Lynnaea Lumbard, Ph.D., is a transformational psychologist, interfaith minister, wilderness guide, community weaver, and social change philanthropist. Currently she is co-president of NewStories, a Washington State-based non-profit dedicated to illuminating and nurturing narratives and practices toward a life-affirming future.
When not writing or speaking, she works with small collaborative teams to support, strengthen, and synergize the burgeoning new stories movement by helping to:
- generate website, brochure, and wiki materials
- produce multi-generational conferences and gatherings
- facilitate meetings and workshops
- create a StoryDome watershed film and community process
- convene the leaders of Thriving Resilient Communities networks
- weave a Thriving Salish Sea across cultures and countries
- contribute to compassion, peace, and youth movements
- steward social change organizations such as Threshold Foundation, the Tipping Point Network, and Evolutionary Leaders.
She makes her home with her husband, Rick Paine, in the land of ferries on both ends of the Salish Sea–-Whidbey Island WA and Cortes Island BC.