National Bioneers Conference 2018 - October 18-22, 2018

Ashton Applewhite, an internationally recognized expert on ageism and a leading spokesperson for a movement to mobilize against discrimination on the basis of age, is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism. She also blogs at ThisChairRocks.com and runs the Yo, Is This Ageist? website. Applewhite speaks widely at a wide range of venues that have included the TED main stage and the United Nations... Read More →

Daphne Miller, MD, a family physician and Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, has been an internationally renowned pioneer in studying the connections between food production, ecology and health for 15 years. Founder of WholefamilyMD, San Francisco’s first integrative primary... Read More →

Masami Saionji, a native of Japan and a descendant of the Royal Ryukyu Family of Okinawa, is Chairperson of the Goi Peace Foundation and the World Peace Prayer Society. An international lecturer, author and activist who promotes peace awareness and spiritual development, she initiated... Read More →

Kate Sutherland, a founding faculty member and executive coach for Simon Fraser University’s Social Innovation Certificate and THNK School of Creative Leadership and SFU’s Certificate in Evaluation for Social Change and Transformational Learning, has 25 years’ experience as... Read More →

Lynne Twist is a social activist, fundraiser, author and consultant who has dedicated herself to alleviating poverty and hunger and supporting social justice and environmental sustainability. Co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance whose mission is to empower Indigenous people of the... Read More →

Edgar Villanueva (Lumbee), a nationally recognized expert on social justice philanthropy, currently serves as Chair of Native Americans in Philanthropy and as Vice President of the Schott Foundation for Public Education in New York City. He is the author of a new book, Decolonizing... Read More →