We are therapists, activists, technology geeks, business executives, people from various walks of life who saw a world full of chronic stress and trauma and very few options.  We asked, "When entire societies have been traumatized, what does genuine healing look like?"

Founders Barbara English and Anshul Mittal's growing discontent with the limits of the traditional western model of one-on-one therapy, combined with the increased awareness of trauma as a global epidemic, motivated them to start Living Ubuntu.  

Board of Directors

Barbara English LMFT, CBT
Co-founder & Executive Director

Barbara English is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field. As a Certified Bioenergetic Therapist, she works from a mind-body perspective, and utilizes relational somatic methods as part of the process toward healing and a sense of wellbeing.  Much of her training has focused on Early Development, Infant Mental Health, and healing after abuse or trauma.  She is a 2009 Carl Wilkens Fellow with Genocide Intervention Network.

Anshul Mittal   
Co-founder, Operations

Anshul Mittal has over 15 years experience in the technology industry with lead positions at Sun Microsystems, Canon Information Systems, Panasonic Avionics designing and implementing software applications.  He is responsible for all aspects of business and IT needs (website, marketing platform, accounting etc.) for Living Ubuntu.  Anshul graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in Computer Engineering and minors in Computer Science, Business Management and Philosophy. 

Elizabeth Limebrook

Elizabeth “Betsy” Limebrook has over 30 years of professional experience in both the public and private sector.  She was employed for the first 20 years of her career, as a human resources professional at one of Southern California’s finest community college districts.  After leaving the public sector, she had a major career shift and entered the computer technology industry, where currently she is one of the principals in a boutique technology consulting firm.  Betsy holds a Master of Human Resources & Organization Development and Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco.  She has been on the Living Ubuntu Board of Directors since it was founded in 2005.

Eleanor Taylor

Eleanor is an author, activist and poet.  Her articles, short stories and poetry have been published in the Scene Magazine (Dallas Morning News) and Chaos West of the Pecos. While employed in the corporate world, she wrote copy for seasonal catalogs in the garment industry and technical procedures manuals for construction accountants.  She is a member of Texas Mountain Trail Writers, Story Circle Network, Writers League of Texas, and Veterans for Peace.   She has been involved with Living Ubuntu since its founding in 2005.

William Goldwag MD

William Goldwag has been in clinical medical practice for 50 years and is the director of the Center for Preventive Holistic Medicine. Dr. Goldwag has been a pioneer in the field of holistic medicine and has been on the Board of Directors of the American Holistic Medical Association and Southern California Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis. He has written articles published in various magazines, newspapers and books and given lectures and workshops on alternative medicine, applications of the martial arts to health and stress awareness and prevention throughout Southern California.

Martina Knee

Martina has over 20 years of experience practicing corporate and security law.  As the descendant of Holocaust victims and daughter of a survivor, Martina has experienced the multi-generational effects of a genocide.  In addition to serving as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, she is a member of the advisory board to the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley.  She is a 2009 Carl Wilkens Fellow of The Genocide Intervention Network and the recipient of the the 2008 JCRC Honorable Tom Lantos Memorial Humanitarian Award.  She earned her J.D. from The UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and her B.A. from UC Berkeley.

Advisory Board

We rely extensively on our Advisory Board for their expertise and experience.  Members include:

David Berceli Phd, MSW, MA
traumaprevention.com

David Berceli founder and CEO of Trauma Recovery Assessment & Prevention Services is the creator of Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE). For the past 20 years David has worked with various international relief agencies such as UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders and The World Health Organization (WHO) designing and implementing comprehensive individualized trauma recovery, stress management and conflict resolution programs. His work has included programs in Sudan, Uganda, Israel, Palestine, Northern Ireland, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Yemen and Egypt.

Vincentia Schroeter PhD, LMFT, CBT  
vincentiaschroeterphd.com

Vincentia is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice for over 30 years working with individuals and families struggling with issues related to grief, trauma, adoption, infertility, marriage counseling and addiction.  She holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of San Francisco and received her PhD in 1999, completing research on attachment between mothers and babies.  She is a senior faculty member at the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA) and is on the Board of Directors and a coordinating trainer for the Southern California Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (SCIBA). 

Virginia Hilton PhD, LCSW, CBT

Virginia has been a practicing therapist since 1975.  She is an international trainer for the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA), has taught in numerous societies across the globe, and is a former president of IIBA.  She works with individuals and couples, giving equal attention to relational and somatic issues.