Knellee is a highly respected global Mindfulness and Meditation facilitator. In her formative years, she was initiated into a lineage of nondual and presence-based teachings, which influenced a lifetime of personal practice. Her learning and teaching of eco-awareness and cosmovision is inspired by her ancestral Indian indigenous land practices, years of study with Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet sangha, and facilitating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Conscious Parenting, Mind Body Medicine and other awareness-based courses and retreats to diaspora, faith-based and indigenous communities for over 19 years. Knellee was a founding community partner of the Broward County Public Schools Mindfulness Program, co-created b.Nature and mindfulness-based SEL curricula for teens and adults, produced the documentary short Healing People Heal the Planet, is co-editor of the Challenges Journal Special Issue on Planetary Health, and co-chairs the US Climate Action Network Action Team on Regenerative Economies and Accountability. Her focus is embedding deep presence and compassion to transform leadership, institutions and systems in the spheres of mental health, education, peacebuilding, gender equality and climate justice. Drawing from her career in international relations, Knellee serves as a consultant and curator of inner development in multilateral international negotiations, policy making and community-led action.

Stephen Cameron, Esq. is a Litigator, Business Leader and Owner of Cameron Law Group LLC, a Fort Lauderdale law firm with offices in Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa. Stephen has been a student of meditation, and present moment awareness for over 35 years, and applies mindfulness to law practice and leadership. He is currently on the MEILAC (Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence for Leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean) Committee, which offers these tools within organizations, government and businesses. He has also developed a mentorship program for teen boys at his law firm integrating mindfulness at work principles. His staff have all participated in AHAM's Live and Work (LAW) Balance training and he continues to incorporate meditation practice in their professional development. Stephen earned his Law Degree at Nova Southeastern University.

Alexander Easdale, M.A.  is Executive Director of the South East Climate Action Network (SCEN) and Principal of Forging Alliances Inc., an internationally focused consulting firm.   Alexander has held multiple leadership positions in the non-profit sector, academia, business and government. He has been practicing mindfulness and meditation since 2014, and continues to provide opportunities for integrating conscious workplace and mindful activist practices among the network of grassroots organizations working toward climate justice. Alex is currently on the Fundraising and Collaborative Committee, to leverage and maximize resources for local and transnational programs.  He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations/Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University.

Mariama is a Jamaican American feminist economist work bridges political economy with embodied and contemplative practice. She engages consciousness as a lived, relational, and embodied field—drawing from a variety of meditation technologies, alongside yoga therapy, African cosmology, neuroscience, and collective trauma–informed practice. Her focus includes brain longevity, nervous system regulation, and the cultivation of ethical resilience in individuals and communities navigating structural inequality, climate disruption, and intergenerational stress. Mariama’s facilitation situates inner practice as a discipline of moral courage, care, and sustained social transformation. The creator of Conscious Yoga (since 2008), BreathWork Plus Yoga and Am meditation Connection containers of  integrative approaches that weave breath, somatic awareness, and social reflection to support personal and collective regulation. She is also the founder of FromtheInside2theOutside (FI2O), managing partner IPRI Syntropy Integrated Policy Research Institute, and Senior Strategic Advisor to the Global Afro-descendant Collaborative for Climate Justice (GADCJC).

Piero Falci is an educator, a Mindfulness Meditation and Mindful Living teacher, and a writer whose work is deeply dedicated to inner transformation for outer change. Piero spent many years designing and teaching diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and in upper management in the corporate world across Brazil, Italy, and Japan before dedicating his life to teaching mindfulness. Piero carries forward the legacy of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh through the dedicated teaching and practice of engaged Buddhism to address the challenges of modern life. He has also studied with modern ecodharma teachers like David Loy, Chris Ives and Johann Robbins.  Piero brings decades of practice and teaching to the b.Nature programs and is a fully certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and Certified Center for Mind Body Medicine (CMBM) Facilitator.   His teaching draws from the Buddhist Dharma, Joseph Campbell's "Hero’s Journey," Positive Psychology, and Mindful Self-Compassion. He leads multi-day Insight Meditation Silent Retreats and coaches individuals mindful eco-living. He is the author of several books, including the 8-book series, A Better Life in a Better World, which explores how mindfulness can help us save life on our planet.

Shriya Jhaveri is a Global Youth Ambassador at AHAM Education and has been facilitating mind body and mindfulness practices to teens and the community events.  She is a first year Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Florida. She is passionate about science, advocacy, and healthcare. Shriya enjoys facilitating mind-body and mindfulness practices for teens and others in the community. In her free time, she likes to read, paint with watercolors, and practice martial arts.

Samantha Adler is a storytelling strategy expert, with a background in film impact producing, program design and narrative strategy. Most recently she served as the Impact and Program Senior Manager at Exposure Labs, where she played a vital role in designing impact campaigns for original productions and building programs focused on resourcing climate storytellers and organizers to use film as a tool for action. Prior, she worked for Yale’s Program for Climate Change Communication promoting research around a multifaceted approach to climate change social research, including their landmark publication “Global Warming’s Six Americas.” Additionally, Samantha acted as the Global Communications Manager at Girl Rising. Projects included constructing a communications strategy with the White House in relation to the First Lady’s Let Girls Learn initiative. Samantha holds a B.A. in Journalism and Cinema Studies from New York University.

Dr. Cavalier is co-founder and co-principal of 7 Directions of Service, Citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi  Nation. She is an experienced Environmental and Policy Advocate and Global Information Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in nonprofit and government administrations. Skilled in Negotiation, Policy, Advocacy, Environmental Justice, Policy Analysis, Homeland Security. Strong operations professional with a Legislative Studies focused in Certificate of Legislative Affairs from Georgetown University. She is also trained in Mind Body Medicine by the Center for Mind Body Medicine. 

Iris Ratcliffe, M.A. is a Curriculum Specialist, Professor of Humanities, and Board Chair of AHAM Education. She has been a student of present moment awareness and meditation for over 40 years, and a teacher of Presence  for many years  in New York and Florida. Iris has undergone the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindful Schools Programs, and has designed curricula to employ these tools in the performing and creative arts. She has applied mindful coaching in educational and wellness contexts. Iris holds a Master’s Degree in Theater Studies from New York University.