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Leah Yngve is an avid cyclist, outdoorswoman, and transportation planning nerd. She has worked as a Senior Transportation Planner for the Santa Fe Metropolitan Planning Organization for nearly six years. She believes that communities that de-center the personal automobile and provide better infrastructure for walking and biking are safer, healthier, and more vibrant. Leah channels this passion through her work, helping make Santa Fe a more bicycle and pedestrian friendly community. Outside of work, Leah enjoys mountain biking, gardening, and planning long-distance bike trips. Over the past 15 years, she has traveled by bike in the US, Brazil, Italy, Albania, Mexico, Guatemala, and Japan, mostly solo. However, her most frequent bike trips are around Santa Fe, to and from work. 

Leah has a secret mission to get more people riding bikes for transportation, so started the monthly Second Thursday Social Ride, where people of all skills and levels of comfort on a bicycle can join a casual group ride to a local watering hole.

Leah has a Master’s of Science in Public Health in environmental health and epidemiology from Emory University. At Emory, she focused on the various impacts transportation options have on population health.

Phil Lucero graduated from Colorado College with a B.A. in English and Filmmaking. He went on to receive his M.A. in Environmental Education from the University of New Mexico. It was during his time at UNM that he found his calling working with young people. Early positions with Two Wheel View, a non-profit organization that takes youth on international bicycle touring expeditions, and the North Carolina Outward Bound School launched his career as an experiential educator. He went on to work with the Santa Fe Public Schools as a health and wellness specialist for 8 years. Afterward, Phil served as an Athletic Director and Dean of Students at both public and private institutions in New Mexico. Phil is a proven advocate for young people in his community and his passion for climate activism and positive youth engagement.

After living in Albuquerque for many years, Phil returned to his hometown of Santa Fe in 2015 with his wife, Liz, two children, Xavier and Zoe and dog, Billy. In his spare time you’ll likely find him playing outside with his family or exploring the Santa Fe underbelly on his bicycle with the Ship of Fools Pedal Club…a side project where he funnels excess creativity.

Abraham Kosgei, a former elite distance runner, coach, actor, entrepreneur, and community leader, has dedicated his life to empowering communities through sport and culture. A Kenyan Olympian, he competed across Europe, Canada, and the U.S., using his achievements to inspire others and promote mentorship.

Passionate about preserving Kalenjin traditions, Abraham founded Global Running Culture and the Amerikenyan Running Club, organizations that foster cultural pride while providing youth with opportunities in running and education. His commitment to storytelling extended into film, portraying an early human in Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time (2016).

Abraham made history as the first Kenyan to compete in the U.S. Snowshoe Racing National Championships, earning second place in the international division. As former director of the Pojoaque Wellness Center, he built strong ties with Native communities in New Mexico, recognizing meaningful cultural parallels with his own Kalenjin heritage.

Now focused on sport tourism, Abraham leads Mwangaza Athletics LLC and directs the Capitol Ford Santa Fe International Half Marathon, celebrating cultural heritage through athleticism. As an entrepreneur, he also founded Jirani Kakawa, connecting Kenyan coffee farmers with global markets and fostering sustainable economic growth in Kenya’s Rift Valley.

Todd Spitzer is a transformational coach, hypnotherapist, and spiritual retreat facilitator who helps people break lifelong cycles and reclaim their power. A Mindvalley Certified Coach, Money Coach, and coaching trainer, Todd integrates mindset, nervous system regulation, and spiritual insight with practical tools for deep, lasting change. Through his coaching practice, Pathways to Elevate, he guides clients into clarity, resilience, and purpose.

Ordained as a minister, Todd founded Regeneration—a groundbreaking Oakland church—and co-founded Footsteps of the Sacred, leading spiritual tours in the Middle East. He also co-founded ROHI, an orphanage and trade school in Kenya.

An award-winning entrepreneur and café designer, Todd created iconic spaces like Remedy Coffee, Iconik Coffee, Sky Coffee, and Opuntia Café, earning recognition from Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, and others.

A lover of motorcycles and Baja trails, he built a casita in Todos Santos, blending his passion for exploration with reflection. His signature Phoenix Path framework empowers people to rise, transform, and thrive—without burning everything down first.

Christopher Bogle is a New Mexico-based glass artist, father, and entrepreneur. Christopher received his degree in Glassblowing from Tenessee Tech University in 2015. Christopher has deep-rooted interests in glassblowing that stem from working in a sheet glass manufacturing facility in Portland Orgeon in 2010. He continues to to work in glass manufacturing and glass art.

Christopher co-founded Broken Arrow Glass Recycling in 2020 alongside partner and artist Shelby Kaye. Broken Arrow is a creative glass recycling studio located in Cuyamungue, NM, which provides doorstep glass recycling collection services and transforms glass waste into handblown glass art, up-cycled housewares, terrazzo, and crushed glass material. Creating community, circular economy, and a second life for glass waste in Northern New Mexico. Broken Arrow has recieved multiple arwards for their creative recycling efforts in the waste industry.

Juliana Ciano, Program Director and co-founder of Reunity Resources. Juliana is passionate about building community scale solutions that ensure equitable food access and working toward a food secure future in the face of climate change. She holds a master’s degree in education and finds her greatest joy working with children and welcoming newcomers to the farm to connect with one another and the land.

Laika Young O’Brien is the Founder of No Sleep Studio, a waking dream design company that creates custom experiences for altered states of consciousness. Through a combination of worldbuilding, narrative design, guided visualization, and other techniques, Laika and the team at No Sleep have created a myriad of cathartic and transformational experiences aimed at helping participants connect with the magic, wonder, and full spectrum experience of living in our animate world.

Laika served as the Lead Experience Designer at Meow Wolf from 2019-2022, where they worked with an incredible team of multidisciplinary artists to create large-scale interactive experiences that are discoverable, delightful, and dimension-bending.