Our Team
Holly Wilkinson, Executive Director
Holly brings a background in individual and organizational development, including having served on the leadership team of the Women's Small Business Program and UVM Career Center. Her professional experience has focused on intercultural studies, community development, equity, entrepreneurship, youth leadership, workforce and career/life development. Holly is a trained facilitator with Courage & Renewal and SoulCollage(c). To keep life in perspective, she spends as much time as possible outdoors. learning languages of the more than human world. holly@wholeheartinc.org
Marybeth Redmond, Interim Co-director
Marybeth brings a deep commitment to stay true to one’s inner callings, and her work life reflects that. She has served as a Vermont state legislator, communications professional, nonprofit director, and journalist - all in service to systems change that allows people, particularly the most vulnerable, to succeed and thrive. She co-founded a program for Vermont’s incarcerated women called writing inside VT, is an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister, and is presently training to spiritually companion others. Marybeth is passionate about holding sacred space for the soul to speak, an essential element for weaving Beloved Community. marybeth@wholeheartinc.org
Natanya Vanderlaan, Facilitator
Natanya holds a deep love for connection and community. She has a background in international communications and has journeyed extensively in pursuit and practice of meaningful engagement and learning. She has worked in community development through facilitation, personal growth, and qualitative research methods. She is passionate about the practical aspects of renewal and transformation in life. Natanya currently lives in Burlington, Vermont. Her favorite things are: a good meal, her partner Jason, and drinking in the beauty of the natural world.
Rob Meyer, Courage and Renewal© Facilitator
Rob became a facilitator through the Center for Courage and Renewal in 2016. He has co-developed and co-facilitated a reflective practice curriculum for pediatric residents and faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He has been a member of the Vermont Courage Cohort for nearly a decade and is grateful to help forge and sustain the human connections in which we thrive. Rob is a primary care pediatrician who retired from clinical practice in 2019; he lives in Arlington, Mass. with his wife Anne, is the father of two, and the grandfather of four. You can often find him walking the beach reveling in nature.
Ally Oswald, Facilitator
Ally has been a school counselor in southern Vermont for the past 12 years. She has been an affiliate of the School Reform Initiative since its inception and has facilitated small groups at their annual meeting for the past 10 years. She feels passionate about helping students find their voice and stand up for the things they care about. As a member of the Vermont Courage Cohort, she has learned the power of generous listening and asking open and honest questions to create communities of belonging. She is currently attempting to raise two healthy teenage boys with her husband, Allan, and is so grateful for the daily lessons of patience and humor they bring.
Carol Egan, Courage and Renewal© Facilitator
Carol lives in the Northwest corner of Vermont on the Champlain Islands. She became a Courage & Renewal facilitator in 2007. This work has been shaped by 25 years in education serving isolated, underserved and marginalized children and families in Vermont. Carol is drawn to lessons from nature, silence, and the gifts of listening and speaking. She works to bring wholeness and integrity to education and to the relationships that are formed in the school community.
Kim Reindl, Facilitator
Kim is passionate about creating spaces and engaging in practices that help us grow individually and collectively towards our most authentic, undivided lives. Kim’s has worked with faith communities and nonprofits, where she has served as an educator, retreat leader, program developer, and a leadership consultant and trainer. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and communication, and master’s degrees in communication and theology. Through the VT Courage Cohort, Kim has experienced first-hand the reality of how a deep connection with one’s authentic self can strengthen connection with others and the natural world. She lives in Newnan, Georgia and enjoys being outdoors (hiking, walking, and running), travel with her partner Darren, and baking bread.
Facilitators of projects & Programs
Paula Pedersen,
Courage and Renewal© Facilitator
Ferene Paris Meyer,
Facilitator
Jason and Natanya Vandelaan, Intergenerational Leadership Exchange
Brian Park, Facilitator
Monthly Art of Listening 2020
Left to right: Mary Hill (taking photo) | Malia Matteson | Carol Egan | Holly Wilkinson | Jen Peterson | Aurora
Yvette McDonnell, Spiritual Chaplain Intern
Sasha Finnel, Facilitator
Equity Practitioners Network Coaches
Michael Eppolito | Ally Oswald | Kathleen Brinegar | Marissa Barbieri | Amanda Garces
Paul Byssainth, Jr., Facilitator
Mindy Wong, Facilitator