Advisory Board
William Emerson, Ph.D.
- Psychotherapist, teacher, trainer and researcher in Pre- and Peri-Natal Psychology
- Author of numerous articles and videotapes on pre and peri-natal therapy.
Marti Glenn, Ph.D.
- President Santa Barbara Graduate Institute offering degrees in Pre- and Peri-Natal Psychology and Somatic Psychology.
- Board of Directors, Association of Pre and Peri Natal Psychology and Health (APPPAH)
- Psychotherapist, group leader, specializing in Pre and Peri-natal issues.
- Conference Chair for International APPPAH Congress 1999, 2001
Laura Huxley
- Major advocate for mothers, families, prenates and infants
- Wife of author Aldous Huxley
Michelle McDonough, M.B.A.
- Architect, urban planner, worked in investment banking, commercial real estate development of historic properties
- Co-founder of US Green Building Council
- C.F.O. and Strategic Planner for William McDonough Architects, McDonough Consulting, McDonough-Braungart Design Chemistry.
- Graduate of Barbara Brennan School of Healing and Core Energetics
- Counseling degree in Pathwork.
William McDonough, A.I.A.
- Principal and Founder of William McDonough & Partners, Architecture and Community Design and of McDonough-Braungart Design Chemistry, Product & Process Design
- Author of Cradle to Cradle, Pioneer and visionary in Environmental Design for Architecture, Communities and Products.
Ralph Metzner
- Pioneer in the study of consciousness and transformative experience.
- California Institute of Integral Studies, past Academic Dean for 10 years, current teacher.
- Author of The Unfolding Self: Varieties of Transformative Experience, Green Psychology, The Well of Remembrance.
Julian Moody
- Small business consultant for 65 years
- Former BEBA Board member
Michael Narvid, Esq.
- Lawyer who was on the original BEBA Board of Directors
- Jenefer Palmer
- Business Woman, developer of OCEA Natural Skin Care Products
- Formerly a Polarity Therapist and Cranial Sacral Therapist
Kent Peterson, M.D.
- Epidemiologist
- President of Occupational Health Strategies, Inc. based in Charlottesville, VA. OHS provides strategic planning consultation to Fortune 500 employers, health care companies and entrepreneurs on a broad set of issues pertaining to employee and environmental health.
- Former United States White House Staff Physician.
Kenneth P. Slaught
- President of Investec Management Corporation, Santa Barbara
- Vice President of Investec Construction
- Ecologically sound development projects in SB and other areas.
John W. Travis, M.D., M.P.H.
- Developed the first Wellness Inventory (1975)
- Co-authored the Wellness Workbook, Wellness for Helping Professionals, and A Change of Heart: A Global Wellness Inventory.
- Board Member, Founding Member of CIMS (Coalition for Improving Maternity Services) which created the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative.
- Founding President of ATLC (Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children)
John Vasconcellos
- California State Senator, D-San Jose, Senate District 13
- Authored the legislation for the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem