Adrian Bowden (Associative Investment Coordinator) joined the Leadership Council in 2008.  A trained lawyer and social therapist, Adrian is interested in threefolding and encouraging community building particularly via economic cooperation. Adrian is very much inspired by his experience in the world wide Camphill community.
Adrian's role in the leadership team is to facilitate the establishment of structures for fund raising within the WeStrive Network, including Karma ¢, the WeStrive Market and corporate sponsorship. Born in Australia, Adrian is Norwegian and lives at
Camphill Soltane, in south east Pennsylvania.

Gosia Winter (Social Arts Coordinator) works behind the scenes at NetworkM welcoming new members, answering questions, suggesting people to each other and helping with other bits and bobs. She has been working as a Waldorf Teacher, as well as a professional contemporary musician (www.myspace.com/gosiawinter)! She was born in Poland and lived in Australia for most of her life. German is her favourite language. She likes to remind people, "I have met many awesome friends on NetworkM and hope that you all can too!” Gosia is currently moving around Europe.

Matthew Cortez Temple (Founder, Fundraising Coordinator, President of Board) is the founder of NetworkM/WeStrive and served as the Executive Director for the first three years of the organization. In February of 2009, NetworkM officially incorporated as a California non-profit and became WeStrive.org at which time, Matthew transitioned to his current roll as President of the Board. As President of the Board, he is charged with maintaining the vision of NetworkM/WeStrive, while facilitating positive growth. Matthew is an actor, writer and filmmaker and lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and three children.

Michael Harrington (Content Editor) grew up on the evergreen coasts of central Oregon, the farm valleys of central northern California, the deserts of Las Vegas and the sweaty armpits of Florida.  Always a writer, he became a filmmaker in college and worked the film/entertainment industry in the years following, only to leave “the industry” to seek betterment of self and deeper fulfillment through art, surfing, social interaction and “simpletons' bliss,” (translation:  simple, momentous peace).  He calls the west coast of USA home but is not opposed to couch surfing across the country or around the world should the call come. Above all things, Mike is interested in the power of the written word as a means to bringing about positive change in the world.  This interest led him to WeStrive and as editor he thrives on seeking written content that may inspire conversation, connection and real, meaningful action.

Leslie Loy (Executive Director) joined the Leadership team in 2006 with an interest in working closely with schools and students in continuing the individual's learning experience. Her interests evolved into sharing how organizations and individuals were transforming ideas into action and how they were taking their knowledge and contributing it to the world. Early in her career, Leslie became a vocal advocate for supporting others' works, recognizing that it took an entire community to create real change and collaborating for social renewal. A graduate of Reed College, and a certified Waldorf educator, Leslie embraces the culture of learning and she carries this passion for learning into her work. Leslie is inspired to understand how communities are formed and work and how they have the ability to transform the world, reinvigorating local communities and transforming the global community. Leslie works closely with network partners in order to maintain the original and evolving vision of NetworkM. Leslie currently lives in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania.

Mathias Bolt Lesniak (Lead Web Developer) is one of the lead voices for the development and implementation of the WeStrive network platform and is instrumental in further developing strong partnerships with organizations committed to a wide-spread social renewal movement. Mathias works with Lilio Design and is actively involved with both the Youth Section, Goetheanum and is one of the organizing members of the Youth Initiative Program. He is currently still living at Nesodden with his wife from New Zealand and their newborn son.

Rachel Berk (Treasurer and Partner Development Coordinator) joined the Leadership Council in 2009, inspired by WeStrive's vision of enabling communication, collaboration, and action.  After graduating from Bennington College, Rachel sought for an avenue to combine her thirst for genuine community with her experience in education, interest in sustainable business,  passion for social renewal, and love for meetings.  Her search lead her to the Camphill Movement, through which she was overjoyed to find a world-wide network of individuals with similiar visions and dreams.  Because she finds budgeting and accounting thrilling, Rachel is the treasurer of WeStrive.  She is also the director of Soltane Works, which supports adults with disabilities to find and maintain meaningful work.  Rachel lives and works at Camphill Soltane in southeastern Pennsylvania, where she runs the community cafe and supports adults in an assisted living arrangement. 

Seth Jordan (Social Renewal Coordinator) provides the associations and skills necessary to bring innovative thinking strategies to the problems which weStrive encounters, both internally and externally. He tackles structural and fiscal questions and is involved in the development and implementation of the weStrive currency, Karma ¢. Seth is also one of the lead organizers of Think Outword, a peer-led training program in the United States. 

Stefan Klocek (Leadership Council Support) is a researcher, designer and facilitator. As a creative and critical thinker he has applied his talents to designing interactive experiences which help humans achieve their goals. His ability to design and utilize technology is balanced with strong empathy and concern for humanity and his work reflects this, spanning the range of human experience, from business-to-business applications, to mens groups, and rites of passage activities.  He has been involved with weStrive for over three years, helping design and guide the development of the organization and platform. His current leadership role bridges the design of the platform with developing partnerships and organizational development. He works for Cooper, an interaction design firm in San Francisco. Stefan also sits on the editorial advisory board for Anthroposophical Society in America's quarterly publication.

Ron Liskey (Factotum) teaches algebra and woodworking at Stone Bridge School, in Napa, California. He is a partner in CommunityGrove, an Internet development company specializing in GNU/Open Source projects for progressive organizations. Ron has an AS in Graphic Design, a BA in History, a California Teaching Credential, and a Waldorf Teaching Certificate.

Vassag Baghboudarian (Copy Editor) currently lives in Toronto, Canada. He studied music because of his love of poetry. His thought was that a  single word holds concentrated in itself, an entire symphony. He discovered that a lifetime of dedication is needed to really penetrate into the mysteries of art. Such a commitment has led him indirectly to a quest around humanity (identity) and creativity (art), which continuously reveal a profound connection to social change, both as precursors and catalysts of it. Anthroposophy and integral philosophy have offered him inspiring pathways whereby he is exploring and developing both work and insights distilled from his steadfast questions around social innovation and how to access new impulses. Vassag wishes to serve the WeStrive team with his writing/editing capabilities, his communication, consultive and networking abilities, the capacities he is refining around social technologies like Theory U and his willingness to gain new skills.