Tosha Silver graduated from Yale with a degree in English literature but along the way fell madly in love with yogic philosophy. For the past 30 years, she has taught people around the world ways to align with Inner Love. She is the author of Outrageous Openness and Change Me Prayers- The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender.

She lives near San Francisco, where she runs Living Outrageous Openness: Think Like a Goddess, an online course that offers an ongoing way to support those who truly want to live these beautiful, ancient practices for transformation.

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls.

As the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda sets the direction and priorities of the world's largest philanthropy. She is also the founder of Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company working to drive social progress for women and families in the United States.

Melinda spent the first decade of her career developing multimedia products at Microsoft. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, Bill. They have three children, Jenn, Rory, and Phoebe.

Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine at the University of Portland, and the author of twenty books of essays, fiction, poems, and nonfiction, among them the novels Mink River, The Plover, and Martin Marten. Honors for his work include the American Academy of Arts & Letters Award in Literature. He lives in Portland, Oregon.