Our team

Adam Lang founded THRIVE in 2024, and he is a life-long learner with professional experience at start-up companies, in international development, and in health-care research and innovation. He has hired, built, and managed large work teams, and he has managed complex projects in several industry environments. Adam most recently taught economics, public policy analysis, and human-centered design at The Hotchkiss School, and he is passionate about building expansive and exciting learning environments.

Rebecca Bloomfield has professional experience in farming and education, and she is currently a photographer and a facilitator for communications workshops, including classes on active listening and nonviolent communication. Rebecca enjoys weaving the threads of storytelling, listening, and human connection into her work. She has lived in Falls Village for 10 years and loves being surrounded by natural beauty.

Jesse Carter is a Gestalt Psychotherapist based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts who specializes in men’s issues, relationships, addiction recovery, and attachment wounds. Jesse leads meditations on Insight Timer, and is completing his certification in equine and wilderness psychotherapy. Jesse has been heavily involved in men’s work in the Berkshires and in Boulder, Colorado.

Abdoulaye Fall is a native of Senegal, West Africa. He teaches Intercultural Communication and French at The Hotchkiss School. Abdoulaye is a graduate of the Institute for Communication & Leadership in Lucerne, Switzerland, and he currently serves as member of the 2024 CQ Fellows Program.

Julie Kunz (she/they) has taught nature connection and eco-literacy practices to humans, young and old, for over a decade. They are particularly interested in fostering hyper-local conversations between the human and other-than-human world and landscapes. Julie is a queer community gatherer, a firekeeper, a breathwork practitioner, and they are trained in the 8 Shields mentoring model, Wild Women Project circles, and Gottman couples therapy method.

Charlie Noyes has been an experiential educator for almost 40 years.  He taught visual art at The Hotchkiss School for most of his career, concurrently working with adults running workshops  on experiential teaching methodology, leadership development and community building.  Now retired, he continues to facilitate similar trainings with a wide range of adult groups.

Dathalinn O’Dea has over 20 years' experience teaching literature and writing at the high school and college levels. Like Adam, she considers herself a life-long learner. As a teacher, she is dedicated to creating engaging, reflective spaces for readers of all backgrounds to connect with texts and each other.

Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh has been taking people into the forests and onto the farm for the past 35 years to help people connect to themselves, each other and the world around them. He is the co-founder of the Adamah Farm and Fellowship at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, and he has taught at Berkshire Community College and the Wild Rockies Field Institute.