An Integrative Economy is a dialogue—and these are the people hosting it.
Principal Creator of the Life Puzzle® Model
Ann Kramer is a licensed counselor who has spent over thirty years working with clients, training other professionals, and supporting a whole-person framework as the cornerstone of her work. She developed the Life Puzzle® model and is the author of Life Puzzle…Putting the Pieces Together and Life Puzzle for Teens. Ann has held positions in the holistic health field, nutrition, oncology, and community college education—a combination of experience that was instrumental in designing the Life Puzzle model. She continues to guide the development of this wellness-based, self-responsibility-centered model.
Ann received her BSW from Virginia Commonwealth University, her MEd in early childhood development from Old Dominion University, and her MEd and EdS in counseling from the College of William and Mary.
As a community activist, she served on numerous boards, including Tampa Crossroads and Sweetwater Organic Community Farm. She was one of the initiating members of the Gorge Grown Food Network and was board chair for seven years, starting in 2006. GGFN built a regional food system spanning five counties and two states (Oregon and Washington) and is now more than twenty years old.
Media Executive and Writer
Lawrence Winnerman is a media executive, writer, and technologist. He serves as chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media, a progressive digital media company, and works with organizations on content strategy through his consultancy. His writing explores the convergence of politics, technology, and culture—including the essays and near-future scenarios he publishes on Substack—with a focus on how communities can build democratic and economic power in a moment of accelerating change.
Strategic and Organizational Design Consultant, Nonprofit Volunteer
Though Chuck is no longer working with us on this project, his contributions to the thinking behind an Integrative Economy are woven throughout this site, and we want to acknowledge them. Chuck is a social activist and strategic and organizational design consultant committed to building a great future for all. His lifelong involvement in social relationships, leadership, and institutional change includes a youth teen center, local election campaigns, a corporate-environmental forum, a local Multiple Sclerosis Society chapter, youth training and development, an elected school board position, corporate technical and marketing training, social change workshops, and volunteer work with Integrative Economy Commons, Global Visionaries, and the Center for Partnership Studies.
A former technical and marketing manager with forty years of global corporate experience, Chuck completed an MA in education with a concentration in partnership education from Goddard College after leaving corporate work in 2005. He was a principal consultant with Ann Kramer in the development of her Integrative Economy Commons and Integrative Community Ventures projects.
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