THE HOSTING TEAM: EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY
![]() Chris Corrigan is a teacher and facilitator of strategic conversations and a practitioner of the Art of Hosting whose work invites collective intelligence and collective leadership to be activated in the service of complex challenges. Chris has worked locally and internationally in a huge variety of contexts including social services, indigenous community development, immigration and refugee issues, business, government, food systems and education. He has written and contributed to influential books on the role of participatory processes in activating new forms of leadership and community development. His well known weblog, Parking Lot, has charted his own learning in the field since 2002. He specializes in Open Space Technology, and design for large scale initiatives to work in high levels of complexity. He is a poet and a musician. www.chriscorrigan.com ![]() Kelly Foxcroft Poirier
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emily Carr (ECIAD), Kelly has been a practitioner facilitation methods and frameworks through the Art of Hosting and Visual Facilitation at UBC for 13 years. Kelly is deeply influenced by community values and a spirit of innovation; gifting forward a strong sense of ingenuity, imagination, and resilience in all of her work. Constantly inspired by her Tseshaht roots and her grandfather’s background in organizing, advocacy and workers rights, Kelly combines playful courageous curiosity to shift into places and possibilities where courage and vulnerability gift forward connection, potential and community building. www.whiteravenconsulting.ca |
![]() Caitlin Frost is an experienced process designer, facilitator and coach working with individuals and groups worldwide to open more space for possibility in themselves, their teams, organizations and communities. Her coaching work focuses on transforming limiting beliefs and working with fear, conflict and the places we get stuck; shifting patterns and connecting to our capacity for wise, clear action in the face of uncertainty, complexity and change. She designs and facilitates authentic and engaging dialogue and participatory processes in the non-profit, government and corporate sectors. Caitlin is Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, a Steward in the Art of Hosting international community of practice and core faculty in the innovative Leadership 2020 Program. Caitlin is also a gifted improviser and uses creative improvisation in her work with leadership coaching.www.caitlinfrost.ca
![]() Amanda Fenton (she/her) worked in the co-operative sector for nearly seventeen years with thirteen of them in Human Resources, including HR business partner consulting, leadership and organizational development, change projects and collaborative strategic planning processes. She is designs and facilitates participatory gatherings using circle-based methodologies such as The Circle Way, Open Space Technology, World Cafe, Collective Story Harvest and others to host and harvest conversations for thoughtful change. She integrates online collaborative tools to support working in an increasingly networked world, working with networks, non-profits, associations, and more. www.amandafenton.com
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Tiaré Jung (they) is a 2Spirit/Mahu person from Lheidli T'enneh territory. Descendant of Hawaiian, Tahitian, Chinese, Irish, and Indigenous (grandmas whose stories they are seeking) ancestors. Tiaré listens to weave collective wisdom and draw pathways into the futures we want. Let our work towards lateral liberation feel good in our bodies, be joy-driven, trauma-transforming, intersectional, and beautiful. They are a graphic recorder with the Drawing Change team. www.drawingchange.com