Laura Araujo, founder of The MAPS Institute, resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband, Charlie and Miles, her mini cockapoo. In addition to developing the MAPS program, Laura is a classically trained vocal artist and coach, mindfulness and yoga instructor, sound therapist and a huge fan of both eating and creating delicious and ayurvedically-friendly concoctions. After finishing a few degrees in vocal performance and french literature, opening a yoga studio and spending time teaching, Laura decided she needed to marry her passions and cultivate something that would create a powerful shift in the midst of the current tumultuous technological tide. The programs she developed as a result are offered online and in person, and were designed to help participants reawaken their humanness and vulnerability. She believes that it is our awareness, empathy and curiosity that we must activate to move forward through the digital era. The skills she teaches to clients and teams have long been dismissed, however they remain powerful, effective, and are now more essential than ever.

Washington State native Matt Drew lives in Missoula, MT with his wife, Teresa, daughter, Skye, and dog, Dusty. After earning a bachelor’s degree with a double major in communication and English composition from Washington State University in 1997, he embarked on his first career in broadcasting as an on-air personality and production director in North Central Washington state. In the years that followed, Matt would relocate a number of times in the pursuit of a career in advertising and marketing; a path that took him from Washington to Chicago, New Jersey and Las Vegas, working on such brands as Claritin/Clarinex, Samsung, AT&T, Chevrolet, McDonald’s, MGM Grand Las Vegas, MGM Hospitality and more. Along the way he also launched a specialty coffee brand in North Texas called Mo’ Joe A Go-Go, as well as a marketing and advertising consulting firm, and also took some time off for a stint in Japan teaching English. He is currently following his passion for the craft beverage category in the craft malt industry, both as a maltster and also as the head of sales and marketing for Montana Craft Malt in Butte, MT.

Located Near Lake Tahoe at the base of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains in Carson City, NV with his family, Shane has spent the better part of the last 20 years helping organizations transform through the effective usage of technology. Putting humans back at the center of technology has been a core passion of his for the majority of that time. In recent years has spent time speaking on this subject to audiences large and small and has focused on these human centered transformations as a core of his professional focus. Before his professional career, he grew up in Erie, PA and left there to find adventure and join the US Navy where he spent several years before ending up out West. Spending time in San Francisco and Sacramento until the call of the mountains eventually lead him to Carson City, NV where he has been for the last 25 years.