our team
Darren Harley
founder & ceo, open to change
artist / activist / storyteller
writer, open to change
social impact specialist
principal, OTC Impact Fund
Adrian Jones
Harlem born & bred
photographer
personal trainer
community leader
impact advisor, open to change
Amy Harfeld
Washington, D.C. native
national policy dir. / senior attorney, Children’s Advocacy Institute
dedicated mother
impact advisor, open to change
Carl Mehling
native New Yorker
artist / writer / fossil hunter
natural history expert
bone collector, AMNH
science advisor, open to change
Justin Woolf
founder & ceo, LIGHT
lead guitarist
logician
listener
music advisor, open to change
Leigh W. Jerome
New York local / Florida native
founder & ceo, Relational Space
clinical psychologist
artist / activist / writer
art & culture advisor, open to change
Louis Young Sr.
Alabama native / New York local
community leader
master woodworker
ambassador of peace & love
impact advisor, open to change
Nita Joshi Baum
founder, b*free
yoga teacher / somatic healer
board president, Solar Responders
freelance / business / wellness ninja
editor-at-large, open to change
Richard Louis
native New Yorker / Florida transplant
founder, Second Chance Coaching
educator / scholar / podcaster
proud grandfather
impact advisor, open to change
Shareefa Abdul-Ali
Spanish Harlem native
community listener
security / enforcement officer
dedicated mother
impact advisor, open to change
Stephanie Shih-yu Cheng
Taiwanese-American / New York local
traveler / pianist / scuba diver
professor of piano, University of Denver
music advisor, open to change
— humanistic values in action —
our partners
b*free
luena foundation
relational space
your feedback
open to change
courageous conversations about the human condition
(freedom ~ mortality ~ loneliness ~ meaning)
& connection.
…are you open?