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Bruce S. Thornton, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, grew up on a cattle ranch in Fresno County, California. He received his BA in Latin from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1975, as well as his PhD in comparative literature–Greek, Latin, and English–in 1983. Thornton is an emeritus professor of classics and humanities at the California State University, Fresno.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.