Founding Imaginismas
Ryan Katz, EdD, MA
Ryan Katz, EdD, MA, is a devious storyteller and an inspired learner who’s usually grumpy and grinning at the same time. From a decade teaching English and directing Kairos retreats at an all-boys Jesuit high school, Ryan developed a deep appreciation for the Ignatian approach to learning through experience, reflection, and action.
His doctoral research explored how our relationship to being curious shapes and limits our educational journeys, leading him to theorize that there are at least six ways to connect to curiosity—observing, seeking, expressing, storytelling, playing, and traveling—and that we’re encouraged to connect to only three. As a result, we’ve lost the connection between learning and nourishing the human spirit.
“We do not inspire curiosity; curiosity inspires us.” – Six
Ryan thrives in intimate learning environments where artists and learners can ask meaningful questions and iterate into their own exploration. He embraces the idea of “coddiwompling”—setting out purposefully toward unclear destinations—and finds that this approach often leads to meaningful discoveries.
Jane Weintraub, MS
Jane Weintraub explores the visible and invisible dimensions of consciousness that shape our collective journey. With foundations in Urban Studies, Change Management, and Adult Development, she brings 15 years of leadership in creative ventures and a decade of transformational coaching to her work. Jane draws insight from neurophysiology, spiritual practices, nature’s wisdom, and the stories that echo through humanity’s history.
As a poet, Jane engages in direct, intimate inquiry with sensation, consciousness, and the natural world. Poetry becomes a vital practice—one that slows perception and allows her to dwell more fully in the questions that guide her broader work. This lyrical attentiveness deepens her ability to hold space for transformation, both personal and systemic.
She creates bridges between technology’s rapid evolution and our deeper human potential, finding meaningful connections where others might see only gaps. Through thoughtful language and presence, Jane helps translate complex ideas into new possibilities for growth. She invites us to discover aliveness even in acceleration, while honoring the quiet power of slowness and authentic connection.
Her TEDx talk “Majestic Neurophysiology” and podcast conversations on conscious evolution open windows to futures we haven’t yet imagined but somehow already sense are possible.
Scott Merriam
Scott Merriam weaves between worlds of visual design, contemplative wisdom, and transformative coaching to create spaces where vision becomes reality. With over a decade immersed in brand strategy and visual communication, he’s developed an intuitive sense for how clarity of form can amplify the essence of an idea.
His 15-year journey through meditation, psychospiritual development, and embodied inquiry has shaped his ability to hold both structured form and emergent possibility simultaneously. Scott finds particular aliveness in the threshold where inner knowing meets outer expression—where the invisible becomes visible through deliberate creation.
Scott creates containers where visionaries, leaders, and guides can discover the unique shape their work wants to take in the world. He brings an architect’s precision, an artist’s reverence for beauty, and a contemplative’s patience to each relationship, helping others navigate the delicate territory between formlessness and form, between possibility and manifestation. In his presence, clarity emerges naturally from complexity, revealing pathways that honor both practical realities and deeper wisdom.
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