JAMES O'DEA
James O'Dea is a Fellow and immediate past President of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and a native of Ireland. Prior to IONS, James was executive director of Seva and director of the Washington DC office of Amnesty International, testifying before Congress, meeting with two U.S. presidents and many foreign heads of state, and representing Amnesty International to the State Department, the White House, and the World Conference on Human Rights. He created and currently co-leads a series of dialogues on social healing. He is a member of The World Wisdom Council and currently collaborating with the Global Systems Initiatives in Washington DC, and an Evolutionary Leaders group spearheaded by Deepak Chopra. Keynote speaker for many conference including Peace Alliance, Science and Consciousness Conference, Engaging The Other, Alliance for a New Humanity, Goi Peace Foundation and others. He has featured essays on peace and social healing, evolutionary trends, and science and consciousness in numerous books and articles. Lectures worldwide on global healing, evolutionary change, consciousness, science and spirituality etc. He has been co-leader of international social healing dialogues, core faculty of three international conferences, 2006-2008 entitled Engaging The Other:The Power of Compassion; and active in inter-generational dialogue and emerging leadership initiatives. He is an Advisory Board member of Children of the Earth.He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Grammar School for Boys in London Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Received B.A. Hons University of London, M.A. School for International Training School for International Training in Vermont. Head of English at Tarsus American School in Turkey Tarsus American College and founder of Ecumenical Travel Office of The Middle East Council of Churches in Beirut.
SEQUOYAH TRUEBLOOD
Sequoyah Trueblood (Choctaw), has contributed selflessly for many years in Canada, and the United States, and around the world as a role model for healthy leadership, bringing peace and joy to the hearts of many. As a ceremonial pipe carrier and with an 'off the grid' style in his work he offers something most have never experienced: the genuine guidance of a supportive, profoundly inspired and diversely experienced Elder. His consistent ability to touch wounded hearts and sooth troubled minds with compassion and wisdom has endeared Sequoyah to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike. He has a varied background in leadership capacities within Indigenous peoples contexts as well as Western institutions including the U.S. Army, World Bank, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Harvard University Program for Extraordinary Experience Research, and Corrections Canada. Currently he spends most of his summers living from the Konkurra Medicine Lodge at Cross River Wilderness Centre.
