Take 5! Institute Lead Team
Our resource team includes professionals with extensive experience in education, psychology, health promotion, personal & organizational development, coaching, leadership training, and community development & capacity-building.
Tam Lundy, PhD
Director
A consultant, educator and mentor in the field of human and social development, Tam has led innovative initiatives in diverse sectors and settings, including health, human services, education, and early childhood development, and has worked with multiple levels of government. She has developed and delivered numerous workshops and training intensives, and has written extensively on topics that include health promotion, capacity building, community engagement, and generative approaches to change. Tam has also taught university graduate courses in health promotion and education.
Tam's work in self-regulation grew out of her long-time commitment to health and human development, and a deep dive into research showing the impact of self-regulation capacities on mental wellness, resilience and thriving. Her self-reg work is grounded in a strong conviction that integrative, strengths-building approaches help children and youth to develop self-reg skills that will be with them for life.
Tam is the founder of the Take 5! Self-Reg Asset-Building approach and, in recent years, has introduced Take 5! to diverse professional groups, including educators, school counselors, child and youth workers, youth mental health professionals, early childhood professionals, and other health & human service providers. She holds a doctorate in Human and Social Development from the University of Victoria.
Tam is based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Take 5! Institute Advisory Board
Barbara Alexander Barbara is a psychotherapist, coach and consultant who has designed and delivered professional development programs in the private and public sector. A skilled and seasoned practitioner, she has led diverse health and wellness initiatives, and has provided training to professionals in education systems, business schools and a variety of not-for-profit organizations. In a previous role, Barbara served as Lead Trainer for Take 5! Institute.
Dave Calhoun Dave is Executive Director of CORE Districts' Data Collaborative. CORE Districts is a collaborative initiative of California-based school districts working together to innovate, implement, and scale new strategies for educational improvement and successful outcomes for all students. Dave brings years of expertise leading educational program assessment and improvement initiatives and, until 2017, served as the Executive Director of Research, Evaluation and Assessment for Fresno Unified School District. He also serves on the national SEL Assessment Work Group facilitated by CASEL - the Coalition for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning.
Janet Keller Janet is Senior Program Lead (and former Director of Certification) at the Co-Active Training Institute, a global coach training organization. Leading a rigorous 6-month coaching training program, she oversees curriculum design, faculty development, student experience, and trends in coach training pedagogy. And, as a consultant, Janet has supported leaders and executive teams in business and the non-profit sector with facilitation, planning, team building, mediation, and board development initiatives.
Peter Rojcewicz Peter is the Provost and Accreditation Liaison Officer at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. He brings twenty-plus years of administrative experience in higher education settings, as well as a strong commitment to a collaborative governance approach. In all contexts, Peter's work is informed by his passion for holistic education and healthy human development.
Lorna Wuertz Lorna is a retired teacher/school administrator of San Rafael City Schools in San Rafael, California, where she developed and implemented the first local Beginning Teacher Support program. Upon retirement, Lorna graduated with a Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is a Spiritual Director at the Interfaith Counseling Center of the Bay Area, a Spiritual Care Volunteer at Kaiser Hospital in San Rafael, and teaches spirituality and adult and children's education classes.