Riane Eisler
Speaker topic areas: cultural history and transformation, economic and social justice, social systems, social wealth metrics, gender equity, and human rights
Riane Eisler is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, attorney, consultant, and speaker. Her work has transformed organizations, policies, and people worldwide, and her book Nurturing Our Humanity shows how to construct a more equitable, sustainable, and less violent world based on partnership rather than domination.
Dr. Eisler is president of the Center for Partnership Systems (CPS), dedicated to research and education, keynotes conferences nationally and internationally, addressed the United Nations General Assembly, the U.S. Department of State, and Congressional briefings, and speaks at corporations and universities worldwide on applications of the partnership model introduced in her work.
Eisler was a child refugee from Nazi Europe, and that experience eventually led to her multidisciplinary re-examination of human societies and human possibilities. She is internationally known for her bestseller The Chalice and The Blade, now in 27 foreign editions and 57 U.S. printings, the first book reporting her findings. Her book on economics, The Real Wealth of Nations, was hailed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu as "a template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking".
Jed Diamond
Speaker topic areas: Gender-specific medicine, creating true partnership between females and males, raising sane and healthy children in a world out of balance.
Jed Diamond, PhD, LCSW, is Founder/VHS (Visionary, Healer, Scholar in residence) at MenAlive.com and the convenor of The Moonshot for Mankind and Humanity. He has been a leader in the field of gender-specific medicine and men’s health for more than fifty years. Jed has been a colleague and supporter of Riane and her work since they first met in San Franciso in 1987, shortly after the publication of The Chalice & The Blade.
Jed is the author of 17 books, including international best-sellers, Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Surviving Male Menopause, The Irritable Male Syndrome, and Long Live Men! The Moonshot Mission to Heal Men, Close the Lifespan Gap, and Offer Hope to Humanity. He and his wife, Carlin, are proud parents of five children, seventeen grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Brie Mathers
Speaker topic areas: partnership youth empowerment: young leaders
Brie Mathers, Founder and President of Love the Skin You're In, is a powerful transformational speaker who is introducing Partnership to the next generation in her dynamic school presentations to young women and men. Brie's resiliency project empowers young women to think critically about their place in society, and about the popular and social media messages they are receiving about body image, sexuality, and self-worth. Brie's message deeply resonates with the students that receive her vibrant presentations in schools in the US, Canada and Europe.
Teddie Potter
Speaker topic areas: planetary health, building partnership-based movements, systems thinking
Dr. Teddie Potter, Clinical Professor, School of Nursing-University of Minnesota, is deeply committed to climate change education including co-founding Health Professionals for a Healthy Planet, membership in the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and membership on the American Academy of Nursing Environment and Public Health Expert Panel. She is a member of the Coordinating Committee of Columbia University's Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education and a Fellow in the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. She chairs Clinicians for Planetary Health (C4PH) and is a member of the Steering Committee of the Planetary Health Alliance at Harvard.
At the University of Minnesota, Dr. Potter designed and co-teaches an interdisciplinary course titled "The Global Climate Challenge: Creating an Empowered Movement for Change." In addition, she co-leads a Health Sciences initiative titled, "Climate Change and Health: An Interprofessional Response." Working in partnership with Project Drawdown, Dr. Potter has co-created Nurses Drawdown. By embracing and teaching the evidence-based solutions of Nurses Drawdown, nurses around the world will help to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and create a healthier future for humans and the rest of the planet. In 2019, Dr. Potter was appointed the first Director of Planetary Health for the School of Nursing.
Dr. Potter is Executive Editor for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies; a peer-reviewed, open-access, online journal promoting interdisciplinary collaboration as a solution for solving society's grand challenges.
Sara Saltee
Speaker topic areas: caring economy, partnership leadership, partnership with the self, partnership and creativity
Sara has been supporting the Center for Partnership Systems' Caring Economy Leadership and Learning Programs since early 2009, when she joined the team that developed the initial pilot project. As the programs have evolved, Sara has taken a lead role in program development as a curriculum designer, facilitator, and managing director. With 20 years experience in adult education, five years as an organization development consultant, and broad expertise in the fields of communication, adult learning, and creativity, Sara specializes in the articulation and display of complex concepts, and design and facilitation of high-engagement learning experiences for adult learners.
Cherri Jacobs Pruitt
Cherri Jacobs Pruitt has spent the majority of her professional life working in maternal and child health policy and systems work at the local, county, state, and federal levels. Cherri holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Colorado. She has been an advocate for Riane’s cultural transformation work since becoming a CPS Caring Economics Leader in 2013. From 2022-2025, Cherri was the coordinator for the Power of Partnership podcast series, bringing together individuals to share their personal experiences with Partnership practices. Cherri is the founder of CJ Connections, catalyzing systemic change through education, empowerment, and helping businesses and organizations thrive by applying partnership principles.
