TEAM TSP
ZULEIKHA
TSP Founder, Director
TSP Founder, Director
ZULEIKHA Is an international performer, teacher and wellness educator with an extensive background in dance, music, meditation and healing arts. She is renowned for her Rumi Concert collaborations with the late Coleman Barks and world musicians, and her TAKE A MINUTE® self-care movement work through The Storydancer Project. Zuleikha is the recipient of a number of humanitarian awards for outstanding work in the world promoting positive personal and social change. zuleikha.com
CHARA NELSON
CFO, Project Director
CFO, Project Director
RITA FABRIZIO
Program Manager
Program Manager
SUSAN SKEELE
Technical Consultant
Technical Consultant
TEAM TSP — Four talented women with creative backgrounds in health, embodied practices, the arts, and business, work together as a team to give ongoing support to The Storydancer Project’s wellness curriculum of TAKE A MINUTE® transformative self-care movement programs. Team TSP works in conjunction with our partnering organizations to develop and organize program content, deliver facilitator training programs, and create our video resource libraries. Our team collaborates to produce online and live events, raise funds, promote our mission and programs, and undertake all aspects of administration. We plan together, write together, create together, and provide inspiration and support for each other.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CYNDA RUSHTON
Board President
Board President
Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, Faan, is an Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethnics and Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins Ethics Consultation Service.
WILLIAM ELLIOT
Board Vice-President
Board Vice-President
William Elliot is past Chairman of Davis H. Elliot Company. He has a JD in Law from Washing and Lee University School of Law, and an MA in Conflict Transformation.
TERRY WILLIAMS-KEFFER
Board Secretary-Treasurer
Board Secretary-Treasurer
Terry Williams-Keffer is the owner of the Santa Fe business, Westwind Travel since 1984 and a Santa Fe fundraising coordinator for Pancakes on the Plaza.
SUNIL SAKHALKAR
Board Member
Board Member
Suni Sakhalkar is Architect, Associate at Suby Bowden & Associates since 1999 and served as Project Manager, Daniel Romualdez Architect, New York.
DIANE ELLIOT
Board Member
Board Member
Diane Elliot is a retired practitioner of cranial-sacral and mind-body healing. She is a retired certified prepared childbirth teacher and storyteller for Red Feather Medicine Singers.
TSP NATIVE AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD
GEORGE BURDEAU
(Blackfeet Nation)
TSP Board Member
(Blackfeet Nation)
TSP Board Member
George Burdeau, A Rockerfeller Fellow, is a director/producer, Emmy, Academy and Peabody awards-winner known for Forest Spirits, Surviving Columbus, The Native Americans, and other films. Consultant for all TSP Native American programs,
KELLY DINEYAZHE-HUNTER
(Navajo Nation)
TSP Board Member
(Navajo Nation)
TSP Board Member
Kelly Dinéyazhe-Hunter is Program Director of Early Childhood at Navajo Technical University. She served as Manager, UNM Gallup Early Childhood and Family Center and TSP facilitator/coordinator- Strengthening Hearts & Minds Diné mothers program.
SHEILA GOLDTOOTH
(Navajo Nation)
TSP Board Member
(Navajo Nation)
TSP Board Member
Sheila Goldtooth is a Navajo Nation Medicine Woman/Practitioner from Round Rock, AZ. She is the Coordinator at the Office of Native Medicine, Gallup Indian Medical Center. And TSP facilitator coordinator- Strengthening Hearts & Minds Diné mothers program.
general ADVISORY BOARD
ANDY ATKINS
KIMI GREEN
GAY DILLINGHAM
KARLA POPULUS
TSP TRAINED NAVAJO NATION FACILITATOR
AMY BECENTI
What’s in a Story Facilitator
What’s in a Story Facilitator
Amy Becenti, has an Early Childhood Multicultural Education degree and is certified in American Sign Language with a background in creative movement and dance. She has been a facilitator for TSP What’s in a Story Program since 2009 in Santa Fe Public Elementary schools and since 2010 in Navajo Nation elementary schools and early childhood centers.