At age 17, Laura had a profound experience while touring Europe with a US national band and choir. During a performance in Germany, where US and Russian armed forces were on the front lines of a potential global war, Laura realized the importance of peace on Earth and how peace needed to be lived first within each individual. From there, Laura went on to become a professional journalist, working at newspapers in Germany, Washington, DC, and Long Island, NY.

After getting a Master's Degree specializing in International Communications, she transitioned into management consulting in Boston, MA.  She has a broad background in management consulting, organizational development, and the design and delivery of strategic communication systems for some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations. She was an adjunct professor at Boston University's College of Communication, and she completed executive training in negotiation at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University. She then synthesized all her experiences and founded GEI Global Leaders.

Dr. John Wyrick is a healer, lecturer, and spiritual teacher who for more than three decades has practiced holistic healing arts along with ancient spiritual practice. In 1972, he felt called to become a chiropractor and take up Sufism. He earned his degree as a Doctor of Chiropractic from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City, MO, in 1977.

In 1986, Dr. Wyrick founded his life’s work: Nirodha Karma Healing. This radical spiritual healing method is used to free people from destructive life patterns. Dr. Wyrick has worked with more than 20,000 people. He has led more than 300 workshops and training on all aspects of Sufi practice, meditation, and spiritual healing.

Dr. Wyrick has gained the respect of indigenous people as well as respected institutions such as the Harvard Divinity School. In 2003, he gave a lecture on his work as part of the Religion, Health and Healing Initiative sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions. He also has participated in two scientific studies by the University of San Francisco that started in 2002 inquiring into the effectiveness of distance healing using prayer and meditation. He is a popular guest teacher at Solstice Healing Arts Center and various other spiritual gatherings domestically and abroad.