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As a coach, Jamila holds space for and believes in a vision for women to live fully integrated, resilient lives. Together, Jamila and her client's clear the static and noise to hear and honor their unique, powerful voices, align with their guiding principles, and take action to claim and create a life of freedom, joy, agency, and connection.

As a consultant and speaker, she partners with organizations to co-create more inclusive, equitable workplaces. She utilizes a platform of storytelling, relationship building and interconnectedness to advance learning, and to celebrate and design better organizations.

She believes a world of equity, justice, care, and wellbeing is possible. We must imagine it and choose it, then be intentional in how we live and work in relationship with ourselves and others. 

Gaskins holds an MA in Conflict Transformation from ����������'s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding where she developed her theory of change: "People who experience a new world can begin to believe a new world is possible." She also holds an MA in Urban Sustainability from Antioch University Los Angeles, where her thesis examined forced migration and separation from land.

Jenny Finn has spent nearly 30 years working alongside individuals, communities, and organizations to cultivate vitality and support meaningful transformation. Her work is rooted in a deep sense of calling that emerged in her early twenties and continues to shape her life and practice.

Through mentoring, teaching, and research, Jenny invites people to deepen their relationship with themselves as a foundation for contributing to the world with clarity, compassion, and integrity. Her work spans a wide range of contexts, including nonprofit leadership, trauma and hospice care, chaplaincy, clinical private practice, expressive arts, community and cultural design, and transformative education.

Jenny holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education and is the co-founder of Springhouse, an intergenerational learning community in Southwest Virginia. At Springhouse, she helps envision, practice, and share ways of living that contribute to a world where all life thrives.

Her work is both deeply personal and inherently relational, grounded in the belief that individual and collective vitality are inseparable. Across all settings, she is committed to cultivating environments where people can grow in presence, responsibility, and connection to life.

Jenny lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, Andy, and their many animals, and is the grateful mother of Andrew and Lizzie.

Aundrea Smiley, PhD, is a career educator and educational consultant with over 18 years of service in the field, as well as an RJ practitioner. She is a graduate of the Peacebuilding program at ����������, holding a graduate level certificate in RJE, and successfully completed her PhD from Liberty University, where her dissertation research was focused on RJE at the elementary level. Aundrea has previously served as a classroom teacher/building level reading coach as well as the Literacy Coach serving a Virginia school district in grades K-12.  She is a published author and education/beauty consultant. Currently, she is an assistant professor of Teacher Education/ RJE here in the Teacher Education Program at ����������. Aundrea enjoys spending time with friends, family, and loved ones as well as serving the community in various capacities.

Dr. Kathy Evans is a Professor of Education at ����������, where she has helped develop ����������’s graduate program in Restorative Justice in Education (RJE), which supports educators as they create learning environments that promote relational approaches to teaching and learning, justice and equity in schools and classrooms, and transformational approaches to conflict and harm. She is the co-author of The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education and has published articles and book chapters related to restorative justice and school discipline practices, focusing on the ways in which restorative justice is applied to educational contexts. With a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Research from The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, her teaching and scholarship focus on ways in which educators participate in creating more just and equitable educational opportunities for all students, including those with disability labels, those who exhibit challenging behavior, and those who are marginalized for a variety of reasons, including race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity.