate education workshop facilitator/community and social media manager at Starfish Canada. Sarah is passionate about leveraging her passion for tech to research and design equitable climate-tech solutions. From bioplastic research made from food scraps to her most recent project that spanned over two years, a biodegradable sorbent made from polymers, biomass, and polysaccharide aerogels that have the efficiency of removing 98% of oils, organic compounds, and heavy metal compounds. Sarah is currently working on leveraging nanomaterials to design a rotating and semi-transparent solar cell and an IoT water sensor to reduce water wastage in agriculture. Her efforts have been recognized by distinguishable honors such as MP Dan Albas, NDP Critic for Environment and Climate Change Laurel Collins, and The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell during the Ontario Junior Citizen award ceremony. She has also been named a Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalist in Canada, Ontario Junior Citizen, and 1 of 3 young women making a mark on climate change by the Weather Network, National Nature Inspirational Youth, and Future Mind Under 25.

She is also the founder of You Are the Change, a youth-led organization dedicated to helping youth become changemakers in their community. She enjoys sharing her story and ideas in hopes of inspiring other youth and ensuring that action is taken now on the life-threatening climate crisis. Sarah has spoken at many conferences including the United Nations Water Conference Offical Side event, UN Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, Eco Impact, HWY H2O, Electricity Transformation Canada, AWE USA, University of Toronto, and McGill University, among others.

Regina Shuvanova

The universe that we all call home is made up of amazing energy accessible to all of those who are willing to see it and embrace it. This energy can make any dream a reality. It has been my life journey and passion to help those who are distracted and unable to see clearly, find their path. This energy is everywhere and present in everything we do, from basic daily short term activities, to long term complex life discoveries. I was born in Tashkent Uzbekistan, a product of 2 Russian parents. I am bilingual in Russian and English. Having moved from Uzbekistan to Russia, and then to the United States, I have always wanted to bring people of the world together, to learn from each other, to grow, and to harness that energy. I received a Masters degree in Diplomacy & International Relations from Seton Hall University. I worked on developing international business relationships and cooperation through my role with the Mid-Atlantic Eurasia Business Council (MAEBC/MARBC) in Philadelphia, PA. With my career moving forward, a wonderful gift was given to me midstream. I became a mom. Life moves in mysterious ways and has its own path at times, yet, this energy I speak of is found in all things, at times, where you least expect it. I relocated from the West Coast and now live in San Diego California. I am currently in a leadership role with Caesars Entertainment, live with a loving husband, and a beautiful son. Without a doubt, being a mom has taught me more than I could have ever imagined, and has helped me in my own journey to find that energy.

REGINA

Board Member

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C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Technology, security and transparency

working group

This Working Group recognized the significant impact of technology on global progress and prosperity. The group focused on ensuring that innovative technologies are accessible and affordable for social impact while considering the value Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) bring in fostering consistency, accountability, and scalability in technology development and diffusion. Emphasizing equity and inclusivity, the insights from CSOs guided the creation of technologies that enable automated decision-making and knowledge aggregation for societal development.

Additionally, the group explored security concerns, particularly for vulnerable communities such as children, women, and the disabled. Responsible internet and media use was promoted to ensure harmony and security, both at the individual and community levels.

Transparency is a fundamental pillar for achieving neutrality and accountability. The working group aimed to address mistrust and misinformation, which can lead to institutional failures, by advocating for transparency through various platforms. They engaged in comprehensive assessments and the implementation of regulatory measures to enhance transparency in different sectors.

The emphasis and approach laid down towards addressing the issues within this Working Group are expected to further the civil society narrative to long-term holistic solutions for building societies that are technology-empowered, secure, and held accountable by their transparency to their citizens.

Final Policies The Fyera Foundation contributed to in the G20 Leaders' Declaration pertaining to this working group:

Violent Gaming; Technology Violence Addiction; Gender Bias In A.I.

The Fyera Foundation was invited to submit this poster presentation to the Integrative Health Working Group

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Integrated holistic health

working group

Global Health has been an essential working group in past C20 summits, reflecting the healthcare issues of the day. Nothing highlighted inequities, inequalities, and the limitations of our existing healthcare systems around the globe as starkly as the COVID-19 pandemic.

The C20 Integrated Holistic Health working group was comprised of seven subgroups with areas of focus that include mental health, nutrition, women’s and children’s health, elderly care, holistic health approaches, One Health, and the reduction of noncommunicable diseases. Efforts to address these concerns took a holistic approach that addressed the physical, emotional, environmental, and social components to health. Delving into these areas of focus, the working group aimed to widen the discussions on different facets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being.

Example of Fyera's contribution to the g20 Leaders' Declaration pertaining to this working group:

Strengthening Global Health and Implementing One Health Approach

Recognize the potential role of evidence-based Traditional and Complementary Medicine in health, and take note of international efforts in this direction, including WHO’s global and collaborating centres, and clinical trial registries.
Promote and improve access to mental health services and psychosocial support in an inclusive manner.

c20/g20 policy consultancy 2023

Sustainable and Resilient Communities

working group

The Sustainable and Resilient Communities Working group focuses on the areas of Climate, Environment and Net Zero Targets. The Working Group quintessentially addresses the current critical issues related to climate resilience and social justice, environmental sustainability, net zero emission management, and showcases the importance of compassionate approaches for building sustainable and resilient communities.

c20/g20 policy consultancy 2023

Gender Equality

working group

The Gender Equality Working Group seeks to address inequalities faced by genders and individuals with disabilities, emphasizing mutual respect and compassion. It aims to prioritize education, healthcare, financial resources, decent work, and decision-making while tackling gender-based violence and economic disparities, promoting equity and inclusion across sectors.

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Education and digital transformation

working group

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted SDG4 (Quality Education) but accelerated online educational technologies. Education can support G20's unity and knowledge sharing goals, even in inaccessible or conflict-affected areas and gender-biased regions. The Working Group aims for affordable, effective education reaching marginalized communities. It explores global heritage, diversity, and indigenous philosophies, promoting compassion in education. Equitable and accessible skill development and education models are suggested, considering digitalization's impact. Inclusive digital transformation can combat poverty and address diverse needs. The group studies digitization models, data gathering, and emerging technologies, providing policy recommendations for global challenges and funding implications.

Education in Emergencies
Policy Contributions
Success Stories
Delegate Reports

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Disability, equity, and justice

working group

Watch Fyera's webinar on Stress Relieving Techniques for Parents with Differently-abled Children.

Service to the u.N.

Science, Technology and Innovation Conference

•Breaking down barriers

•Closing the gender gap in science and technology

•Policy recommendations surrounding gaming, violence and addiction, and gender bias in AI technologies

Fyera Youth Delegate Sarah Syed spoke during interactive discussion with interventions from the floor.

RESCUING ANIMALS FROM DISASTERS AND WAR

The Fyera Foundation is proud to donate and co-sponsor the incredible work of our friends and partners at ASSERT, who rescue animals from natural disasters and war zones using advanced drone technology and veterinary care. Once rescued, they reunite animals with their loved ones and where that cannot be done they find them forever homes.

Butterfly Kids and Farm IN Zimbabwe

Reduce inequity by befriending and sending a child in Zimbabwe to school with your monthly sponsorship.

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RAGS TO RICHES FOR THE WORLD

95 year old Margaret Zeidler,
whose daughter is one of our Heart Ambassadors, contributed to the world by weaving dish rags and donating them to our foundation. Purchasing these rags helped fund children's projects. Woven into the fabric of these works of art are the meditations Margaret does as she weaves, working into the woven fabric an intention not just for cleaning, but also cleansing the world of its suffering and increasing love for all.

PRECIOUS

Regional Director
Zimbabwe

Precious Nyadogo

I am a 35 year old mother of 5 girls who grew up in Magwegwe old Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. l was raised by my grandmother and did my primary education at Magwegwe Primary School from the year 1992 to 1998.

My goal in life is to leave my footprints on the sands of time by joining hands with like-minded people in making a difference in this world through helping the needy and vulnerable. I grew up in a very poor neighborhood with 3 of us in a 2-room house, my grandma, my young brother and me. Every year during the month of December our 2-roomed house would accommodate more than 10 people. It is at that younger age that my grandmother’s generosity rubbed off on me and l learned to share the little l had with the person next to me. I grew up knowing that sharing is caring. l hope to pass this on to my 5 girls.

A few years ago l started Sister to Sister Association. We started off with empowering fellow women in my community through having community gardens where they grow vegetables and sell them so that they get money to take care of their children. With help of The Fyera Foundation we also had a bore hole drilled in my village and another one in a nearby village, providing clean reliable water to minimize the distance girls had to walk to get water for their families and to provide water for the vegetables we grow.

It is my dream to eradicate poverty in my community and in our third world countries and also end world hunger.

UN ECOSOC
Consultative Status

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ARTICLES FOR THE WHO/Un SPECIAL

UN Special is the official magazine of the International Civil Servants

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FIRST NATIONS SCHOLARSHIPS

We are honored to have provided scholarships for Resilience Training Certification to Kathleen Westcott in order to enhance her healing work with intergenerational trauma, primarily in the Native Communities in need. Kathleen is an Elder in the Turtle Clan of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota and co-author of chapters in Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion by Micheal D. McNally & American Indian Religious Traditions, edited by Suzanne J. Crawford.
As Kathleen would say, "Miigwetch!"

Zimbabwe

Pictures and movies from beneficiaries in Zimbabwe bringing access to fresh water in local communities

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Four girls living alone without a roof

Today, after years of sponsorship, one of the girls, Yaritza (pictured grown up in the photos below), is graduating in Bio-Med and works full time at the local hospital. One of her sisters is in law school and another is in nursing school- still sponsored by us! A true success story!

Newsletter from 2005:

WE PROVIDE PPE

Words and images of gratitude to & from fontline workers and organizations coming from those who benefited from WeProvidePPE.org
initiatives during the COVID-19
PPE shortage

Nicaragua

Gratitude from our Sunflower SunPower Kids program in Nicaragua

The Pollinators, Germinators and Progenitors

Adrian Alecu
Alamelu Deivanayagam
Alex Riggs
Amy Ruggiero
Arana Hagan
Avon Mattison
Ben Schumacker
Bella Merlin
Cheryl Geoffrion
Chrissy Stamm
Christian Paddison
Colin Ashfield
Cornell Carelock
Cristina Escobar
Curt Micka
Cynthia Jaggi
Darshan
David Dante
David Wick

Deborah Owen-Sohocki
Diane Graham
Donnette Mosely
Dora Corral
Eileen Gold
Elizabeth Darroch
Erin Toppenberg
Eva Cristina Calderon
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Fred Fuchs
Gemma Vestal
Greg Wendt
Gudrun Jonsdottir
James Gillis
Jeff Perlis
Joanie Ciardelli
Jorina Elbers
Julia Bickram
Kata Kinszely-Toth

Karl Johnson
Karyn Wilds
Katherine Barkley
Kevin Crowe
Lauren Brenner
Libby MacDuffee
Lidia Cristina Silva Reyes
Lily Hills
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Lola Moonfrog
Lynne Jensen
Mai Shbeta
Manuel Abuanza
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Marilyn Barrett
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Mati Munoz
Matthew Demerritt

Matthew Mitchell
Mel Duncan
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Michelle Auerbach
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Nancy Carr
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Ohbeeb Calvacante
Paul Saltzman
Perry Downes
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Robert Browning
Robyn Grant
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Vednita Carter

Thank you to all our volunteers!

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Repatterning Practitioners A.
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SUNFLOWER SUSTAINING SUBSCRIBERS

Recognizing recurring monthly support members ($50 - $250/month)

Amy Ruggiero
Ania Borysiewicz
Anne Parker
Arana Hagan
Avalon Barrie
Beth Young
Betsy Sanders
Brooke March
Caara Shayne
Cheryl Geoffrion
Christina Beneman
Darshan Darshan
Deb Peterson
Deborah Lockwood
Deborah Owen-Sohocki
Donna Almon
Erin Toppenberg
Eugenia Smirnova
Furqan Nanji and Denise Chin
Jeanne Marie Moore

Jennifer Cooke
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Julie Shanklin
Kansas Carradine
Karyn Wilds
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Kato Wittich
Kim Gallmeyer
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Marty Kupper
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McKerrin Kelly
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Melinda Dewey

Michael Learned
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Mistler Family Foundation
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Sandra Solano
Scott Kelly
Sheva Carr
Siobhan McCafferty
Steve Moeller
Tanya Marcia
Terry Gladstone
Victoria Shemaria

SEQUOIA DONOR CIRCLE

Recognizing individuals, families, organizations, and foundations for their donations of $500 to $2999

Amazon.com
Art & Science of Transformation
Avon Mattison
Benjamin Strock
Branden Barber
Brent Lilienthal
Brooke March
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Charles Gibbs
Clare Rosenfield
Craig Flynn
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Manhattan School
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Linda McIntyre
Matthew Mitchell
Michael Davidson
Mike Babcock
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Network for Good
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Paige Phillips
Pat Rypinski
Pathways to Peace
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Rebecca Mitchell
Rhonda Reed Schlosser
Robin Moneyhun
Roxana Fernandez
Sandra Solano-McGuire
Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824
Sarah Uplinger
Scott Kelly
Sheldon Hughes
Shift Network Inc.
Siobhan McCafferty
Ssara Ann Bassler
Strategic Energy Coaching
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Terri Todd
Terry Gladstone
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Thiru Sinnathamby
Thomas Petersen
Tina Benneman
Tracey Chew
Twyla Blanco
Wade Puckett
Wende Dasteel & Neil Cuthbert
WorldVentures Foundation

FOREST
DONOR CIRCLE

Recognizing individuals, families, organizations, and foundations who donate $3000 to $4999

Ania Borysiewicz
Benevity Fund
CEK Educational & Cultural Foundation
Diane Graham
Eileen Gold
Francis Parker School
Furqan Nanji and Denise Chin
Jim Stonehouse
Julia Levergood
Kristie Kambarn
Kristin Kurtz
Mary Hagerth
McKerrin Kelly
Melanie Marx
Michael Learned
Michele Jewett
Mistler Family Foundation
Nancy Griffis
Norman and Twyla Blanco
Roger M. Lockwood
Sharon Lanier
Tanya Marcia
Victoria Shemaria

REFORESTATION DONOR CIRCLE

Recognizing charitable legacy gifts through estate and gift planning. Those who choose to donate $5000 or more.

Amy Ruggiero
Arana Hagan
Avalon Barrie
Barthold Family Foundation
Betsy Sanders
Caara Shayne
Cheryl Geoffrion
Corporate Visions Inc.
Darshan Darshan
Deb Peterson
Donna Almon
Erin Toppenberg
Eugenia Smirnova
Fyera! Inc.
Jeanne Marie Moore
Jeff Perlis
Jennifer Cooke
Jewish Federation of Silicon
Valley
Kansas Carradine
Karyn Wilds
Kato Wittich
Kim Gallmeyer
Leslea Babcock
Lola Moonfrog
Lucas Donat
Marije Miller
Marty Kupper
Melinda Dewey
Nancy Carr
Paul Templer
Phillip Trotter
Pond Foundation
Rebecca Dalby
Richard Seigel Foundation
Sean Evans
Sheva Carr
Steve Moeller
Susan Shayndel Kahn
Tora Isi & John Wilhelm

In collaboration with
FISCA &
Pathways To Peace

You Are the UN

Being a pathway to Peace

Thursday Lunch N' Learns

Sustainable Food Security

TOWER GARDEN

All proceeds from our hydroponic Tower Gardens go to bringing towers to refugees in Kurdistan, families in Nicaragua, and others in need of food security.

KEVIN

Chief Gratitude & Giving Officer

Kevin Crowe

Kevin is an innovative senior executive who brings expertise in philanthropy, communications, non-profit management, and organizational development. Most recently he held a national philanthropy position focused on providing education to physicians and clinicians on the science of gratitude and building an organizational culture of gratitude within a national non-profit health system. He is an international speaker and consultant, and as a certified trainer of HeartMath’s Resilience Advantage™ program, Kevin has facilitated individuals and teams all over the world in creating heart focused personal change initiatives.

In addition to 29 years in healthcare administration and overlapping with 18 years in philanthropy, Kevin’s career has included hospitality management and higher education. He is passionate about institutional culture transformation and over the years and in several roles, has led multiple initiatives in his organizations that focus on service, satisfaction, and gratitude. Kevin has served on multiple boards including The Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and The Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals – Chicago Chapter.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of General Studies in organizational management and leadership from North Park University in Chicago and is certified by The Institute of HeartMath and the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. He is also a certified trainer and facilitator of multiple culture change and operational efficiency programs. He is a Reiki Master and Reiki Master trainer and an Akashic Records consultant. Kevin uses a combination of these modalities with mindfulness and resilience practices in bringing his best self forward to be present and in service to others.

Pathways To Peace
Partnership

UN Peace Messenger Organization Pathways To Peace has been an instrumental bridge in giving us access to the United Nations. They have mentored us in service to peace and to the United Nations. Their 8 Pathways To Peace provide one of our core tenet frameworks. Our missions are closely aligned and intertwined and we are forever grateful for their lasting and ongoing contributions to our work and to the world.

ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Operation Big Sister

What if human slavery could end in our lifetime?

What if all it would take is for people like you and me to get involved?

Mediators Beyond Borders Partnership

We are a proud member of Mediators Beyond Borders International and participate in their United Nations and Sustainable Development Goals working groups while also partnering with them in Nicaragua and other zones of civil unrest to bring dialogue in place of violence.

Resilience Training for
Red Cross Staff + Volunteers

From April 2020 to April 2026

The Fyera Foundation continues to support FREE coaching support for those impacted by hurricanes, fires and other disasters, as well as First Responders who are there helping.

Based on 30 years of scientific research, HeartMath's simple tools for stress management have been used by The Red Cross and numerous other humanitarian and disaster relief agencies around the world, to help those facing the trauma of disaster. Because HeartMath tools are on-the-spot applications that are easy-to-use for all ages, they are very helpful tools for disaster relief and response.

Please complete the form below for us to pair you and your family with a coach to help with the emotional stress and trauma of this devastating event. We are here for you, or you and your family with compassionate care.

U.N. Commission On The
Status of Women

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a global organization dedicated to promoting gender equality and empowering women. It plays a vital role in advocating for women's rights, shaping international standards, and discussing progress and challenges in gender equality. Representatives from UN Member States, civil society organizations, and UN entities gather annually to discuss and agree on actions to accelerate women's empowerment. The CSW contributes to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and reports on gender perspectives to other intergovernmental bodies. Overall, the CSW is instrumental in advancing gender equality worldwide.

PHOENIX RISING

Wildfire Relief

Phoenix Rising Has Provided Support to Many Individuals Facing Wildfire Recovery, as well as grants to:

Wildfire Protectors Corps

Additional Support provided by:

Participating in and donating training and resources to William Ury’s 3rd Side Design Sprint for Peace in the Middle East

WATER PROJECTS

The Fyera Foundation aims to bring 10,000 people clean drinking water every World Water Day, March 22

Including grants to one of our partners:

SPECIES CONSERVATION

MAX'S FUND

HELPING DELIVER VETERINARY CARE WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED AND LEAST AFFORDED

Sponsoring Safari West's Species Diversity and Conservation efforts

Max's Fund includes support to Safari West

Sponsoring Safari West's Species Diversity and Conservation efforts

MAX'S FUND

Helping deliver veterinary care where it is most needed and least afforded

MEDICAL AID PARTNERSHIPS

Bringing Life Giving Surgeries
To Those In Need With Our Partner

WOMEN'S VOICES IN MEDIA

Women Illuminated
Film Fest

Commission on the Status of Women in Media 2018

Rebuilding Homes in Nepal Post Earthquake ...with Heart!

Acupuncturists
without borders Partnership

Partnering with Acupuncturists Without Borders to embed resilience training in their disaster relief clinics.

partnership with Creativity for Peace

now called
"TOMORROW'S WOMEN"

Bringing applied heart intelligence to peace dialogues between teens from Israel and Palestine under the motto, “An enemy is a friend whose story you have yet to hear” with our partner Creativity for Peace. Fyera Foundation provided university scholarships to young women peace builders.

WELCOME LETTER TO THE WORLD'S REFUGEES

There are more displaced people in the world today than there have ever been in human history, due to climate change, violent conflict, and oppression. The average person who flees their country will spend 18 years in a refugee camp before being welcomed to a new home. Now more than ever it is important that we come together as a human family and global citizenship, living into the motto that home is where the heart is and the earth is our shared home.

Download and distribute WELCOME LETTERS
BY SELECTING A LANGUAGE BELOW

International Day Of Peace

Fyera Foundation is honored to collaborate with Pathways To Peace, a co-founder of the International Day of Peace, and other peacebuilding organizations to emphasize the measurable changes that happen in the earth's field when a large percentage of humanity is focused on peace. Watch the video to learn more!

Fyera Foundation is an authorized provider of Amma’s IAM Meditation Instruction, taught to thousands of people around the world at no charge.

WeProvidePPE

Outer & Inner PPE COVID 19 PPE Support

Collect "OUTER" PPE Donations

Collect monetary support to purchase “outer” PPE and donate to frontline organizations most in need.

DISTRIBUTE "INNER" PPE MESSEGES

Distribute messages of gratitude from the public to frontline workers, boosting moral and emphasizing appreciation.

NEW SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS

Work to facilitate new supply chains and creative solutions for facilities with funding but expended resources.

HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM (UNTV)

2019

The Fyera Foundation Founder, Sheva Carr, speaks at HLPF.

2023

The Fyera Foundation Treasurer, Dr. Sandra Solano, speaks at HLPF.

Chosen by UNDESA and UNITAR to deliver the above training programs on UNTV at the High Level Political Forum.

The Fyera Foundation Presented a Written Statement to the 2024 United Nations High Level Political Forum on Ending Poverty (SDG1) and Peace (SDG16)

SPONSOR A CHILD PROGRAM

Thank you from the depth of our hearts for your interest in sponsoring a Sunflower Kid in our Sunflower SunPower Kids Program in Nicaragua. Your interest in their lives means more for their future than you could possibly imagine. Your willingness to jump in is a huge boon to their self esteem, courage to move forward, and self respect. It helps us help them remain committed to their education and a better future, and to avoid the many potholes at-risk and impoverished youth can fall into. Your human heart to heart connection with the children is as important, if not moreso, than the $50 per month donation which gives them access to clothes, medical care, needed nutrition, and schooling.

To learn more about our child sponsorship programs, here are a few documents to inform you:

Request more information by emailing us at [email protected]

Care Counts

for kids

This cutting-edge hands-on curriculum was produced in collaboration with Gratts Elementary School for the Los Angeles Mayor's Day of Service, to reach at-risk youth grades 3-5 being recruited into gangs. The program works to guide children of all backgrounds, and their educators, to a specific state of heart centered well-being, scientifically proven to reduce stress, promote overall health, and generate positive psychological effects that also measurably improve academic performance.

MEET THE TEAM

The FYERA foundation's LEADERship team

click images for bios

SHEVA CARRFounder, President

ROBERT BROWNINGVice President

MELINDA DEWEYSecretary

SANDRA SOLANO McGUIREChief Medical Officer & Treasurer

Lisa Marie GORMANChief Nursing Officer

MATTHEW MITCHELL Board Member

CHERYL GEOFFRIONChief of Staff & Communications Officer

Easton MokoRegional Director, Zimbabwe

Kansas CarradineDirector of C20 operations

The FYERA Foundation's BOARD of advisors

MAI SHBETABoard Member

Gary StraussBoard Member

Phoenix GauthierYouth Board member

CAROLD GARCIAC.O.O. - Nicaragua Region

Sarah SyedYouth Board Member

SHEVA

Founder, CEO, President, Executive Director

ROBERT

Vice President

MELINDA

Secretary

SANDRA

Chief Medical Officer, Treasurer

LISA

Chief Nursing Officer

MATTHEW

Board Member

CHERYL

Chief of Staff & Communications Officer

EASTON

Regional director - zimbabwe

PHOENIX

Youth Board Member

KANSAS

Director of c20 operations

MAI

BOARD MEMBER

GARY

Board Member

CAROLD

C.O.O - Nicaragua Region

SARAH

Youth Board Member

REGINA

Board Member

FrEEDOM WITH PAIN

A 6-8 week self paced course, free for veterans and available to all, to create a healthier relationship with pain and trauma in our lives.

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C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Technology, security and transparency

working group

Final Policies The Fyera Foundation contributed to in the G20 Leaders' Declaration pertaining to this working group:

Violent Gaming; Technology Violence Addiction; Gender Bias In A.I.

The Fyera Foundation was invited to submit this poster presentation to the Integrative Health Working Group

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Integrated holistic health

working group

Example of Fyera's contribution to the g20 Leaders' Declaration pertaining to this working group:

Strengthening Global Health and Implementing One Health Approach

c20/g20 policy consultancy 2023

Sustainable and Resilient Communities

working group

c20/g20 policy consultancy 2023

Gender Equality

working group

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Education and digital transformation

working group

C20/G20 policy consultancy 2023:

Disability, equity, and justice

working group

Watch Fyera's webinar on Stress Relieving Techniques for Parents with Differently-abled Children.

Service to the u.N.

Science, Technology and Innovation Conference

•Breaking down barriers•Closing the gender gap in science and technology•Policy recommendations surrounding gaming, violence and addiction, and gender bias in AI technologies

Fyera Youth Delegate Sarah Syed spoke during interactive discussion with interventions from the floor.

RESCUING ANIMALS FROM DISASTERS AND WAR

SHEVA CARR
Founder, President

ROBERT BROWNING
Vice President

MELINDA DEWEY
Secretary

SANDRA SOLANO McGUIRE
Chief Medical Officer & Treasurer

Lisa Marie GORMAN
Chief Nursing Officer

MATTHEW MITCHELL
Board Member

CHERYL GEOFFRION
Chief of Staff & Communications Officer

Easton Moko
Regional Director, Zimbabwe

Kansas Carradine
Director of C20 operations

MAI SHBETA
Board Member

Gary Strauss
Board Member

Phoenix Gauthier
Youth Board member

CAROLD GARCIA
C.O.O. - Nicaragua Region

Sarah Syed
Youth Board Member

•Breaking down barriers

•Closing the gender gap in science and technology

•Policy recommendations surrounding gaming, violence and addiction, and gender bias in AI technologies

Regional Director
Zimbabwe

UN ECOSOC
Consultative Status

"We Need Individuals like Dr. Elworthy to start the work of preventing war... This has been my personal dream for many years."

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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