Jyoti Ma is the Vision Keeper of the Center for Sacred Studies, and co-founded Kayumari.  She helped to convene the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and Unity Concert.  She founded The Fountain in order to restore an economic model based on reciprocity and collaboration guided by Nature and the Sacred.  She is a delegate of the Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Nations.  Through her work, economic, social and environmental solutions have developed, creatively addressing the global challenges of our times.

Loretta is a Lakota elder committed to ensuring the world is a better place for her grandchildren. She is a keeper of her culture and the female Sundance Leader for the Afraid of Bear/American Horse Sundance. Fluent in Lakota,  she is the only representative who speaks both languages perfectly on the board of the paha Sapa Unity Alliance BlackHills Reparations, another organization with which she is affiliated. Loretta carries an enormous mission: the return of the stewardship of the Black Hills to the peoples of The Great Sioux Nation. “The Black Hills are not for sale. We want all the unseated lands in the Black Hills returned to the nine tribes of The Great Sioux Nation.” She also sits on a number of international boards including the Running strong Foundation, The Sacred Healing Circle, and the Black Hills Unity Alliance. 

Zahra Indigo holds a master’s degree in ecopsychology from Naropa University and is a Minister of Walking Prayer with the Center for Sacred Studies. In addition to her work with The Fountain, Zahra Indigo owns Sacred Witness LLC through which she is grateful to be able to guide transformation and healing by creating a safe space for physical, spiritual, and emotional wellness to blossom. The Gifts of Ma’at, her first book, follows this same intention. Though the spectrum of experiences life has offered, she has discovered something quite profound and most rewarding. As a Sacred Witness to the unfolding complexity, beauty, and mystery of this existence, it is Zahra Indigo’s intention to live life in service to the health of our planet and all who reside here.

Cristin Lin is experienced with non-profit companies and multi-international for-profit agencies. She volunteered for the Carmelite Monastery San Rafael for 10 years as a committee financial director and successfully funded it through the Angel Prayer club. She also serves as Chair for the Marin County Employer Advisory Council. For profit companies, Cristin was a member of the Board of Directors for both Brookhaven Hospital and Rehabilitation Institutes of America for 30 years. Her job duties evolved from Financial Director to Director of Business Operations overseeing Canada and United States operations and included payroll, HR, risk management, and contract negotiation. From these responsibilities as well as her own life experiences, Cristin has come to firmly believe that through small but consistent actions, one person can make the world a better place. In her free time, Cristin has learned and continues to improve in flower arrangement and painting.

For the last 10 years Adriana has been working in Colombia with original peoples from the Amazon Rainforest and La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as a community based manager  facilitating the work related to the well-being of these sacred ecosystems. The work involves Land Trusts, Food Security Projects and Indigenous Own Education Program with the  kággabas or Kogis and The Amazonian Indigenous Women Association.

Colombian jungle veterinarian, tapir specialist, and expert on wild fauna. Through scientific research on tapirs I arrived in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and for over 20 years I have maintained ties with the Kággaba communities who coexist in the jungle with the last remaining tapirs of the Sierra. I have even lived alongside them to discover their culture and establish bonds of friendship that have endured over time. My friendship with the Kággaba allows me to be a connector between the ancestral world and The Fountain, in interpreting their culture for a Western understanding.