Program Leaders

For retreats and seminars sponsored by Four Springs

Karen Carlton, Ph.D.

Karen Carlton is retired from the English Faculty at Humboldt State University, where she was Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. She worked closely with one of Four Springs' founders, Luella Sibbald, on preparation of Luella's book for publication, The Footprints of God: the Relationship of Astrology, C. G. Jung and the Gospels.

Bill Dols is Editor of the Bible Workbench and a co-author of Finding Jesus/Discovering Self: Passages To Healing And Wholeness (Morehouse Publishing 2006). Ordained in the Episcopal Church, Bill has served as executive director of the Educational Center in Saint Louis and as Minister of Education at Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC. He is also author of Awakening the Fire Within and Just Because It Didn't Happen: Sermons and Prayers as Story.

Jerry Drino, an Episcopal priest and spiritual director, is Executive Director of the Episcopal Church in Province VIII which includes the Western United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Taiwan. He also directs the Office of InterCultural Ministry Development for the 80+ language groups in that area. 

Juliane Poirier Locke is an artist and writer. Her articles have appeared regionally and nationally. She is author of Vineyards in the Watershed, a book about sustainable agriculture in the Napa Valley, and England's Jane, a biography of Jane Austen for young readers.

A Presbyterian minister and pastoral counselor, Tim is executive director of Four Springs. His interest in the teachings of Jesus and personal transformation led to graduate study in theology and personality and a focus on the We-Psychology of Fritz Kunkel. He worked closely with Four Springs' founder Elizabeth Howes from 1993 until her death in 2002.

Judith Peterson is a psychotherapist in private practice,  a body worker, and a long-time leader in the Guild for Psychological Studies. She loves to include the deep wisdom of the body among the realities explored in seminars.

Jack has developed and conducted workshops in coastal areas on the sacredness and emergence of life from the Earth's waters, and has participated in presenting seminars at Four Springs since 1982. He has worked with the Guild for Psychological Studies as secretary of the board, administrator, and director of the Four Springs grounds committee, caring for Four Springs as a microcosm of the world and its soul. 

Nancy has led seminars with the Guild for Psychological Studies for almost 30 years. She has served on the Guild's board of directors, including two terms as president, and for many years was the Coordinator for Guild Seminars outside the Bay Area. She is currently the secretary of the Four Springs board. In addition to family and friends, her passions lie in communication, connection and reconciliation.