About Me

I am the co-founder and previous CEO and Senior Course Leader at ART International, and was the lead designer of ART’s courses and programs.

I’ve delivered over a thousand training sessions in dozens of countries all around the globe over the course of my ten years at the forefront of the rapidly expanding authentic relating movement and community. I’ve led ART to become the predominant authentic relating training company in the world, and I regularly appear at conferences, festivals, and on podcasts. I am also the co-founder of The Realness Project, dedicated to bringing authentic relating training to prison inmates.

Prior to co-founding ART International, I was the co-founder and visionary behind Virtuance, one of the world’s largest providers of real estate photography, and the co-founder and visionary behind Pink Mammoth, a creative arts collective and Burning Man camp based in San Francisco. I’m an avid pilot, rock climber, long-distance hiker, father to four children, and author of The Ultralight Backpacker, the definitive guide to ultralight backpacking, and Authentic Relating: A Guide to Rich, Meaningful, Nourishing Relationships.