Our team
We are a team of experienced and emerging Art of Hosting practitioners, coming together from the South East of NSW and across Eastern Australia to host you and offer our experience, learning and practice.
It is a partnership between the South Coast Art of Hosting Community of Practitioners and Campfire Co-op. The hosting team is supported by a dedicated team of local hosts. All of us have been in collaborative practice and learning for many months to prepare and host this training. We all look forward to welcoming you, your curiosity and your contributions. |
Mel GeltchI'm a participatory designer, host and harvester of meaningful conversations and collaborative work. I am a steward of the Art of Hosting, and committed to building capacity in this practice wherever it is invited.
I care deeply about co-creating workplaces, communities and systems where people can participate and thrive, and that contribute to a healthier and more peaceful planet. I’m a co-founder of Campfire Co-op, practicing a more human way of doing business, and doing purposeful work to help improve human systems. I live on Djiringanj country at Mystery Bay. |
David NewellMy passion lies in supporting people to realise and activate their full potential - individually and collectively.
I have a background in rural development and Landcare, and since 2010 I have been using Art of Hosting practices, principles and processes in the way that I work. Over the last 18 months, my work has been focused on building collaboration for bushfire recovery. My work also includes supporting the growth of healthy masculinity in boys and men. I am a founding member of Campfire Co-op. I live in Cobargo on Djiringanj country. |
Jane GeltchI am a participatory process host, and steward of the Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter.
I love Mother Earth and all that comes from Her. I am grateful to be alive in this time of great change. My work in Purpose Partners and in life is hosting, nurturing and co-creating wherever I am invited. I live on Ningy Ningy (Undanbi) country (Redcliffe Qld) and come to South Coast NSW often - it holds a powerful and treasured place in my life and heart. |
Nick TakavadiiI love it when people are truly collaborating!
In 2006 I stumbled into the Art of Hosting at Kufunda Learning Village, and began to embed the practices into my software development and community work. The Agile and Participatory Leadership practices together with the Flow Game now feed the soil that shapes how I show up in life. I currently live in sunny Brisbane where I work with wonderful humans at Campfire Co-op and offer guidance to those embarking on the movement towards transformative participatory and generative ways of working. |
Peter PigottI live in Berry on the NSW South Coast, Yuin Country. I have spent the past 15 years working as a Landcare Facilitator and, recently, in bushfire recovery with Resilience NSW.
The Art of Hosting practices underpin what I do - bringing human-centred ways of working in these complex and uncertain times. I bring hosting practice to leadership, collaboration, and engagement capacity building with communities and organisations, and in contemporary rites of passage work with young people. I am passionate about working with people in participatory and generative ways that build islands of sanity where conversation, connection and relationship thrive. |
Steve RymanI am a long time practitioner with international perspective and hosting experience, having traveled for eight years in support of the Art of Hosting community.
These days, I am living in the Pacific Northwest of the US, where I steward a small mountaintop forest and host the development of my year old granddaughter. I have a special connection with Australia and I'm grateful for the opportunity to participate in this training. |
Pi Wei LimI was born in Penang and have called many places home, but now live across the road from Chris Post (near Cobargo) with my partner, 3 dogs, 10 chickens and 14 goats.
Though I have not birthed any children, I am mother and grandmother to a few people. My love of food and its rituals as a carrier of culture and connection gives me deep nourishment and my hands in the soil. My first Art of Hosting training transformed the way I engaged with my community and I’m so very grateful. How I show up really matters. |
Liane MunroI live in Tathra on the far south coast of NSW. I have been in training as an Art of Hosting practitioner since 2019 and I’m excited to be part of the team offering this training opportunity.
I am a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong, Australia. My research focus is on the self-awareness and interpersonal skills and practices as well as participatory cultural models that foster prosocial behaviour in groups. Professionally, my work focuses on supporting community groups and organisations to develop connected, thriving, and robust group cultures. |
Ronan O'ConnorMy life focus has been on community development, in particular intentional community both in Europe and Australia.
I have worked in the community health areas of child and adolescent addiction and mental health, adult addiction, aged care, child protection and disability. For much of my working life I have been dedicated to environmental work and I have an ongoing passion for adult education. I live in the Bega Valley and I believe the Art of Hosting and Harvesting to be amongst the best community collaborative tools I have come across. |
Jane O'BrienI am a passionate, big hearted person who thrives on working with people, and witnessing others discover their connection to nature and each other.
I’m a nature lover and food grower, living with my family in the north-west NSW town of Inverell. I dream of vibrant and thriving urban food farms for the wellbeing of all. As a member of Campfire Co-op, I’m called to work in regional and remote communities that are evolving using participatory and collaborative processes. I'm looking forward to this opportunity to deepen my Art of Hosting practice and learning. |
Daryl CookI’ve spent most of my working life helping organisations and their leaders see the world differently and influencing change. This work has been strongly informed by complexity science and its application. My purpose is to do meaningful work in ways that honour people and evoke our best human qualities.
As an active co-creator of Campfire Co-op, I’m privileged to learn, apply and show how participatory leadership practices work. I’m excited by the opportunity to explore self-organisation and participation with others. I live, with my partner Donna and our adult daughter Georgia, on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people (Melbourne). |
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