Sarah Peyton, author, Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer and neuroscience educator, integrates constellations, brain science and the use of resonant language to heal trauma with exquisite and warm gentleness. Sarah teaches and lectures internationally and is the author of four books on relational neuroscience and self-compassion: Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain’s Capacity for Healing, the companion Your Resonant Self Workbook: From Self-sabotage to Self-care, and Affirmations for Turbulent Times: Resonant Words to Soothe Body and Mind, and The Antiracist Heart: A Self-Compassion and Activism Handbook, co-authored with Roxy Manning, PhD. Find her at www.sarahpeyton.com.

Dr. Yvette Erasmus is a clinical psychologist, writer, and internationally recognized teacher of nonviolence and relational intelligence. She helps people unlearn fear-based patterns and return to wholeness through compassion, courage, and connection, integrating evidence-based psychology with mindfulness, trauma healing, and spiritual practice. For over three decades, she has been offering practical tools for transforming conflict, repairing relationships, and cultivating authentic presence. She hosts the popular podcast Conversations from the Heart, leads global courses such as Human 101 and Relationships as Spiritual Practice, and her work is dedicated to making the world kinder, freer, and more beautiful, one conversation at a time. Learn more at yvetteerasmus.com.

Committed to compassion and fierce authenticity, as team leader Roxy Manning brings decades of service experience to her work interrupting explicitly and implicitly oppressive attitudes and cultural norms within individuals, communities, and organizations. Rooted in her experience as an Afro-Caribbean immigrant, Roxy’s passion for cultivating resilience and equity comes from seeing how differently different communities were resourced throughout her development and education. She brings a diversity of perspectives and experience to her work that generates profound insights for transformative change. Roxy has worked and consulted across the U.S. with businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations wanting to move towards equitable and diverse hiring practices and workplace cultures, as well as with individuals and groups committed to social justice in Sri Lanka, Japan, The Netherlands, and Thailand.

Based in Northern California, Aya Caspi brings her unique blend of vision, practical clarity, and deep commitment to the transformative power of Nonviolent Communication to settings as varied as schools, parenting, couples counseling, mediation, nonprofit organizations, social change communities, and media. Aya has served as an educational consultant on several preschool series, creating original curricula and advising on show development and scripting. Her client list includes Warner Bros., Discovery Media, 9 Story Media Group, Cartoon Saloon, Field Day Entertainment, the Cartoon Network, and Max. Aya has been sharing the work of NVC internationally via online classes and in-person retreats. She continually grapples with the joys and challenges of being raised in Israel and finds deep open hope in applying NVC to the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Learn more at www.reclaiminglifenvc.com

Ela (Eloísa) Ramos has taught Nonviolent Communication at learning centers throughout the U.S. and internationally for about a decade. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist in Taos, New Mexico. Ela loves facilitating compassionate dialogue to support social justice and systemic change. She is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and is a proficient Spanish-speaker. Ela loves to use NVC to disarm the inner critic and embrace the shadow.

What invigorates your spirit? How could we weave that magic into every interaction and relationship? Through her workshops, coaching, and consulting, Phoenix Soleil empowers individuals to bring their soul into the soil of every encounter, so they can make more of a difference, and have fun making that difference. She is a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication (NVC), passionate about the intersections of community, emotional intelligence, and trauma. Phoenix brings this spirit into all aspects of her professional work. She supports collaboration through workshops, coaching, and conflict facilitation: including mediation and restorative practice circles. Phoenix has led workshops on communication, racial justice, and meditation for a variety of organizations, including Google, the Kellogg Foundation, UC Berkeley, the Insight Meditation Society, and the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. Since 2018, she has served as a partner and co-owner at LIFT Economy, a worker-owned cooperative consulting firm dedicated to creating, modeling, and sharing a racially just, regenerative, and locally self-reliant economy that benefits all life. As a worker cooperative, all co-owners practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC), which is essential to their business DNA and theory of change. You can find more about her offerings at phoenixsoleil.com or go.lifteconomy.com/leadership

Dr. Kara Nance is a multifaceted healer who integrates medical expertise with compassionate, holistic care. A Princeton honors graduate, she finished second in her class at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago. Board certified in Obesity Medicine, she also completed Naropa University's program in Psychedelic Medicine and offers Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Beyond traditional medicine, Dr. Nance is certified in Resonant Healing for trauma and is a Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Communication. She supports individuals, couples, families, and organizations in overcoming communication and relational barriers. An experienced Systems Thinker certified by Cornell's Cabrera Lab, Dr. Nance is also a certified Enneagram Teacher who facilitates an Enneagram Think Tank. With extensive training in Jungian Cognitive Functions and Myers-Briggs typology, she helps clients understand complex systems. Dr. Nance co-authored the intuition edition of the bestselling Women Gone WILD and produced The Blindspot: An Enneagram Podcast. In her personal time, she enjoys hiking, biking, botanical gardens, yoga, reading, traveling, and time with friends and family, including her four young adult children.

Rodger Sorrow stands as a pivotal figure in the field of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), accredited as a Certified Trainer and Assessor with The Center for Nonviolent Communication since 2001, and one of the original Conference founders back when it first started as an in-person event in 2006. His journey with NVC has been transformative, enabling him to express what is going on for him without criticism of others so he can communicate authentically and empathetically, fostering accountability, and enabling deeper connections to develop. Renowned for infusing humor and playfulness into education, Rodger's unique approach to learning, coupled with his compassion and commitment to personal growth, make him an ideal host for the conference for the 19th year running. His efforts to integrate NVC into various sectors, including education, rehabilitation, and community services, along with his availability for personalized coaching, highlight his dedication to spreading the tenets of NVC and ensuring its practical application in everyday life.

Julia is a certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Trainer and she helps individuals, groups, and organizations transform their relationships and team dynamics through NVC and other integrative modalities. Committed to fostering authentic and compassionate connections, she supports people in navigating conflicts, strengthening collaboration, and creating environments built on trust and understanding. Julia’s work is deeply rooted in both extensive training and a continuous inner exploration. She believes meaningful transformation begins with self-awareness and the ability to recognize and care for shared human needs. She helps individuals cultivate deeper self-understanding, resolve conflicts, and build authentic relationships. Drawing from her background in tech program management, she also supports organizations in improving workplace communication and team cohesion. Through workshops, 1-on-1 coaching, and her blog Space For Heart, Julia equips others with practical tools to bring more empathy, clarity, and presence into both personal and professional relationships.

Eric Huang, attended a NVC 9-day International Intensive Training(IIT) thinking he knew everything about NVC after reading 1/3 of the book and watching one Marshall video 3 times. By the end of the 9-day IIT he knew nothing. Eric is most passionate about group coaching, NVC pod & community formation, and networking of NVC resources for learning and growth.

For Eric, the key to NVC is accessing healing through the expression and discovery of authentic truth underneath with warm, sensitive accompaniment with empathy and resonance.

Eric is a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California, earned an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has an MBA, and was worked in Silicon Valley in High Tech Marketing for 25 years on something called USB. Yes, that USB.  He became a Certified CVNC Trainer in 2022.  Eric‚Äôs learning, from all this learning is that Eric has a lot to learn. He cofounded NVCDayOne a monthly event to support candidates on their certification journey.

One of Kristin’s passions and “specializations” is working with grief and gratitude. She believes that “we only grieve that which we love”, believing that we are meant to share heartbreak/mourning and joy/play in community, not alone.

As a facilitator and holder of spaces for groups in learning and in conflict, Kristin draws on many models to be responsive to group and individual experiences, to build/support brave space that attends to layers of needs, and to build trust and capacities for what might be possible.

Kristin began learning the principles and skills of Nonviolent communication in 1994 when she worked with Jean Morrison in San Quentin Prison doing Alternatives to Violence programs. She realized the power of NVC when it saved her marriage (thanks to Jean!) one day in 2001 and decided she was all in. Kristin became a Certified trainer in 2010. Kristin is a weaver of models, principles, and frameworks, using NVC supports as root and guiding sun. She is deeply thankful to teachers and co-creators for finding ways to powerfully address the challenges we face in humanity.

Leina, having finished her Master’s in Teaching through a whole child program in 1998, spent a dozen years navigating the traditional education system. In 2007, as a burned-out educator with an at-risk teen at home she  became a consultant for the National Writing Project (NWP). Through my work with the NWP, she realized everyone is a writer and writing is a powerful tool to think, learn, heal, remember, release, transform limiting beliefs, and so much more! In 2010 she was introduced to NVC by way of 

being hired at an NVC-based charter school. This began  introduction to NVC skills and consciousness, and the shared power partnership paradigm. In 2024 Leina  co-hosted a Family Heart Camp in Southern California joiining a community of trainers who hold a shared vision of a world where all needs are held with care, where we can have more authentic communication with awareness of power differences, more ease, more equity and more connection.

Lorraine helps leaders and teams develop their ability to collaborate and communicate powerfully with the help of Nonviolent Communication. Participants describe her programs as practical, structured, playful and highly interactive. 92% of Lorraine’s training clients experienced improved work performance and 97% experienced improved relations with colleagues. Her clients include Microsoft, Visa, Salesforce, Intuit and California water agencies. Lorraine's work creatively draws from her experience as an engineer and United Nations facilitator. When she's not sharing NVC with the world, you can find her surfing the beaches near her home in Southern California or jamming with her musician friends.

Celia Landman, MA (Mindfulness Studies) is a mindfulness educator. In 2013 she was ordained by Thich Nhat Hahn as a member of the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She works with teens, parents, and folks impacted by trauma, addiction, and anxiety creating customized practices to reconnect wholeness. Celia is a certified trainer at the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her greatest aspiration is to help others recognize their true nature of love and ability. She is the author of the book, "When the Whole World Tips: Parenting through Crisis with Mindfulness and Balance". She is a mother of two mostly grown children, a writer, and lives in Savannah, Georgia