2024 HATCH Arcosanti Bios (Team)

As the COO of HATCH and HATCH Studios, Jared manages and optimizes day-to-day operations and collaborations between internal teams and strategic external partners. His expertise enables him to bridge diverse groups for innovative human-centered, cross-industry projects. Jared holds a Master of Science in the History and Theory of Psychology and is also a Certified Sommelier. Beyond his professional life, he is passionate about the natural world, practicing qigong, and playing guitar. For anyone eager to engage with HATCH, Jared is the ideal contact if there's anything you'd like to catalyze.

Mark Brand is a pioneering chef and entrepreneur in the field of Social Impact and Community Development. Along with leading his 5 organizations, Brand is a Stanford fellow, Professor of Innovation and Design Thinking, has served as executive chef for the American Refugee Committee and Pope Francis's Climate Challenge, served as Entrepreneur in Residence for The City of Sydney Australia,  and received Canada’s Golden Jubilee Medal for service to his country and community.

Nichole is a social and arts entrepreneur. She holds a passion for social structures and the arts. She have been involved in the architecture of high-profile performance and production art around the country. With nearly a decade of experience in creative production industries, she knows how to bring strategy and creative depth to any project.

Raymond was born and raised in Montana where his love for nature lead him down the educational path of reclaiming disturbed lands. His fascination with soil/plant/wildlife communities, conservation, and feeding people keeps his hands in the dirt. He spent 10 years as a rodeo bullfighter finding flow while dancing with bulls; which ultimately brought him to the TEDx stage. His work with non profits in recent years has inspired Raymond to further his Facilitation skills so he can help others find their best selves and succeed in the dreams they have, often through the lens of storytelling.

I thrive when living an artful existence creating solutions for an optimistic future. My work centers around comprehensive design, systems thinking, and the arts. Iv’e contributed concept design-work to the automotive, gaming, theme park, movie and tech. industries for 30 years. It’s my love of nature, experience with manufacturing and interest in bettering humanity that inspired me to found Eqogo, a robust platform to evaluate and rate products on their social, environmental and quality attributes. I seek to make the pursuit of transparency a contagion for irreversible change.

Kendall Ramseur, a cellist and composer, enchants with his artistry. Known for his work with the nationally acclaimed quartet, Sons of Serendip, and impactful cinematic compositions, he's also celebrated for his solo projects and contributions to top shows. Kendall's music, from Netflix trailers to prestigious ensembles, invites listeners into a world of emotion and storytelling through symphony.

Kia Ora! (hello), I am from Aotearoa (New Zealand). I am a hospitality & wellness professional with a career spanning over 25 years. I am dedicated to balancing the impact of the human desire to travel, connect & explore the beauty of this world whilst honoring the precious ecosystems of our planet & its unique cultures.

I founded the Weaving Waters Collective as an opportunity to distill a career dedicated to curating bespoke hospitality/ tourism experiences into a global blueprint for well-being & reconciliation projects for all humans on this planet.

Look forward to Hatching with all!

Kirk Eklund is the founder and lead facilitator at Inkfish who has been working at the intersection of Innovation and Belonging since 2014. He approaches the work with a unique blend of Design Thinking, centering a DEIB perspective, and Integral Facilitation. Partnering with internal teams and a world-class network of collaborators he brings new perspectives, energy, and tools to help organizations tackle some of their most challenging problems. Kirk aims to be a productive disruptor, believing the status quo will only get us so far.

Jacob is a cultural creative and writer who is published at Huffington Post, Medium, Elephant Journal, Collective Evolution, UPLIFT, and many others. He is Co-Founder of UNIFY, a nonprofit that organizes globally synchronized meditations and social/environmental campaigns through their large social media following of about 2.5 million people. With a Creole ancestry on his mother's side he is deeply involved with Carnival Arts, Costumes, Giant-Puppets, Stilt Walking and has played Piano since he could walk. He believes that Art & Culture are the keys to healthy community and a better planet.

Roshi Givechi provides design consulting services to large businesses, individual startup entrepreneurs, and non-profit organizations looking to make a difference, while also developing her own short doc films. Common core? To enhance mindsets, crystalize experiences and amplify outcomes. After 19 years at global design firm IDEO, lastly as Partner – Executive Design Director, she coined her 2018 “creative sabbatical” before opting to consult. She loves shaping content, helping founders articulate their offer, and programming workshops with others to unlock individual and collective impact.

Cole is a bright young man with unlimited promise. A proud English Major and lifelong pianist, Cole is passionate about art, music, and all things that bring people joy and meaning. Cole got his start with HATCH as a NextGen in 2016. He now works on the team at HATCH to keep Yarrow organized and bring sparkle and shine to HATCH’s internal processes. Cole is a youth coach for the Seattle Bouldering Project Climbing Team and a mentor for Alpha Climbing. In his free time, Cole loves building community, dancing to techno music, singing in the Seattle Men's Chorus, and climbing rocks.

Adam is a lighting designer, musician, and bronze bell artisan, living at Arcosanti over the last five years. As a resident of Arcosanti Adam has been living and learning about the ins and outs of small scale, alternative community models around the world. Having recently returned from travels to Auroville, Findhorn, and Damanhur, he is currently integrating and synthesizing the observed patterns that exist within each visionary project. How do we, as humans in these times, return to collective systems of connection and care, while re-synthesize to our natural world?

I am driven by my passion for curating unforgettable moments, where people come together to celebrate and connect. I believe in the power of community-building through gathering, communication, and shared experiences. Hopefully my legacy lies in the cherished memories of those who have come together, and those connections made will endure. In today's world, I see this mission as vital for our collective well-being and more important than ever before.

Tate Chamberlin produces the HATCH Podcast and immerses you in the world of adventure journalism, fearlessly exploring the monumental global changes, inequalities, and urgent issues surrounding the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through raw, unfiltered storytelling, we dive into the tension within these goals and share the stories from the front lines of systems change.

An entrepreneur, board member and strategist scaling smart solutions for sustainable cities. She is the co-founder of 11VEN, a innovation collective and a proud HATCH board member and HATCH Studio architect. Her previous ventures include MyVillage and Zola Electric, connecting 1M+ African households to affordable solar energy. She has raised $180M+ from world-class investors for her ventures. In addition to HATCH, she is/has been a board member for Kidogo and TheBoardroom Africa. Recognitions include Forbes 30 Under 30, Zayed Future Energy Prize, and Academy of Achievement delegate.

I served as the Senior Rabbi at Congregation Bet Haverim for 23years, where I am now Rabbi Emeritus. I am the co-founder of three nonprofits and a social impact consultant on leadership, culture, and DEIJ work. I serve as a spiritual guide for social justice leaders, clergy, and seekers of all faiths. Working in the South, I am a committed advocate for racial justice and civil and human rights. I was named one of the 36 most influential rabbis in North America and recognized as one of the 100 most notable LGBT clergy in America by the Huffington Post.

As the owner of MediaVision Productions, Brian has been producing impactful content for almost 30 years. Along with his human and fellow HATCHer Jill Bernstein, he produces and directs live events and shoots for clients in healthcare, social impact, CPG, music and innovation. He's a seasoned editor and motion graphics designer who thrives most when he's working on something he believes in. With a recent pivot to specializing in global remote recording, his passion is to use the latest technology to arm his clients with meaningful storytelling tools.

Jill pivoted from her life as a senior advertising executive in NYC after 20+ years to pursue a career that would allow her to blend her love of production, creative, strategy and business leadership. As Executive Producer and Creative Director at MediaVision Productions with her human and fellow HATCHer Brian Stevens, she overlays her agency experience with her endless curiosity, love of storytelling and her deep empathy. The result is the creation of compelling content for purpose driven organizations.

Bob is a curious guy seeking to cultivate mutualistic collaboration with a systems approach to problem solving.
He is an entrepreneur who invests in real estate and spends too much time in crawl spaces. He led the field development of “cast earth,” a pourable earthen material used to build wall systems for passive solar buildings. Working with dancers at Richmond Ballet, he’s run Big Bang Fireworks in Virginia for 35 years. He and his wife own and manage rental property in AZ and CO.
Bob is inspired by nature, amazed by our living planet, and grateful and honored to be a part of it all.

Chris has spent his career building better companies, launching new ideas, and giving rise to cultural tastemakers through awe-inspired experiences, content, and advisory. Echoing an award-winning career across entertainment, industrial, media and technology industries, Chris has valuable insights, practices, and resources to thrive in an always-evolving cultural landscape. He has done this alongside the UN, Fast Company, Omnicom Media Group, MullenLowe, Cannes Lions, The Nyah Project, HubSpot, and and authored the 2018 #1 bestselling book, 10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules.

Serving change agents + global entities sincere about developing intra + inter-personal capabilities needed to forward the UN SDGs—Facilitator. Artist. Lecturer @ MIT Sloan. Founder @ TILT, social enterprise focused on artful evolution of leaders + cultures working in ever-changing contexts. Serves McKinsey's think tank for Learning Innovation. Pioneers curricula to train leaders in lived practices that facilitate ongoing growth of individuals + communities at MIT Sloan, Harvard ilab, Stanford d.school. Lived in an Australian Aboriginal community for 3 years to study how we mature creatively.

Reem is an Arab woman, a producer, experience designer & yogi.

She’s led production at festivals like Envision Festival in Costa Rica and Tech Open Air in Berlin. She has also spent the last 2 years as the senior producer of Experience House a month long gathering for leading experience designers and community builders gather.

Currently she is producing HATCH Arcosanti & is the Community Cultivation & Production Steward at KAVANÂ, 30-acre oceanfront Retreat Center and Learning Institute dedicated to personal transformation for real-world impact.

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Chris Kleine is an aspiring human looking for fun and sense in all of the chaos this world has to offer. Getting into Arcosanti was a two-year endeavor, and the past two years that I've lived here have been educational, inspiring, and transformative. I look forward to the next adventure I get into and exercising the lessons I've learned.

Working on a memoir about growing up in an abandoned fur farm in Alaska.
A culture and people whisperer.
Entre/intrapraneur.
Publisher of award winning magazine Mamalode.
Heart and human centered leader.
Mom of two grown beautiful humans.
Leads retreats in Montana and Alaska (eco tours, photography, writing, team, family)
On the board of HATCH and also Ballet Beyond Borders

Arcosanti resident of 2+ years

I’m a cinematographer who’s filmed on six continents, over 50 countries and throughout the United States.

I try & bring experience, a calm demeanor, enthusiasm and most importantly, a unique visual style to every project. I try & shoot to capture the moment, visually deliver the message & most importantly be respectful of the people around me

I’ve helped tell stories for clients such as ABC, PBS, the National Geographic Channel, HBO Sports, the Billboard Music Awards, United Airlines, Rolling Stone, Bulleit Bourbon & Mercedes Benz

I am a graduate student at Prescott college, with a strong focus on environmental science, particularly in sustainable building and ecological design. My academic journey is enriched by a diverse array of practical skills and interests. Through carpentry and welding, merging precision with creativity. My hope is to enhance my ability to visualize and execute projects that are environmentally considerate and effective.