Max Dashu. Founder of the suppressed histories archives to carry out research into women in the global cultural record. She teaches with images on matriculture, ceremony, medicine women, witches, female rebels and all kinds of indominable women. www.suppressedhistories.net, www.maxdashu.net
Dr. Andrea Fleckinger, Ph.D. Founder of MatriForum, sociologist, social worker and feminist. In her research, she focuses on gender equality, gender-based violence, social work, mothering and the possibilities for social transformation. www.matriforum.com
Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, Ph.D. Founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies. Her magnum opus is Matriarchal Societies. Studies on Indigenous Cultures Across the Globe, (Lang 2013, New York). In 1986 she founded the “International ACADEMY HAGIA for Matriarchal Studies” and has been its director ever since. www.goettner-abendroth.de, www.hagia.de.
Dr. Kaarina Kailo, Ph.D. Expert on ecofeminism, gifting, indigeneity, Bear and Mother worship, Finno-Ugric mythology, sauna, and sweat lodge healing. She has held Women’s Studies positions in Finland and Canada. She's a self-made artist and municipal councilor. www.kaarinakailo.info
Miki Kashtan, Ph.D. Practical visionary, and a founding member of the Nonviolent Global Liberation community which functions fully within maternal gifting principles. She blogs on Fearless Heart.
Dipl. Ing. Anna Pixner. Founder of MatriForum. She has a degree in Engineering and is a passionate pedagogue and trainer. She empowers women and girls on their way to finding both themselves and their roots. www.matriforum.com
Dipl. Phil. Simone Plaza. Founder of MatriForum. She has a degree in Philology and is a simultaneous translator. As a professional mediator between languages and cultures, she realizes the fundamental value of communication to find alternative solutions to crucial social problems. www.matriforum.com
Dr. Erella Shadmi, Ph.D. Israeli social-feminist and sociologist activist in a variety of fields: activities for peace and social change, the study of Israeli society and police, women and feminism and research and post-patriarchal activism, giving and matriarchal societies. www.erellashadmi.com
Dr. MMag. Simone Wörer, Ph.D. is an independent feminist researcher. She's a member of the Planetary Movement for Mother Earth and the Forschungsinstitut für Patriarchatskritik und alternative Zivilisationen (FIPAZ). Her research interests include: Theories of the Gift, the Critical Theory of Patriarchy, Ecofeminism. www.fipaz.at, www.pbme-online.org
