STRATEGIC ADVISORS
BUSINESS STRATEGY
STEVEN FARRUGIA
VICTORIA, Australia
Virtues: Wisdom, Caring & Purposefulness
Passion: To evolve character, culture and community so that people and organizations can live with greater purpose and gratitude.
Steven is a facilitator with The Virtues Project and ShareTree certified Character & Culture Master Practitioner. He is the founder of ShareTree with over twenty-five years experience in engineering, business, continuous improvement, culture & strategy, education, technology development and start-ups. Steven is also founder of Vative, LSSSP and co-founder of Vative Healthcare, Vative Academy, PerformHub, Diaro, hubtoo and LUP. Steven is also an instructor and coach for meditation, kickboxing, shamanic healing and mindset.
Business Development and Marketing
Dave Feldman
Maryland, USA
Virtues: Idealism, Perseverance & Friendliness
Passion: Photography and nature, combining the two to tell stories that changes hearts and minds.
Dave is a social entrepreneur, community builder, and speaker on diverse topics including sustainability, personal growth and non-profit management.
Together with his wife Dara, they co-founded Virtues Matter to inspire people globally to cultivate virtues and live a life of joy, meaning and purpose. They offer practical strategies, resources and tools like the Virtues Cards app, that empowers individuals, organizations and communities to be their best.
Dave co-founded a sustainability consultancy, a media company and was founding director of a nationally recognized community hub and green business incubator. He was also Consul, at the British Embassy, helping foster strong business ties between the U.S. and UK.
LEGAL
MARTHA ABSHER
MARYLAND, USA
Virtues: Truthfulness, Creativity, Hope
Passion: Serving others and meeting people.
Advisor to VPIA on legal matters. A community-builder, parent, lawyer and teacher who is striving to use the language of virtues, recognize teachable moments, and foster greater unity.
Organization Effectiveness
Tim Fournier
New Jersey, USA
Virtues: Integrity, Respect, & Understanding
Passion: Helping researchers, educators, clinicians, and administrators become their best selves
Tim works as a higher education professional dedicated to helping universities and academic medical centers build a culture focused on principles of ethics and respect. His calling is to help the people in his professional and personal life recognize that leading a life focused on virtues such as integrity, fairness, and respect can be far more effective and impactful than a life lived without the virtues. As the chief enterprise risk, ethics, audit, and compliance officer for a large, public university, Tim is able to see first-hand how doing the right thing maximizes benefits for all.
International Advisory Council
Lee Watson
INDIANA, USA
Virtues: Helpfulness, Joyfulness & Wisdom
Passion: To be used by God to change lives in his quest to finish here on Earth as a good and faithful servant.
Lee has experienced many cultures, amazing beauty, and heartbreaking abuses of people and nature. These experiences have led him to focus his life and career on helping others along their own journeys.
His involvement in The Virtues Project is one of the ways in which he helps others to live more joyful and fulfilling lives. Lee has also dedicated the past 40 years to founding and growing several companies. His most recent venture is Greencow, a co-working space turned digital membership organization, which allows provides opportunities and help to existing and aspiring small business owners.
Human Resources
Rolfe Jones
California, USA
Virtues: Integrity, Responsibility & Respect
Passion:
Rolfe is a senior human resources professional with a "hands-on" style of HR leadership. During the last five years Rolfe has primarily supported the healthcare related area of autism and also non-profits. Prior to that he has led and supported the HR function in manufacturing, IT and Finance, directly and via a consultancy services model as Director of Arrow-1-Associates.
Rolfe has more than twenty years of broad-based & progressively responsible experience, nationally and internationally in a variety of environments, typically reporting to “C” suite professionals. He is professionally connected as a Board Member of National Human Resources Association - Los Angeles Chapter and Professionals In Human Resources, reg. 3.