Forum Retreat Facilitator for YPO, EO, & Executive Peer Groups
Fresh approaches. Fresh experiences.
We'll start exactly where you are, and then go somewhere new.
Retreats Worth the Investment
Forum retreats can be polite and forgettable, or even pretty great. Or, they can be the moment your members realize they can go even deeper.
The difference is the facilitator, sure, but there's a lot to be said for method. I bring methods you can trust to do their magic.
Methods matter. The Forum structure is the perfect example. Follow it, and you know you'll connect. The methods I've been lucky enough to call mine do the same. Trust the process, and you'll see the results, not only in depth, but in height. (Sometimes what's needed is in the territory of playfulness.)
You owe it to yourself and your group, if strong connection is the goal, to add something new to the tried and true.
Three Streams of Practice
Conflict Transformation & Encounter
Safely excavate the truth, vulnerability, and invitation to connection behind conflicts.
Psychodrama & Family Constellations
A rare modality in executive settings. Explore and disclose on a whole new level using action and concretization. Bring the body into the room.
ProcessWork & MAP
Allow what's unconscious to surface safely.
For Chairs Wanting to Make the Time Extraordinary
You're a forum chair, coordinator, or member planning your next retreat. You want more than icebreakers and a beach view. Your group has already built trust and depth and fun. You want a facilitator who can bring you even deeper, to the group's surprise, and work with what emerges, skillfully and humanely. Who can name what others avoid, create meaningful movement without unnecessary heaviness, and make the time you invest genuinely cherished and transformative.
YPO Forum Chairs
Planning an annual or mid-year retreat and ready to raise the bar on what's possible for your group.
EO Forum Coordinators
Looking for a facilitator who understands the EO culture and can go beyond the standard curriculum.
Executive Peer Groups
Leadership cohorts and peer learning groups in the 6 to 20 range who want honest connection, receptive attunement, and a space where people can be real and resonate.
Common Questions from Forum Chairs
What makes you different from other forum facilitators?
My methodology stack is unusual. Most forum facilitators come from coaching, business consulting, or therapy backgrounds. I bring all three, plus Psychodrama (an embodied modality that requires careful translation into executive forum work), Conflict Transformation (a peacebuilding and reconciliation discipline), ProcessWork (a depth-psychology approach to group dynamics), and MAP (hypnosis-related, deeply transformational self-treatments that allow members to touch and divulge material in new domains).
Can you facilitate our annual retreat, or just one-time events?
Both. I work with forum groups on a one-time basis for specific retreats, and I work with groups on an ongoing basis as their regular facilitator. Ongoing engagements let me hold the longer arc of the forum's development.
How do you handle the confidentiality forums require?
Forum confidentiality is sacred. Whatever happens in your group stays in your group. I don't write about my work with specific groups, I don't share names, and I don't use what I learn to coach individual members afterward unless they specifically engage me for that. The same NDA you ask your members to sign, I sign.
What's your geographic reach?
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and travel internationally for retreats. Experience facilitating groups across the US, Europe, and cross-cultural organizational contexts including the World Bank and other international institutions.
What size groups do you work with?
Forum-sized groups, typically 6 to 12 members, are the sweet spot. I also work with adjacent formats: executive teams, leadership cohorts, and small peer learning groups in the 6 to 20 range.
Depth and Delight
The retreats that change us the most are often the most joyful.
A First Conversation Is the Next Step
If your forum is ready to go further, let's talk. A short conversation is enough to know whether this is the right fit, for your group, your timing, and what you're hoping to unlock.