Workshop Facilitators
Dr. Lisa Wipplinger has over 30 years of experience in structural engineering, is a licensed professional and structural engineer, and a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction. Her background includes design, consulting, project management, university level teaching, and university level course development. She served as a university professor at Kansas State University and the US Military Academy at West Point before taking the leap to become an entrepreneur. She is also an Interfaith Minister, energy coach, and energy healer certified in Violet Alchemy Dowsing Multi-Dimensional Healing. Dr. Wipplinger continues her profound, mindful work in sustainability as president of Savvy Structures and executive director of the nonprofit National Water Center in Eureka Springs, AR. Dr. Wipplinger presented an interactive workshop titled "The Profound Resonance of Water and Structure" at the 2015 Living Future conference in Seattle, WA.
Jerry Landrum is yet another perpetual student of life, water, spirit, energy, sound, and fire. Trained in the physical sciences, he had a 25 year carreer as an oceanographer with the US government- using sound to fathom the bottom of the ocean. As a musician, he explores tone, rythym, and mood to channel the spirit. As a lover of water and the sound of water, he seeks to bring the uplifting sounds of moving water into the homescape.
Karen Wan helps women and men to honor their life stories, map their future with intention, and create more love in their lives through the power of meditation. She has a deep calling to stewardship of the earth, which shows up in the sustainability projects she has led during the last 15 years. For the last five years, she has served on the Sustainable Aurora Advisory Board of the second largest city in Illinois. As much as possible, she walks her talk in creating a kinder, saner world.