The executive director, Robert Bystrom’s background is in business, education and project management. Since 2000, he been helping small businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations involve everyone on their teams in to work with a higher leverl of cooperation and intelligence.

His private coaching practice began in 1982 and has included managers of some of Scandinavia’s largest corporations, including Volvo, Eriksson and Tetrapak. Prior to that, he was CEO of Springer Athletic Equipment Company in San Francisco. Robert has developed and taught life enhancing commlunication skills and authored  Communicating for Life--a guide to connecting authentically with yourself and others, a practical, easy-to-understand guide to more successful relationships. In 1997, he produced the Women’s Global Voice, a grassroots vision-building event involving approximately one million people in 126 countries. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Honor Foundation in Bellingham, Washington.