Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., director of research at the HeartMath Institute, is a professor at Florida Atlantic University. McCraty is a psychophysiologist whose interests include the physiology of emotion. One of his primary areas of focus is the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, health and the global interconnectivity between people and Earth’s energetic systems. He has been with HeartMath Institute since its founding in 1991 by Doc Childre. He has worked closely with Childre to develop HMI’s research goals and has been instrumental in researching and developing the HeartMath System of tools and technology.

McCraty and the members of his research team have worked in joint partnership with research groups at Stanford University, Claremont Graduate University, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Saudi Arabia and the University of Lithuania among many others.

He has been interviewed for many feature articles in publications that include Prevention, Natural Health, Men’s Fitness and American Health magazines, and has appeared in television segments for CNN Headline News, ABC World News Tonight, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, PBS’s Body & Soul and the Discovery Channel. He has been featured in many documentary films, including I Am, The Truth, The Joy of Sox, The Power of the Heart, Solar Revolution, and The Living Matrix among others.

McCraty’s critical research on heart rate variability and heart-rhythm coherence has gained international attention in the scientific community and is helping to change long-held perceptions about the heart’s role in health, behavior, performance and quality of life.

He is one of the primary creators of the Global Coherence Initiative and the principal designer of the Global Coherence Monitoring System and its international network of magnetic field sensor sites. Related to this, McCraty heads up HMI and GCI researchers investigating the relationship between human and geomagnetic field environments and the interconnectedness of and communication among all living systems. They also investigate how these fields act as central synchronizing signals within the body, carry emotional information and serve as key mediators of energetic interactions between people and living systems.

McCraty is a member of the American Autonomic Society, Pavlovian Society, National Association for Psychological Science, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and Society for Scientific Exploration.

His studies, research and extensive professional articles have appeared in numerous journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Stress Medicine and Biological Psychology. He contributes periodically to the Global Advances in Health and Medicine journal.

Bruce Cryer has spent more than thirty years training and coaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and human performance. He was named President and CEO of HeartMath in 2000, having helped launch the non-profit Institute of HeartMath with founder Doc Childre in 1991.

Bruce was the key architect of programs that incorporate HeartMath’s innovative biomedical research into practical tools and strategies to enhance health, performance, creativity, innovation, and productivity for both the individual and the organization.

Bruce was lead author of the acclaimed Harvard Business Review article, entitled “Pull the Plug on Stress” (July 2003) which was republished by HBR in 2015.

He has worked with leadership teams at organizations such as The World Bank, Stanford Business School, NASA, Mayo Clinic, Shell, Unilever, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Duke University Health System, and dozens of other corporations, health systems and government agencies across the US.

Mr. Cryer is co-author of one of the first management books to draw a research link between stress/resilience/leadership performing in his seminal book From Chaos to Coherence: The Power to Change Performance.

Since 1997 Mr. Cryer has been adjunct faculty at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business as well as Stanford’s School of Medicine. He has been a featured speaker across the US in the Lessons in Leadership Distinguished Speakers Series, and has been on the faculty of the Global Institute for Leadership Development. He has also lectured at the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, the Stanford Sloan Program, the Stanford Executive Briefings series, Columbia Senior Executive Program, University of California Berkeley Haas Business School, the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business, the Nanyang Polytechnic University School of Business Management in Singapore, and the International Center for Leadership in Finance, based in Kuala Lumpur.

A two year health crisis became a healing journey which convinced him to focus his energies and passions on personal healing, leadership development, and the creativity/innovation link. He writes for Innovation Excellence as well as other blogs.

Bruce’s professional career began as a singer, dancer, and actor on Broadway, including 800 performances in New York playing The Boy in The Fantasticks, the world’s longest running musical. He currently works and performs with a number of performing arts organizations in New York City.

Dave Tweedie is an award winning Composer, Producer, Songwriter & Multi-Instrumentalist. He’s composed for Hulu’s Dear Santa (2022), Disney’s Pick Of The Litter (2019), NOVA’s The Impossible Flight (2018), Warner Bros BatKid Begins (2015) & FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance (Seasons 3-6). He’s produced for NoDoubt, Akon & FlipSyde, played / recorded with Earl Slick, Eric Martin, Angelo Moore, Alex Skolnick, Richie Kotzen, Greg Howe, Les Claypool, Michael Manring.

EnSpirits is a Los Angeles based collaborative Alternative Jazz /R&B project between multi-hyphenate artists Victoria Theodore & Dave Tweedie, the result of their creative minds blending their original Alternative R&B / Contemporary Jazz / Dance Pop music with the timeless songs of world renowned genius artists EnSPirits has worked with.

Victoria Theodore is a Composer / Pianist / Singer who’s toured the world with Stevie Wonder & Beyoncé. She’s the pianist for the Oscar winning Best Motion Picture CODA, featured in Stevie’s DVD “Live At Last”, in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s debut film, “Tick, Tick, BOOM!”, and in the Oscar winning documentary “Twenty Feet From Stardom”. She was pianist & singer for the 2013 Arsenio Hall Show and is a composer for two Broadway-bound musicals: MARIAN & CO-FOUNDERS

EnSpirits is a Los Angeles based collaborative Alternative Jazz /R&B project between multi-hyphenate artists Victoria Theodore & Dave Tweedie, the result of their creative minds blending their original Alternative R&B / Contemporary Jazz / Dance Pop music with the timeless songs of world renowned genius artists EnSPirits has worked with.

An avid pilot, Erik holds commercial, instrument, flight instructor, and glider ratings.In 1996, he helped launch the XPRIZE Foundation in St. Louis. In 2002 Erik retraced his grandfathers epic 1927 New York to Paris solo flight – raising over a million dollars and 500 million (pre-social media) media impressions for XPRIZE.

This 9-year “overnight success” story helped to jump-start the private spaceflight industry and is detailed in the NY times bestselling book: How to Make a Space Ship by Julian Guthrie In 2011 Erik awarded the Lindbergh Prize for Quietest Aircraft at the NASA Green Flight Challenge and inspired by the potential for aviation, created Powering Imagination to help accelerate the development of the electric aircraft industry and inspire the next generation of innovators.

After nearly a decade working on this industry Erik and his partners have started a new company called VerdeGo Aero to build propulsion systems for the emerging electric aircraft industry which will transform the way people move around the planet. Erik’s story is one of triumph over adversity. He won the Washington state gymnastics championship all-around at age 11 and excelled in water-skiing, and alpine and telemark ski racing during his teens.

After climbing and skiing Mount Rainier at age 21, he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and by age 30 was completely disabled. Total knee replacements and a breakthrough biotechnology drug gave him a second chance at living a physically active life. After years of patient persistence Erik has rebuilt his physical fitness and is now bonafide member of the OGR’s (#OldGuysRockin) as an expert mountain biker and backcountry skier. On the creative side, he has been creating unique furniture and sculpture designs for over 25 years.

Committed to a life of service to future generations, Erik is a passionate public speaker and Co-Host of The Lindberghs Podcast. Mr. Lindbergh also serves as Chairman of the board for the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, as a Trustee of the XPRIZE Foundation, and served as a founding director of the Aviation High School in Seattle which is now ranked the #1 school in the state.

Alona Pulde, MD is a board-certified practitioner of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine & Family Medicine Physician. She is particularly passionate about supporting clients with nutrition, attaining healthy body weight, and women’s health.

Touted as doctors of the future by Dean Ornish, MD and with their work supported by many experts including Sanjay Gupta, MD, Dr Alona Pulde and Dr. Matthew Lederman combined conventional Western medicine, Chinese medicine, Nutrition & Lifestyle medicine, Nonviolent Communication, Polyvagal Theory, and Trauma-Informed, Somatic Principles & Pain Reprocessing to create their groundbreaking health paradigm. They have been successful corporate leaders, starred in the life-changing documentary Forks over Knives, lectured for eCornell, served as adjunct medical school professors and corporate medical advisors, and are NY Times bestselling authors.

Together they have co-authored 6 books, including The New York Times Bestseller Forks Over Knives Plan, Forks Over Knives Family, and Keep It Simple, Keep It Whole. They co-authored The Whole Foods Diet and The Whole Foods Cookbook with John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market. Most recently they co-authored, “Wellness to Wonderful,” interweaving medical science, psychology, spirituality, and life wisdom to help people achieve lasting health, vibrancy, peace, and joy. They consult for companies such as Whole Foods Market and serve on advisory boards for various organizations.

After 10 years of serving Whole Foods Market as corporate Vice Presidents helping launch their national comprehensive medical & wellness centers, coaching and retreat programs, and integrated hospital and insurance networks, Dr. Pulde and Dr. Lederman moved on to co-found their new venture, WeHeal, which is the culmination of decades of learning and practical experience organized into an easily accessible program that does everything just short of guaranteeing lasting health, joy and satisfaction in your life.

Specialties: Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP)
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
Certified High School Strength and Conditioning Specialist (IYCA)
Certified Youth Speed and Agility Specialist (IYCA)
Certified Youth Fitness Specialists Level 1 (IYCA)
Certified Resistance Band Training Specialist

I am a 27 year AF veteran of the Active Duty, Guard and Reserve. My wife Kim & I are blessed with three wonderful children and one outstanding son-in-law, and were fortunate to change military postings about 20 times, to include Canada and Germany. I began my AF career at the Air Force Academy where I earned a degree in Aerospace Structures, before earning my Masters of Science in Structural Dynamics on a Guggenheim Fellowship to Columbia University. During my career, I flew a whole spectrum of aircraft–Attack, Tanker/Transport, Trainer & Remotely Piloted. I was an Environmental Manager for five years as well and formed productive cooperations with state and federal environmental agencies and achieved state recognition for my base, and worked with peace officers from across the state. I concluded my service teaching advanced calculus and powered flight at the USAF Academy. After retirement from the USAF, I returned to commercial aviation, but am currently on “unpaid personal leave” for refusing to submit to an unethical and unsafe experimental medical procedure.