Staff

Socioanalyst and psychologist; Director of Socioanalytic Practice.

Co-Founder of the Territory, a platform for learning and freedom, and Co-Founder of Wild Thoughts UK. Professional Partner of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR).

Licensed Counseling Psychologist who runs an independent practice in West Orange, NJ, focused on Organization Development (OD) Consultation, Psychotherapy, and Teaching. She provides OD services — including executive coaching, organizational diagnosis, and team development — to clients in retail, education, NGOs, and healthcare. Her psychotherapy work serves adults and couples, and she supervises interns.

Dr. Taylor teaches Group Dynamics at Teachers College (Columbia University), the University of Pennsylvania, and Ashoka University (India). She directs GRCs and experiential learning events for academic and executive audiences. A Fellow of the AKRI, she has published in the Group Relations Reader 3.

She is a wife, mother of three, social tennis player, and aspiring daily meditator.

Chief Learning Officer at a global edtech company, with graduate degrees in literature and psychology. A published journalist and scholar with seven patents, he has staffed GRCs since 2008 and served as AKRI President from 2018–2020, leading early efforts to bring AKRI and the global group relations community online.

He lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Creative producer across global agencies and independent brands.

Coach for creatives, leaders, and people navigating Eastern-to-Western identities. Masters in Social-Organizational Psychology, Columbia University / Teachers College, focused on group dynamics and coaching.

Administrative Director, TNYC Group Relations Conference, rooted in the Tavistock tradition and passionate about small group dynamics.

Psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Group Relations consultant working with individuals, groups, and organizations to explore human dynamics and relationships.

OD consultant specializing in organizational change. She holds a doctorate in Social and Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Oral Roberts University. She is a member of the New York Center for Group Relations, SIOP, AKRI, and ISPSO.

In her free time, she enjoys dancing, cuddling her twin cats, and playing the harp, handpan, and piano.

Alan Ruiz, MFA, is an artist and educator, born in Mexico and long based in New York, whose work examines how space is produced as both material and ideology. His practice extends into writing, public lectures, and group workshops. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Columbia University, and currently teaches at The New School and Hunter College.

Alan has held a variety of roles within Group Relations contexts. He is a Group Relations International Co-Creator, a member and certified consultant of the A.K. Rice Institute, past president of its regional affiliate, the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems, and a faculty member of the CSGSS workshop “Leading from Experience.”

Group Analyst and Psychotherapist. Independent Psychosocial Researcher and Consultant. Professional Partner of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR).