Summit Introduction and Overview
(10:45 am US Central Time Zone)
Join summit co-hosts Ginny Whitelaw and Kelly Bannister for a brief introduction to who’s who and an overview of what to expect and how to make the most of your summit experience.
About the Speakers in this Session
Ginny Jiko Whitelaw
Dr. Ginny Jiko Whitelaw (summit co-host) is an 86th Generation Rinzai Zen master, Chosei Zen priest, and founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership. She has been developing whole leaders for over 25 years and is the author of Resonate and The Zen Leader, and co-developer of FEBI (pronounced “fee-bee”), a personality assessment that links mind and body and behaviors. Formerly, Deputy Manager for integrating NASA’s Space Station Program, she has a doctorate in biophysics, degrees in physics and philosophy, and a 5th degree black belt in Aikido. She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com in leadership strategy.
Kelly Bannister
Dr. Kelly Bannister (summit co-host) is an ethnobiologist and applied ethicist who is devoted to supporting intercultural collaborations that bridge Western scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems. Her work explores how we can work well across different worldviews and knowledge systems, guided by diverse wisdom traditions and embodied practices, to address pressing social and ecological issues and support biocultural diversity and resilience. She is Co-Director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance in the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria (Canada). She is also an Aikido and somatic movement practitioner, a Zen student with Chosei Zen, and an Instructor with the Institute for Zen Leadership. Kelly is a 4th generation settler on unceded Coast Salish territory.
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