meet our board of directors, staff, and advisory council
ryk groetchen, executive director
Ryk Groetchen, educator, musician, and advocate, founded imeetswe in July 2025. he has worked as an early childhood music teaching artist for over 20 years, through stints with East Bay Music Together and his former nonprofit East Bay Community Music Project, and has over 50 years of experience as a music student, performer, teacher, community builder, and neurodiverse person (ASD, ADHD, dyspraxia, aphantasia). He collaborated with practice leaders at Berkeley Zen Center to provide a mindfulness practice experience for parents and young children, and has curated a diverse variety of community events, rituals, seasonal gatherings, and rites of passage. His many experiences building community through music-making have informed his vision of the need for neurodiversity-affirming spaces as a bedrock of community. belonging, and growth through many phases of life.
alice lancefield reid, board president
brighton earley, secretary
mark copithorne, treasurer
molly brennan, board member
saba deyhim, board member
allan kapoor, board member
advisory council
These are people whose mentorship, teaching, and lived experience continue to inspire and inform the mission and the work of imeetswe in cultivating neurodiversity-affirming environments.
- Erika Englund
- Doug Goodkin
- Sally Hindman
- Jenny Epstein Kessem
- Baika Andrea Pratt-Heaton
- Miguel-Angel Soria
- Teri Jo Tinus
- Ondine Young
join the board
Interesting in exploring a role on our board of directors?