About

Kalliopeia Foundation is an independent private foundation that engages in grantmaking, education, and storytelling at the intersection of ecology, culture, and spirituality.

Ecology

Culture

Spirituality

  • Ecology

    is rooted in the Greek word oikos, meaning “house.” We center ecology as a way of upholding the diverse, interconnected relationships that shape and create our shared home.

  • Culture

    stems from the Latin word, colere, meaning to tend or cultivate. We support existing and emerging cultures that tend to and cultivate the places of which they are a part.

  • Spirituality

    derives from the Latin spirare, breathe, and spiritus, breath. Spirituality speaks to the human capacity to be in relationship to something greater than ourselves, including the living, breathing Earth.

When balanced and held together, these elements nurture and sustain humanity and the living Earth alike.

Kalliopeia’s work is grounded in the following principles:

  • Recognize life’s oneness: everything is interdependent and interconnected.
  • Honor the sacredness of the land.
  • Return to the rhythms and patterns of the living world.
  • Love and care for each other and the Earth.
  • Respect women’s leadership, feminine principles, and nonpatriarchal ways of being.
  • Listen to those who have been historically excluded.
  • Support nonhierarchical communities and ways of working together.
  • Seed a future based on kinship with the Earth.

Our Team Our Team

Kalliopeia
Foundation

  • Zoë Fuller-Rowell
    Executive Director
  • Teresa Dunbar
    Director of Finance & Investments
  • Greg Hagerman
    Finance Manager / Controller
  • Sara Dorman
    HR & Communications Manager
  • Laura Podell
    Operations Coordinator
  • Suzan Kiziler
    Administrative Assistant
  • Zoë Fuller-Rowell
    Executive Director
  • Teresa Dunbar
    Director of Finance & Investments
  • Laura Podell
    Operations Coordinator
  • Greg Hagerman
    Finance Manager / Controller
  • Sara Dorman
    HR & Communications Manager
  • Suzan Kiziler
    Administrative Assistant

Emergence
Magazine

  • Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
    Executive Editor
  • Seana Quinn
    Managing Editor
  • Michelle Moore
    Copy Editor
  • Hannah Merriman
    Art Director
  • Devin Tellatin
    Producer / Events & Programs Manager
  • Kristin Pröpper
    Communications / Events & Programs Producer
  • Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
    Executive Editor
  • Michelle Moore
    Copy Editor
  • Devin Tellatin
    Producer / Events & Programs Manager
  • Seana Quinn
    Managing Editor
  • Hannah Merriman
    Art Director
  • Kristin Pröpper
    Communications / Events & Programs Producer

Global Oneness
Project

  • Cleary Vaughan-Lee
    Executive Director
  • Cleary Vaughan-Lee
    Executive Director

Board of
Directors

  • Lisa Kleger
    Chair
  • Daniela Weeren
    Secretary/Treasurer
  • Justine Huxley
  • Sedoo Manu
  • Zach Whelan
  • Lisa Kleger
    Chair
  • Justine Huxley
  • Zach Whelan
  • Daniela Weeren
    Secretary/Treasurer
  • Sedoo Manu