Tom Tom Festival 2025

Kate Byrne grows things; people, businesses, movements. Her career marries her love of media, the power of technology, financial literacy and the impact of heart in people and business as forces for good. The Stanford grad is a trusted voice and cross-sector translator, a gifted rainmaker... Read More →

Rissa Stiefel Tutia (she/her) is the chef and owner of Blossoming Earth: Eco-Culinary Arts, the Tom Tom Conference Program Manager, and a substitute teacher at Venable Elementary School. She holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology, with a concentration in Dance/Movement... Read More →

Bently Wood is a Lead Regional Peer Recovery Specialist Coordinator with Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, supporting and developing the peer workforce in Virginia’s DBHDS Region 4. Currently a Certified and Registered Peer Recovery Specialist (R-CPRS), his work is his passion... Read More →

Bill started his fitness career in 1986 with his first business “Better Bodies” which sold nutritional supplements and activewear. In 1990, He got his first training job as a fitness trainer and received his first certification through ARA. In 1992, he obtained his first personal... Read More →

Brennan Hilleary is a speaker, coach, Marine Corps veteran, and founder of Build Your Power LLC. He specializes in burnout prevention and personal reinvention, helping high achieving business owners who feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and stretched too thin take back control of their... Read More →

Erin Clabough is a neuroscientist, educator, and author with over 20 years of experience in research, teaching, and science communication. She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Faculty member in the Program in Fundamental Neuroscience at... Read More →

Erin Tucker is a dedicated leader in mental health and recovery services with over a decade of experience in peer support and trauma-informed care. She previously served as Executive Director of On Our Own, Charlottesville, where she spent 12 years supporting individuals in their... Read More →

Geoff is a leadership and embodiment coach, conflict mediator, somatic bodyworker, and meditation teacher. He leads retreats and workshops about trauma-informed meditation, embodiment, conflict, nature connection, and mindful communication around the country and has taught classes... Read More →

George Kamide co-hosts the award-winning podcast Bare Knuckles & Brass Tacks, which examines the human side of the cybersecurity industry. He’s also the Co-founder and Executive Director at Mind Over Cyber, a nonprofit dedicated to equipping infosec professionals with techniques... Read More →

Gryphon Corpus is a Five Element acupuncturist. She earned her masters degree from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Florida, and is an ongoing student of Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis. Gryphon has a private acupuncture practice here in Charlottesville, Blue Green Dragon... Read More →

Master Hiromi Hangai Johnson is the Founder and Director of Charlottesville T'ai Chi Center, an award-winning nonprofit whose mission includes spreading the health benefits of Taiji (T'ai Chi) and related internal martial arts in the wider community.  She is an International Cheng... Read More →

Jen Schmid is an embodied healing arts practitioner specializing in after-death communication, ancestral healing, chakra balancing, aura layer repair, female energetic anatomy, and the quantum/subtle body’s influence on physical health. With over 300 hours of advanced intuitive... Read More →

Joan Walton is an academic at York St John University, UK, and a long-term member (presently Chair of the Board) of the Scientific and Medical Network, a long-established organization interested in helping bring forth a new worldview which integrates science, consciousness and spirituality... Read More →

Juanita Franke is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher and Level 1 Pilates for Neurological Conditions practitioner. She has been teaching movement for over 20 years. Juanita fell in love with Pilates while a faculty member at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and she was certified in 2017... Read More →

Dr. Stanley holds a PhD in Wisdom Studies, concentrating on the intersection of cutting-edge consciousness-beyond-the-brain research and the art and craft of mediumistic communication. After a thirty-year career in corporate management, she started a private practice to demonstrate... Read More →

Mochani Devi’s personal journey through mindfulness and natural healing led her to establish East Flora Wellness—a haven designed to guide individuals on a path of holistic harmony and well-being. Drawing from her extensive background in natural therapies and mindfulness practices... Read More →