Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD,  Ayşe I. Carden Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology Agnes Scott College, is a spiritual director / companion, author, retreat leader, and speaker. 

She earned her BA from UC Santa Cruz and PhD from Harvard University. Lerita completed the Spiritual Guidance Program at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and promotes contemplative spirituality, the living wisdom of Howard Thurman, and uncovering the peace and joy in one’s heart on her website, leritacolemanbrown.com and other social media platforms. 

She appears in the documentaries, Back Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story, and The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song. Her book, When the Heart Speaks, Listen—Discovering Inner Wisdom was published in 2019. Lerita’s latest book, released in 2023 is What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman.

Lerita is a most grateful heart (29 years) and kidney (19 years) transplant recipient and survivor of several other medical ordeals. 

She lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Rachel has worked in the UK National Health service in a variety of different roles for almost 20 years and currently locums as a renal transplant surgery registrar in London. She sees working with patients as a privilege. Healthcare journeys within a struggling NHS can be long and complex and she thrives in this often challenging environment because it requires excellent clinical acumen, clear communication, quick thinking, patience, precision and the ability to pivot, skills which Rachel not only has, but loves to utilise.

Rachel has just finished as Head of Student Ministries at the Christian Medical Fellowship. For almost seven years, she headed up a team of 4 staff and 100+ volunteers, shaping and delivering the vision to unite and equip Christian medical, nursing and midwifery students from across the UK and Ireland to live and speak for Jesus in their studies, chosen profession and beyond. Thousands of students have been impacted by her work with CMF as she built authentic communities, discipled young people and developed the healthcare leaders of tomorrow.

Previously, Rachel worked as a clinical fellow (expertise portfolio) for Integritas Healthcare CIC, an international NGO that focuses on detainee healthcare. This role involved undertaking clinical telemedicine into prisons in the South Pacific, working alongside patients, consulates and prisons to support and advocate for the healthcare needs of foreign nationals detained abroad and supporting expert witness work within the global and UK secure environment system.

Rachel also sits on advisory and governance boards for several UK faith-based charities. She supports them in a variety of different ways, from enacting their vision,promoting fiscal responsibility and accurate financial reporting and complying with UK charity law.

The key theme among all of Rachel’s portfolio roles past and present is her passion for people. Her patience, compassion, kindness, eye for detail and analytical skills all stand her in good stead as she works to help both organisations and people to thrive and flourish in all aspects of their life.

Shaun has served as Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police since 2012.

He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1986; his formative years included policing public order events such as the poll tax riots and criminal justice disorders. Later, Shaun’s career focused more into areas of fighting Serious and Organised Crime, Counter-Terrorism and combatting Police Corruption. High profile events within which he played a significant role included the Ladbroke Grove Rail Disaster, Hatfield Train Crash, UK response to the Tsunami, and high profile homicides. He was the lead commander for combatting gang violence within London.

Since 2013 he has been the National Police Chief Lead for preventing Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. This included working with Government, third parties and the Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner over the last decade. This crime type is one of the most abhorrent and knows no boundaries in exploiting humanity across the globe. Working with academia, particularly the University of Exeter, has provided the greatest insights, supported by victims and the third sector to identify the routes into slavery and consequently some of the most effective means to prevent it.

As Chief Constable Shaun says working for the communities of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, supported by incredible colleagues and tireless partners has been a true honour.

Sue is a retired senior academic with 40 years of experience, most recently as full research professor of marketing at business schools in the Universities of Hertfordshire and Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge. She has built and led successful teams, won substantial funding and provided innovative marketing solutions, in addition to forging a reputation as an industry thought leader.

She sits on a number of charity boards. In these volunteer roles she seeks to advise organisations in the development of comprehensive marketing and branding strategies that break down barriers to customer connection and unlock income opportunities. She continues to publish and her most recent output is a chapter on what it is to be a human person in the context of consumer wellbeing for an edited collection entitled ‘Fostering consumer wellbeing’ published by Springer, June 2024.

Sue has extensive experience of strategic marketing consultancy as well as expert advisory experience in curriculum development and doctoral examinations at a number of UK and European universities. She gained a qualification and experience in coaching at the University of Hertfordshire and she is also a qualified Ignatian spiritual guide. She is now available for one to one personal development and accompanying.

As a non-executive board member and trustee she focuses on encouraging and evaluating delivery of innovative user-focused solutions and services.

To do this she combines her extensive experience and skills to instil confidence and capability with a coaching style.