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 is a nature therapy guide, mindfulness teacher, lifelong student, and nonprofit leader in the integrative health and mental health spaces. She co-founded IHAN during the 2017 Tubbs Fire and specializes in mind-body awareness techniques, stress management tools, health education, trauma-informed care, and ecotherapy. Jenny is passionate about helping open the doors of healing and connection for others, whether it is through one of her guided forest bathing experiences or providing support at IHAN’s disaster response and recovery clinics.
After a near-death scooter accident in 2014, Jenny’s life transformed. Under the care of integrative health practitioners, she found solace and support, while her exploration of meditation opened new avenues. Through these practices, she learned the art of slowing down, allowing her to perceive the intricate marvels of life within the natural world. This exploration into healing became a means of finding purpose amidst trauma, both from the accident and earlier chapters of her life. In Jenny's awakening, she recognized the steep costs associated with transformative integrative health care, a privilege she enjoyed through community support that funded her trauma-healing treatments. This realization sparked a fervent commitment within her to democratize the accessibility of integrative health, striving to make it both affordable and available to everyone in need, especially in the aftermath of a traumatic incident. Jenny has a Master's Degree in Integrative Health Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies, a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from San Francisco State University, and holds certifications as a Nature Therapy Guide, Integrative Health Coach, Guided Imagery Practitioner, and Resilience Advantage HeartMath Trainer. She grew up in Sonoma County and currently lives in Santa Rosa, CA, with her husband, two stepdaughters, and two kitties. She loves hiking, camping, traveling, live music, gardening, reading, writing, and being in nature and community as much as possible. |
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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 environmental medicine, women’s health, infertility, biofeedback, and traditional medicine practices. She is the owner of Wild Oak Medicine in Santa Rosa, California.
When Jen was a child, her home burned in the middle of the night, leaving her Dad in the hospital with major burns and losing everything from her family’s home. The community support that Jen’s family felt wrapped around them fuels the deepest desire to work with evacuees and emergency workers today. Both of Jen’s parents are retired wildland firefighters and Jen grew up with a deep respect for the work that first responders do. In 2017, Jen had just moved to Sonoma County when the Tubbs Fire started. Within a few days, Jen was organizing with her co-founder Jenny and others to staff 15 pop-up clinics in different shelters, base-camps, armories, and community centers to serve people with integrative medicine. From there, IHAN was born. It’s Jen’s deep love for the scientific but also interest in the human condition, struggle and spirituality that motivates her work at IHAN. This work brings added meaning and joy to her life on a regular basis. |
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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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