Our People

Jyoti (Jeneane Prevatt, PhD)

Mamo Lorenzo

Lorenzo is leader of the Saisama community of the Arahuaco people, one of the Four Nations of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The Arhuacos are a deeply spiritual people, they believe in the existence of a creator and great father: Serankua, from whom came human beings and material beings; other parents like the sun and the snowy ones, and other mothers like the earth and the moon. Thus, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is considered the heart of the world and the house where the creative father lives.

Following 90 days of spiritual trance, Mamo Lorenzo was named ‘Summumpawiun’, meaning ‘Messenger of the gods on Earth’. He has a deep understanding about the ancestral wisdom and cosmogony of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta cultures, and as such he has guided retreats of cleaning, healing, payment and spiritual offering to nature.

On the 20th January 1992, Lorenzo received a mission from his spiritual guides to strengthen the 115 native groups of Colombia. His primary objective is to enhance the trust between them, creating brotherhood; then, indigenous groups can show the readings of each territory from their government and in this way, resume the path of spiritual medicine (“eysa’riunhawi”).

Ken Kitatani

Ken Kitatani currently serves as the Executive Director of the Forum 21 Institute. He is an ordained minister of Sukyo Mahikari Centers for Spiritual Development and is the Chief Administration Officer of their UN NGO (with special consultative status with UN ECOSOC). He also Co-chairs the Advisory Board of the Center for Earth Ethics of Union Theological Seminary and is on the Executive Board of the United Nations Committee for Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and the Committee for Religious NGOs. Ken graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in East Asian Studies.

Mamo Evangelista

Mamo Evangelista is part of the Wiwa tribe. He lives in the mountains of the La Sierra Nevada in Colombia, where the Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo guard the land and balance the planet through the spiritual work of the Mamos. This is a man rooted in nature, who learns from his connection to the Earth, the stars and the information they share with him- knowledge that we can’t find in books.

Mamo Alejandro

Mamo Alejandro is part of the Kogi tribe. He lives in the mountains of the La Sierra Nevada in Colombia, where the Kogi, Wiwa, Arhuaco and Kankuamo guard the land and balance the planet through the spiritual work of the Mamos. Mamo Alejandro is an elder rooted in nature, who learns from his connection to the Earth, the stars and the information they share with him- knowledge that we can’t find in books.

Christiane Pedros:

Interim Director for the Fountain

Christiane pursuit her passion for ancestral healing leading her to the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in 2009. She graduated as a Minister of Walking Prayer from the Center for Sacred Studies and joined the Fountain Alliance in 2012, where she worked as a Brand and Communications Advisor, assisting the Grandmother’s Chair and Elders council, supporting the Operational team and eventually representing Social Entrepreneurial initiatives within the Fountain Council network.Christiane focused on Transpersonal Psychology Studies in 2017 and joined in the Fountain as interim Director in January 2020.

As part of her time serving the Fountain, Christiane worked on the Unity Concert in the Black Hills of South Dakota,  ignited the Ancestors Rise Film Project with a focus on sharing ancestral wisdom. Helped organize the Long March to Rome Campaign, appealing to the Pope to rescind the Papal Bulls and Doctrine of Discovery laying the foundation for the European Monarchs to colonize Indigenous Lands.

Her focus is now on supporting the Mother Earth Delegation of the United Indigenous Nations movement and the birthing of the Fountain’s Sacred Landtrust and Sacred Commerce Initiatives, passionately weaving and structuring aligned partnerships and alliances focused on seeding Rights of Mother Earth and the Original Principles within a more consciously emerging financial and economic paradigm.

Christiane is the founder of the Spiritpreneur Alliance to inspire a more heart-centered style of Enterprise and the Changemakers Business Academy- a consultancy based platform advising conscious entrepreneurs in the design of purpose aligned business ventures.

Trish Noble is the Administrator and Finance Director for The Fountain, applying more than 25 years of non-profit experience. Trish is a bridge between our modern western culture and ancient spiritual traditions shared with her from Elders all around the world. The Fountain’s vision and mission are in complete alignment with her purpose to serve, restoring sacred economics based on reciprocity and the original principals of the natural order. Previous to her work with the Fountain, Trish held the position of Administrator and Operations Director, as well as Co-Facilitator of Educational Programs for The Center for Sacred Studies and continues to serve on the Board of Directors.