The Team at West Coast Integral Initiatives

Tam Lundy, PhD (Principal)
Tam is an established consultant, educator and mentor in the field of human and social development. Having discovered her love for this work in the early 1970’s, Tam now draws on several decades of professional experience in community development and capacity building, social planning, health promotion and organizational development. Over the years she has worked with leaders and practitioners in a broad range of government, organizational and community settings. She has led large-scale initiatives, advised practitioners and policy-makers, developed and delivered countless workshops and courses, and written extensively on topics ranging from participation, community development and capacity building, to human development and the challenge of change.  

Tam works closely with leaders, policy makers, practitioners and educators in diverse disciplines and sectors, introducing integral thinking and practice approaches to health promotion, planning, governance, and organizational development, as well as community development, engagement and capacity building. Over the past few years, for example, Tam worked closely with the team at BC Healthy Communities, a British Columbia-wide initiative fostering health, well-being and healthy human development in individuals and in communities. She played a leadership role in BCHC’s start-up phase, shaping the initiative’s theoretical foundations with an integral approach, and contributing integrally-informed practice tools that continue to guide the work of the BCHC team.

Tam’s pioneering work to apply an integral approach to health promotion and education is gaining ground among health practitioners and policy leaders alike, and forms the foundations of curriculum she teaches in the School of Holistic Studies at John F. Kennedy University in California.

Ali Grant, PhD (Associate)
Ali is a community development coach and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in community building. For the last decade Ali has worked with local and provincial non-profit organizations, researchers, evaluators, change agents and all levels of government to provide strategic coaching and consulting on a variety of community and organizational change initiatives. Most recently, Ali has been focusing on catalyzing health, well-being and healthy development in individuals, organizations and communities. through her work with innovative and collaborative initiatives that embrace the full complexity of people and the places in which they live, work and play. 

Ali's commitment to lifelong learning has led her in recent years to a more integrated approach to change efforts at all scales – an approach to capacity building in individuals, organizations and communities that focuses on the connections between self development and organizational/community development, and the connections between healthy self and healthy organization/community.

Barbara Alexander, MA, MDiv. (Associate)
Barbara is a Certified Integral Coach who specializes in the process of change. She recognized her passion for human development as an undergraduate and it became her life’s work. After earning an MA in Counseling Psychology, Barbara worked for 25 years as a psychotherapist, splitting her time between therapy, teaching and consulting. Her consulting clients in the private and not-for-profit sectors have included Blue Cross, Central Life Assurance and Planned Parenthood. She also taught in professional development divisions of universities and state agencies.

In search of a broader and more balanced approach, Barbara next earned a Masters of Divinity degree, and a diploma in Spiritual Direction. She focused her studies on Integral Theory, which became the map that guides her work. Now, Barbara brings this depth and breadth of expertise and experience to her work as an Integral Coach, along with a strong belief in our human capacity for growth and development.  

Integral Coaching Initiatives is strategically partnered with other integral practitioners who provide retreats and seminars for the private and public sectors. Says Barbara: "our goal is to facilitate change for the evolution of the world."

Other team members include: 

Deirdre Goudriaan, MA (Associate)
Deirdre is an organizational, leadership and community development consultant who brings valued expertise to groups in the private and public sectors across Canada. She has worked extensively with municipal, provincial and federal governments, including Health Canada, the Department of Justice and INAC/Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada. In addition to other collaborations, Deirdre is an active member of the team at BC Healthy Communities, and works in partnership with the BC Healthy Living Alliance and 2010 Legacies Now.

With a Master's degree in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University, Deirdre is an enthusiastic and energetic facilitator and mentor to individuals and organizations seeking to put the integral model into practice. In her own words: "I deeply respect the complexity of the human spirit, and believes in our individual and collective capacity for growth and resilience."

Avril Orloff, MA (Associate)
Says Avril: “Mahatma Gandhi famously spoke of the need to be the change we wish to see in the world. As a graphic facilitator, I help groups move toward this goal by enabling them to first see the change they wish to be! I do this by creating a visual record of meetings as they unfold, combining words, images and icons to capture key ideas as they emerge, connect the dots into larger themes, and ultimately reveal the big picture – both figuratively and literally.”

My entry into the field of graphic facilitation is a natural outgrowth of my earlier ‘selves’ as a graphic designer, art director, project manager and dialogue facilitator. As an artist, I know firsthand the power of moving beyond words to stimulate fresh thinking and connect to our deepest feelings – and how critical it is to engage those feelings if we hope to effect transformative change.

Here are some examples of Avril's work ...

 Check out Avril's website at http://avrilorloff.com