Transformative for people. Regenerative for place. Viable for business.

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How I work

I serve as a strategic advisor and systems-thinking partner within hospitality and tourism, helping leaders make foundational decisions that will still make sense decades from now, socially, ecologically, experientially, and financially.

My work often begins before design is finalized and continues as a guiding layer alongside architects, operators, tourism boards, sustainability teams, and community partners.

Hospitality and tourism are evolving. Travel is no longer only about service or entertainment. It is becoming a space for personal transformation and a force that can either extract from or restore the destinations it depends on. I work with hospitality developers, tourism leaders, destination organizations, and experience-driven brands at the earliest and most influential stages of projects to align:

  • Transformative guest experience

  • Regenerative relationship with destination and community

  • Long-term economic viability

Transformative for people. Regenerative for place. Viable for business.

❋ Strategic Advisory

Ongoing advisory support for early-stage hospitality and tourism initiatives.

I help leaders:

  • See second- and third-order impacts of tourism development

  • Avoid extractive tourism models

  • Align financial goals with long-term destination vitality

  • Integrate guest experience, community well-being, and ecological health

  • Navigate complexity across stakeholders, investors, and local partners

This is a long-term thinking partnership, not tactical consulting.

❋ Hospitality & Tourism Development Strategy

Ongoing advisory support for early-stage hospitality and tourism initiatives.

I help leaders:

  • See second- and third-order impacts of tourism development

  • Avoid extractive tourism models

  • Align financial goals with long-term destination vitality

  • Integrate guest experience, community well-being, and ecological health

  • Navigate complexity across stakeholders, investors, and local partners

This is a long-term thinking partnership, not tactical consulting.

❋ Experience Strategy

Designing tourism and hospitality experiences that foster meaningful personal shifts — not just memorable moments.

Together, we define:

  • The deeper purpose of the guest journey

  • What travelers are moving from → toward

  • Emotional and reflective arcs of a stay or program

  • Design for connection to self, others, and destination

  • Experiences that shift travelers from consumer → participant → steward

This work draws on frameworks from the Transformative Tourism field.

❋ Vision & Stakeholder Alignment

Facilitated sessions to align founders, investors, tourism leaders, designers, and community stakeholders around shared purpose and responsibility.

Regenerative tourism begins with human alignment.

❋ Leadership & Stewardship Mentoring

Supporting hospitality and tourism leaders in developing the awareness and capacity to lead purpose-driven, place-connected organizations.

❋ Expanded Expertise with The Council Consultants

When projects require deeper implementation support, training, or accreditation pathways, I collaborate with the global specialist network within The Transformational Travel Council to extend the work from strategy into practice across the tourism ecosystem.

Core Principle

What is transformative for travelers should also be regenerative for the destinations they visit.

Strategic Advisory for Transformative & Regenerative Hospitality and Tourism

Speaking Engagements & Thought Leadership

I’m proud to be a globally recognized keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and retreat guide, and an original thought leader in transformative tourism and regenerative hospitality. My work explores how travel and hospitality can foster meaningful personal transformation while contributing to the long-term vitality of destinations and communities.

I’ve been:

  • Interviewed on international media, including CNN and the BBC

  • Quoted in major outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, and National Geographic

  • Featured on leading tourism and hospitality conference stages worldwide

  • A guest on numerous industry and leadership podcasts

I deliver:

  • Keynote talks

  • Facilitated workshops

  • Leadership retreats

All designed to bridge visionary ideas with practical pathways for those shaping the future of travel and hospitality.

  • “The future of tourism and hospitality is not about serving more guests, but about serving deeper meaning and reverence for people, communities, and the living world.”

    — Jake Haupert

  • “The future of business is about meaning, not just money.”

    —Chip Conley, Author, MEA, and Advisor to The Transformational Travel Council

  • “The journey is not about escape, but about engagement — with the world, with others, and with ourselves.”

    —Phil Cousineau, Author, and Advisor to the Transformational Travel Council

  • New List Ite“Experiences are about time well spent. Transformations are about time well invested.”

    —B. Joseph Pine II, Author, and Advisor to the Transformational Travel Council

Walk with Me

Think clearly. Observe deeply. Feel what matters , while walking in nature.

This Session Helps You

- See where your experience is flat or forgettable

- Spot opportunities for deeper meaning and connection

- Align what you offer with purpose and place

- Design for transformation, not just satisfaction

You Leave With

- Clear insight into your experience strategy

- One powerful idea to elevate what you offer

- Practical next steps you can use right away

1 hour - $500

  • "Regeneration is a process by which people, institutions, and materials evolve the capacity to fulfill their inherent potential in a world that is constantly changing around them."

    Carol Sanford

  • "Only when we have learned to see ourselves... as part of a dynamic living system subject to nature's laws will we truly figure out how to thrive."

    Anna Pollock

  • "The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanded concept of what it means to be human.”

    JohnNaisbett - Futurist

  • “Enterprises should recognize the economic opportunity offered by the transformation business, in which they partner with consumers to improve some fundamental aspect of their lives—to achieve a “new you.”

    - Harvard Business Review, Joe Pine, author of "The Experience Economy

Let’s Connect

I work selectively with projects and leaders who are committed to aligning meaningful guest and traveler experiences with responsible participation in the destinations and communities visited.

The most successful engagements are those in which transformation and regeneration are seen not as add-ons but as central to the project’s purpose and long-term success.

Retained Strategic Advisory

I typically work with hospitality and tourism leaders through ongoing advisory partnerships that provide strategic perspective, decision support, and systems-level guidance during key phases of development.

Project-Based Strategy Engagements

For defined experience strategy & development, regenerative design strategy, or alignment facilitation engagements.

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