Dr. Kurt Johnson (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/synergycircles; http://www.lightonlight.us), author and activist, has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years. A prominent figure on international committees, particularly at the United Nations, he is the author or co-author of several influential and award-winning books: Our Moment of Choice (2020) (Gold Nautilus and COVR Awards), The Coming Interspiritual Age (2013), Nabokov’s Blues (2000) and Fine Lines (2015) (Brian Boyd Prize, 2019). 

Kurt has served on the faculty of New York’s Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and, for 25 years, was associated there with the American Museum of Natural History. He is the host of the Convergence series on VoiceAmerica, publisher of three magazines: The Convergence, Light on Light, and Conscious Business, and is a founder of the Light on Light Press. A partner in UNITY EARTH, Kurt is ordained, or certified, in five religious traditions. He has a Ph.D. in Evolution and Ecology and is the author of over 200 scientific articles and seven technical books. A former monastic, is he a member or founder of the Evolutionary Leaders, Association of Transformational Leaders, International Contemplative Alliance, Gaiafield and Subtle Activism Networks, Self Care to Earth Care network, UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, NGO Forum 21 Institute, the UN Committee for International Yoga Day, and is President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. 

Johnson, Mills, and Lennon previously joined in presenting “A Spiritual Lives of Scientists” program for the 2023 Complexity Science Summit.

Robert Atkinson, PhD, award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist, is a 2020 Gold Nautilus Book Award winner as co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future, a 2023 Silver Nautilus Book Award winner for A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family, and a 2017 Silver Nautilus Book Award winner for The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. He is also the author or co-editor of nine other books including, Year of Living Deeply: A Memoir of 1969 (2019), Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul’s Story (2012), The Life Story Interview (1998) and The Gift of Stories (1995).

With a Ph.D. in cross-cultural human development from the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, he is professor emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, a pioneer in the techniques of personal myth-making and soul making, director of StoryCommons, founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders. http://www.robertatkinson.net

Rainn Wilson is author of the current New York Times bestseller Soul Boom:  Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution. He is a three-time Emmy-nominated actor best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on NBC’s The Office. Besides his many other roles on stage and screen, he is the co-founder of the media company SoulPancake and host of Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss on Peacock. Rainn is the author of The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy, as well as the co-author of SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Oregon and California with his family and a lot of animals.