About the Organizers

Conference Producers

MARCIA JAFFE is a conference entrepreneur and the visionary who developed the initial concept of this gathering based on a short, transformative vacation in Ubud in October, 2003. She has been creating and producing conferences and events for more than 25 years, including numerous national and international gatherings bringing together up to 400,000 people.

WILFORD WELCH is Chairman of the Cross Cultural Journeys Foundation and Director of Emerging Global Leaders Fellowship Program. Formerly a U.S. diplomat in Asia, he has also been a professor and consultant of international business and publisher of a world-wide newspaper.

Core Planning Team

Hanley Brite: Program Operations
Hanley has over 30 years of experience as an executive, business leader, mentor, and workshop facilitator. Founder and a principal at Authentic Connections, Inc., Hanley has studied spirituality, personal growth modalities, and human energy systems for the past 25 years. His mission is to help organizations achieve success through principled leadership, strategic action, authentic communication, and decision-making.

Damani Baker: Director, Global Healing Film Festival
Damani Baker was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of “25 new faces in independent film”. His work includes documentary and short subject narratives with clients that include PBS, CNBC, Danny Glover's Carrie Productions, and The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. He is also guest professor at Sarah Lawrence College's Film and New Media Department.


Illana Berger: Conference Coordinator
Illana has trained with healers and medicine people from around the world. She has a MA/Ph.D from CIIS, and has worked closely with teachers of the Zen and Hindu traditions. She teaches at JFK University, has a private practice as a Spiritual Counselor, leads Women's Healing Circles, rites of passage rituals for youth, and uses indigenous healing concepts and practices in her work.


Ryan Feinstein: Director, Global Youth in Action
Ryan is an International Studies student at University of California-San Diego, and currently serves as their Civic Engagement Director as well as the Head Intern at their LEAD Center (Leadership, Engagement, Activism and Development). He has lived in Bali for 5 months over the last two years, broadening his global perspective on the critical issues facing youth around the world. He has facilitated intergenerational workshops on the empowerment of youth at numerous conferences including Institute of Noetic Sciences, UCSD and the Quest for Global Healing I.


Tamarra Kaida: Visual Arts Director
Tamarra has participated in hundreds of photo exhibitions in her more than 35 years as an award-winning fine art photographer. She has curated several bicultural exhibitions and her mixed media art works are in major museum collections internationally. She is Professor Emeritus of Fine Art Photography at Arizona State University, and lives in Ubud, Bali. Tamarra is currently working on her third book—this one featuring her photos and writings.

Gary Malkin: Artistic Director
Gary is a composer, producer and performer dedicated to creating music and media that inspire the heart and catalyze social change. A seven-time Emmy award-winner, he is co-author of Graceful Passages, the first audio/cd release of the Wisdom Project, offering innovative ways to experience universal wisdom during life's transitions. (www.wisdomoftheworld.com)


Agung Rai: Bali Advisor
Agung Rai is the founder, visionary and owner of the ARMA Museum and Resort. ARMA (Agung Rai Museum of Art) serves as a living cultural art museum that showcases historical and contemporary artists from Bali, Indonesia and other countries, as well as cultural arts including Balinese dance, music, painting, sculpture and more. Agung Rai will offer delegates a unique opportunity to explore sacred historical sites near ARMA during the conference, and his fascinating stories will be a highlight for everyone taking his “Golden Hour” walks.

Tjorkorda Gde Raka Sukawati: Bali Advisor
The youngest Prince of the Ubud Palace family, Gde is directly involved with many local community activities in Ubud and is concerned about preserving Balinese culture for future generations. Very talented in traditional Balinese architecture and community leadership, he currently serves as lecturer in marketing at Udayana University and is Managing Director of Pita Maha Institution.

I Madê Sumadiyasa: Artist-in-Residence
Madé is recognized as a leading artist in Southeast Asia and is renowned for paintings that encompass a universal spirit. He has been commissioned to produce the official 2006 Quest for Global Healing II poster, and will participate with a select group of local Balinese painters who will exhibit at the ARMA Museum as part of the 2006 conference.

Peter Wrycza, PhD: Bali Liaison/ Facilitator
Peter brings more than 35 years experience working internationally, facilitating deep transformation and the practical unfolding of human consciousness. He has co-authored a number of books, including When Performance Meets Alignment. Originally from England, he founded the Nirarta Centre for Living Awareness in Bali, and he will be offering a post-conference retreat there beginning May 9th.

Ilham 'Issac' Zikri: Indonesian Operations Manager
Issac is from the Minangkabau culture in Bukittinggi, Sumatra and has been traveling for the past 3 years studying first-hand the numerous indigenous cultures of Indonesia. Isaac has attended Andalas University and will soon complete his degree in Political Science.He was recently named "Cultural Ambassador of Sumatra" by the Governor of West Sumatra and has worked on a French documentary project, researched ethnic conflict in Borneo, and worked with several NGOs. Issac spoke at the 2004 Quest for Global Healing Conference on the panel of “Young Emerging Global Leaders.”

Brooks Cole and Suzie Senk:  QGH OnlineTechnology Wizards
Brooks Cole is the founder and CEO of HoloCosmos, and has been an information architect, media designer and communications specialist for 25 years working with a range of clients including Fortune 100 corporations and non-profit organizations. Suzie Senk is COO and Strategic Consultant for HoloCosmos, and brings nearly a decade of marketing expertise. Suzie and Brooks are creating a new paradigm framework for QGH by using online communications technologies to help knit the QGH partnering organizations into a holographic and symbiotic whole. HoloCosmos is also helping QGH launch an online learning center that will support the initiatives developed from the conference in 2006.

Ernesto Sanchez: Ceremonial Artist-in-Residence
Ernesto is an award-winning ceremonial artist, performer, teacher, and intuitive healer. He has studied, taught and performed in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the US. For the past 20 years his work has explored the relationship between art, spirituality and community. During the conference he will be exhibiting works from his Journey of 1,000 Moons series, and developing a unique cross-cultural experiential ceremony for delegates and Balinese.

Meghan Pappenheim: Bali Representative
American businesswoman Meghan Pappenheim has lived in Bali since 1994 with her Balinese husband, Kadek Gunarta. Together they support a wide range of craft producers from around the Indonesian archipelago through their Ubud based boutique Tegun Galeri and furniture design company, Dek's Studio. Through Balispirit.com, Meghan also runs a yoga studio and KAFE, as well as coordinates a network of holistic venues and services around Indonesia. Kadek's deep grounding in the Balinese culture and its spiritual values makes him an ideal guide for those who want a genuine Balinese experience.

Partnering Organizations

ARMA Museum • Association for Humanistic Psychology • Authentic Connections
Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry • BaliDiscovery.com • Balispirit.com
Bali Purnati Center for the Arts • Bali Film Commission • Bali Tourism Board
Bali International Women's Association • Bali International Consulting Group
The Berkana Institute • Center for Attitudinal Healing • Creative Sage™
Earth Council Alliance • Equal Access • Friendly Favors • Gather the Women • Globalhealing.net • Global Unification • @HIGHWAY Internet/Business Center-Ubud
Interaction Associates • Institute for Global Transformation
Institute of Imaginal Studies • International Consciousness Conference
Interplay • Jana Stanfield • Launch Communications • Mandala Creative Productions
Journey to the Heart • The Mindshift Institute • Nadya Clothing
National Development Council • Office of Education and Culture Embassy of Republic of Indonesia, USA • The Pachamama Alliance • The Peace Alliance • PEACE X PEACE
PhilanthropyNow • Praxis Peace Institute • Quest the Journey • RockRose Institute
Scientific and Medical Network (England) • SEED Graduate Institute
Singapore Airlines •  SLaM (Australia) • Soul of Money Institute • Spirit at Work
Threads of Life • Ubud Hotels Association • Ubud Palace • United Religions Initiative
The United States-Indonesia Society • Wisdom of the World • Wiseworld (Australia)
Workshop Land (Japan)