CHANDRA HARRIS-MCCRAY

An award-winning chief strategist and architect of marketing and communications blueprints across multimedia, Chandra Harris-McCray, Ph.D., has been lifting the voices of those often unseen and unheard since she was a young child reading Chicago newspapers daily to her father. 

She serves as the vice chancellor for strategic marketing and communications at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her story listening and journalistic roots serve as the foundation for nearly 20 years of experience serving in inaugural and progressive marketing and communications leadership roles at the University of Tennessee System and Foundation and the University of Colorado Boulder. Her team building and leadership is connected to billion-dollar-plus campaigns optimized by multichannel constituent-focused journeys rooted in systems thinking and ingenious collaborative partnerships. 

Her passion for the power of inclusive story lifting, social justice, leadership and creating legacy is further lived out as an equity-centered researcher and consultant at The Inclusion Firm, where she is grounded in the work of her doctoral degree, focused on race, gender, cultural studies and philanthropy in higher education administration and leadership. 

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Stephanie walton

Stephanie discovered her mindfulness and meditation practice while seeking stillness in her hectic world as an author and senior leader for a Fortune 100 organization. Stephanie has a strong commitment to compassionate leadership and helping others amplify their gifts for a common cause.

Stephanie has a BS and MBA. She met Eden during a retreat in Ojai, CA which led to a fundamental shift in her perspective and allowed her to deepen her relationship with herself. Her desire is to open up the world of meditation to BIPOC women who seek to break free from suffering from centuries of generational trauma. Stephanie is married to her husband, Russell, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

JODI STROCK

Jodi Strock is a mother, yogi, and student of Dharma. She sees herself as a lifelong learner and has fallen in love with the practices of Relational Mindfulness. Jodi enjoys both engaging in and sharing these practices in all of life, including in her private practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Coach, and Mindfulness Facilitator. Being a conduit of care and service are two of Jodi's life intentions and she is grateful to serve the community and the Board of Mindful Living Revolution.