Executive Team
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Anuradha (UN-ooh-RAH-da/tha) is a writer, policy wonk, activist, and former Marine Corps officer. She co-founded and led the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), a non-profit which brought national attention to sexual violence in the military and helped repeal the ban on women in combat. She has been a regular media commentator on issues related to national security, women’s rights, civil rights, trauma and mental health, and is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Unbecoming:A Memoir of Disobedience (Simon and Schuster, 2019).
As a disabled veteran, Anuradha has found long-term relief for chronic injuries and health conditions in integrative health care. Anuradha is also a practitioner and instructor of classical hatha yoga and Buddhist meditation and has taught adaptive, trauma-informed classes to injured veterans, recovering addicts, the elderly, and marginalized youth for over a decade. She is active in decolonizing western capitalist takes on eastern spiritual practices and healing arts, and has advised several meditation and yoga centers throughout the United States on cultural competency. Anuradha is the daughter of immigrants from Gujarat, India. She has a BA from Yale, a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Masters in Creative Writing from Hunter College. She is also a graduate of the Chef’s Training Program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, and is always on the lookout for the next best vegan mac and cheese. An enthusiastic open water swimmer, she recently did two ultra marathon swims. She lives between San Francisco and New York City with her service dog, Duke. |
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Jenny co-founded IHAN during the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County because she saw a gap in care that was direly needed. She grew up in Sonoma County and moved back home a week before the Tubbs Fire after completing her Master's Degree in Integrative Health Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Jenny is a Certified Nature Therapy Guide and Certified HeartMath Trainer with extensive training and experience facilitating mind-body awareness techniques, stress management tools, health education, trauma-informed care, and ecotherapy.
In addition to her work with IHAN, Jenny facilitates mindfulness-based experiences in nature through her practice, EcoWisdom. She is grateful to bring her passions of trauma healing, health equity, climate crisis solutions, and integrative health to the frontlines of climate disasters. |
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Dr. Jen Riegle is a licensed Naturopathic Physician with a degree from Bastyr University. She carries advanced certification and training in women's health, infertility, biofeedback, and traditional medicine practices. She is the owner of Wild Oak Medicine in Santa Rosa, California.
Dr. Riegle is passionate about medicine and connecting with each of her patients. She combines her knowledge and skills as a diagnostician in the western and traditional medicine worlds, with a deep compassion and intuition, to provide a comprehensive treatment plan for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing for her patients. As IHAN continues to grow, Dr. Riegle enjoys continuing to learn and teach about trauma-informed disaster care with integrative modalities. |
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Cynthia Mears, C.N., M.I.M has been managing medical practices since 2004. In 2011, Cynthia earned a Master of Intuitive Medicine from The Academy of Intuition Medicine and upon graduation joined her first Integrative Medical Clinic as Office Manager.
Cynthia is a Certified Holistic Clinical Nutritionist and extended her learning to become a certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. |
Volunteer Integrative Health Ambassadors
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Kathleen Scheible, CCH
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Dr. La Deana Jeane, ND
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Rose DeNicola, CMT
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Dr. Jack Bourla, DC
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