Lee Mun Wah, M.S. M.A.  Chinese American
Founder of StirFry Seminars & Consulting, Inc.

Lee Mun Wah is an internationally renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker, author, poet, Asian folkteller, educator, community therapist and master diversity trainer. For more than 25 years he was a resource specialist and counselor in the San Francisco Unified School District. He later became a consultant to private schools, working with students that had severe learning and behavioral issues.
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Melissa Sweeney, M.A.   White, of Irish/Scottish & Mixed Ancestry
Director of Operations

Melissa is a freedom fighter and credits her mother for modeling the importance of political activism. From a very young age, Melissa became involved in social justice issues as a result of the inequalities she found herself witness to; in such circumstances, she found it impossible to close her eyes and not take responsibility for fostering change. (read more)

David Nguyen Vietnamese-American
Assistant

David is a Vietnamese-American and was raised his whole life in Northern California. He's currently enrolled at San Jose State University working towards his B.A. degree in political science. (read more)

Joan Nelson  White, of Irish, French & Mixed Ancestry
Bookkeeper

Joan brings a wealth of accounting and administrative experience to Stirfry, having worked in management positions in accounting, IT and client services for small businesses, large corporations and a variety of non-profit organizations. (read more)

Barbara Imhoff   European and Native American Ancestry
Writer/Editor

For the past several years, Barbara Imhoff has written conference proposals for StirFry Seminars & Consulting. She has also edited books (including The Art of Mindful Facilitation), manuals and other publications for the company. (read more)

Allison Rolls   Mixed Anglo Ancestry
Web and Graphic Designer

Allison was born and raised in the Bay Area with a strong sense of the beauty and diversity of the region. She holds an B.A. in English from UC Berkeley and Master's degrees in Literature and Anglo-Irish Literature from the University of Michigan and the Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (read more)

Roberto Almanzan, M.S.   Latino
Facilitator

Roberto is a multicultural consultant, trainer, and coach with a special emphasis on developing cultural competency, cross-cultural communication skills, conflict management, and team building in diverse environments. Roberto was a participant in the award winning documentaries, The Color of Fear, and its sequel, Walking Each Other Home: The Color of Fear 2. (read more)

John Boiano, M.A.   European American, 3rd-generation Italian
Facilitator

John Boiano, Pulse Integrations Founder/Director is a dynamic motivational facilitator, trainer and consultant with a unique approach to leading groups on a journey of self-discovery.  From a mindful perspective, John facilitates group conversations and teachings on a wide range of positive growth and awareness issues focused on biases, perceptions and accountability. (read more)

Alfonso Carlon, B.A.  Mexican American
Facilitator

Alfonso brings over 15 years of capacity-building experience in planning, implementing and managing public health programs for marginalized and hard-to-reach populations served by community-based clinics, social service organizations and public health entities such as city and state health departments.  He also serves as a senior staff trainer providing training on cultural competency, male involvement in family planning, risk-reduction behavior change models, and HIV prevention programs for minority colleges and universities in the Southwest.  (read more)

Daniel Cohen, M. Ed.  White, Eastern European, Jewish American
Facilitator

Daniel is an educator and facilitator who believes in the power of an individual’s story and the need for communities to be purposefully challenged by these stories. As a white man dedicated to anti-racist, anti-sexist work, Daniel works to recognize his own assumptions and biases.  Raised and educated in predominately all-white, wealthy communities he was, as Peggy McIntosh states, “taught to see racism [and sexism] only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group. (read more)

Linda Compton   African American and Cherokee
Facilitator

Linda is a Personal Life Consultant, Coach, Teacher, Therapist, Diversity Trainer, Facilitator, Mediator, Arbitrator, Retreat Facilitator and Planner.  Creativity, Spirituality, Psychology and Travel are her primary interests and foundations of her life. As a Diversity Trainer and Facilitator, she has worked with Lee Mun Wah since 1994 and is the lead facilitator in his film, Last Chance for Eden.  (read more)

Jeremiah Hopes, M.S., LPC, LCAS  Black with mixed African and Native American Ancestry
Facilitator

Jeremiah holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is experienced in working with college students, young adults, adolescents, children, and families. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist. (read more)

Jim Langemo   Norwegian, Swedish, Lakota, German and Welsh
Facilitator

Jim Langemo brings a simple, holistic approach for improving performance through diversity to corporations, non-profit organizations and educational institutions. He is currently working on creating a leadership development program for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. (read more)

David C. Lee, Ph.D.  Asian American
Facilitator

David is a licensed psychologist and attorney who has been performing diversity trainings across the country since 1992. He received graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin- Madison.  David provides expertise in  multicultural sensitivity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues, cultural issues in psychological interventions, and communications and listening skills. (read more)

Lee Mun Wah, M.S. M.A.,  Chinese American
Facilitator

A nationally acclaimed lecturer and Master Diversity & Communications Trainer, Lee Mun Wah is a Chinese American community therapist, documentary filmmaker, Special Education educator, performing poet, Asian folkteller and author. He is also the Executive Director of StirFry Seminars & Consulting, which works with corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, and social agencies to facilitate diversity issues through healthy and authentic cross cultural relationships. (read more)

John Lenssen  European American of Danish and Dutch descent
Facilitator

John is a facilitator, trainer, and consultant working primarily with school districts and public organizations on issues of cultural competency, diversity, conflict, civil rights, intercultural communication, leadership and change. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Oregon, Lewis and Clark College, and Pacific University teaching graduate courses on diversity and cultural competency. (read more)

Charles Lerner   White, of Mixed Ancestry
Facilitator

Charles Lerner is a therapist, trainer, college instructor and, currently, a nonprofit manager in the field of child welfare. He is a previous foster youth and adoptee. His interest in cultural differences and their social meaning began as a child within a family whereby he had siblings from various ethnic and racial identities...(read more)

Aliah Majon, Ph.D. African American
Facilitator

Aliah has rejoined the StirFry Team after many years away, to pick up in her role as a Senior Facilitator and key Consultant for Training Design and Program Development. Aliah has a strong background in diversity, conflict facilitation, public speaking, group process, training and performance coaching, and has worked with clients in every sector from community and non-profits all the way to government and corporations. (read more)

Rainbow Jane Markell  European American, Big Beautiful Lesbian
Facilitator

Rainbow Markell is a consultant, trainer, and mediator working with groups and individuals to heal what divides us.  She learned much about human needs and interactions working in early childhood education for 18 years.  As a teacher and administrator in programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school age children, Rainbow focused on communication, conflict resolution and anti-bias curriculum.  She has trained hundreds of staff how to interact and actively listen to young children.
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Jim Peal, Ph.D.   African American
Facilitator

Jim Peal is a Senior Facilitator for StirFry Seminars with a strong background in diversity training and organizational development. He has a doctoral degree in psychology from Union Institute and is a certified NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) Elite Master Practitioner. (read more)

Naraya Stein, CMT   Polish, Austrian and Russian, 3rd Generation, Jewish American
Facilitator

Naraya is passionate that “We are not here to do it alone!” She has devoted 28 years to facilitating Community that feeds the Spirit and supports the blossoming of human potential. She believes that all of our gifts are needed at this critical time, if we are to have a more healthy, loving and just world. And that nothing is more fulfilling then creative service done in collaboration with others.(read more)

Melissa Sweeney, M.A.   White, of Irish/Scottish & Mixed Ancestry
Facilitator

Melissa is a freedom fighter and credits her mother for modeling the importance of political activism. From a very young age, Melissa became involved in social justice issues as a result of the inequalities she found herself witness to; in such circumstances, she found it impossible to close her eyes and not take responsibility for fostering change. (read more)

Reanne Yuk Mui Lani Young-Sorge, M.A.   Chinese Filipina
Facilitator

Reanne has years of experience as a diversity and organizational change consultant. She holds a B.A. degree in psychology from California State University, Northridge and a M.A. degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University. (read more)

Julie Withers, M.A.  Working Class; Cherokee, Mexican, Scottish Mix
Facilitator

Julie Garza-Withers is an award-winning community college Sociology instructor and organizational consultant. Her work on diversity focuses on the everyday lived experience of inequality with an emphasis on social class, ethnicity, and gender in educational and workplace settings. (read more)

Sarah Peterson-Guada, M.A.  Mixed Ancestry, Korean and White
Intern

Sarah is a community college Psychology Instructor who empowers her students with psychological, emotional, and life skills to assist them in becoming who they truly desire.  She does this by expanding their level of self-awareness around topics such as race, sexuality, communication, and factors such as inner thoughts and childhood that shape their present  (read more) .