Ralph White is president of the New Center for Holistic Learning NY. A writer, speaker and organizer, he was co-creator with Walter Beebe of the New York Open Center where his vision guided its direction and programs for over three decades. Since 1995, he has led the Esoteric Quest series of international events and journeys. In the same year, he co-founded the Art of Dying conferences that have since evolved into the Art of Dying Institute. He is the author of the memoir, The Jeweled Highway: On the Quest for a Life of Meaning.

Enoe Aracely Brown, a bilingual New Yorker of Honduran birth, has worked in the Mind-Body-Spirit field for 30 years. She was part of a three-person team of programmers for the Open Center for over 25 years. She produced and co-hosted The Open Center Show on WBAI radio. She currently is the host and producer of the Holistic Edge Radio podcast and a course director for The New Center.

Andrea Lomanto works with the New Center as a part of the copywriting and editing team, and has been, since 2006, co-coordinator and registrar of the Esoteric Quest. She also is a visual artist and puppetista, practicing both independently and collectively, using art and music to support social justice movements.