Meet the Team
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Founder/Chief Connector
Paul Hemminger
My story is one of 'curious connector'. I work at personal healing, becoming well in all dimensions of life as a Beloved son. My most important roles are husband and father to 3. I seek to overflow health that brings healing, love and life into the world. I steward this connecting and story-telling work. Icons below expose different aspects of my life and design.
Barn-Lifters/Rope-Holders
Click here to learn about StoryConnect's barn-lifting and rope-holding partners and teammates. Without them we can't build bridges, fill gaps, connect resources, build collective impact, increase capacity, Unleash Latent Love, alleviate suffering, none of it. These generous folks make it happen. Click here to explore partnering.
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Maybe You?
If you are drawn to this work, let's explore. You may care about a certain cause, your community, or the interdependent healing and flourishing of a whole region. You may want to take a tiny-step up a low-grade on-ramp, or you may want to drop your nets, jump into the deep end, and climb the high-grade. Maybe you are being invited. Let's figure it out.
The Board
President
Teddy Brown, BA
Teddy is a soulful urban renewalist, committed to the long, slow, and authentic transformation of suffering spaces through real relationships. Ideas, longing, and tension whittle his life to lead as a truth-telling comrade.
Secretary
Sarah Linhardt, MSW/LSW
Sarah is a kind, smart, and resilient champion for the lowly and lonely. Highly attuned to effective care at all levels, Sarah brings a Daytonian purview to alleviating suffering. She is an open-handed skeptic who curates questions and community for healing.
Treasurer
Tom Porto, CPA
Tom is a steady, reliable, and experienced organizational and financial leader. Tom brings a deep conviction for connection-based reformation through a historical lens. He longs for all to experience enchanted reality in community.
