There are extraordinary visionary leaders in all Sectors of human endeavor and more emerging all the time. The following is not meant to be in any way a comprehensive list. It simply represents some of the individuals who were influential in Foster Gamble’s journey to learn what is now revealed in THRIVE. 

As we say in the movie, the people in THRIVE do not necessarily agree with the themes, statements, claims or conclusions presented in the film or website, nor does their inclusion imply our full agreement with all of their views. The people interviewed have each contributed in some deep way to our understanding and we are grateful to them all.


Arts

Economics
Joan Bavaria
Pioneer of Socially Responsible Investment and shareholder activism.
Rinaldo Brutoco
Founder of the World Business Academy, modeling integrity and compassion in commerce.
Catherine Austin Fitts
Former Assistant Secretary of HUD, exposing the government’s fraudulent accounting practices and promoting decentralized economies.
G. Edward Griffin
Individual rights advocate and expert on the deception of the Federal Reserve.
Paul Hawken
Leading entrepreneur bridging the gap between business and ecology.
Hazel Henderson
Creator of alternative economic indicators that include the quality of life. 
Norman G. Kurland
Proponent of the “Just Third Way,” using capital credit to decentralize wealth – an intriguing strategy to consider for Phase 1 Solutions.
John Perkins
Economist, former insider-turned-whistleblower, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
William Still
Director of documentary films exposing the corrupt banking system.

Education
John Gatto
Award winning teacher who documented the corporate agenda for compulsory schooling.

Environment
Satish Kumar
Ecologist and educator for non-violence and reverence for nature.
Vandana Shiva
Environmental justice activist and leader against the corporate takeover of water and seed.

Governance

Health
Deepak Chopra
Physician, author, illuminating the role of consciousness in health and well-being.
Emmett Miller, M.D.
Psychiatrist pioneering mind-body medicine and the role of imagery in healing.
John Robbins
Food and environmental expert exploring the secrets of healthy longevity.

Infrastructure

Justice
Aqeela Sherrills
Community organizer and peace activist in Watts, Los Angeles, California.
Van Jones
Proponent of Green Jobs and leading voice for urban social justice.
Evon Peter
Native American leader in the work of wellness, sustainability and Indigenous rights.
Ocean Robbins
Young visionary leader and co-founder of Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!).
William Schulz
Former executive director of Amnesty International and human rights activist.
Daniel Sheehan
Social justice lawyer and investigator of illegal government and corporate operations.

Media
Amy Goodman
Investigative journalist and host of independent news program, Democracy Now!
Kim Spencer
Founder and President of the independent and internationally-oriented, Link TV.

Relations
Frank Doran
Founder and Chief Instructor of Aikido West.
Gay and Katie Hendricks
Therapists, authors and specialists in co-creative relationship.
Morihei Ueshiba
Creator of Aikido - the first non-violent martial art.

Science
Patrick Flanagan
Physicist, physician and visionary inventor of revolutionary technologies.
Nassim Haramein
Cosmologist, geometer, ancient culture researcher and new energy inventor.
Walter Russell
Artist, inventor, scientist, who accurately predicted two new atomic elements.
Elisabet Sahtouris
Evolutionary biologist and expert on healthy living systems in nature.
Marvin Solit
Healer, Geometer modeling nature’s blueprint for the material world.
Nikola Tesla
Inventor, discoverer of A/C current and radiant energy.

Spirituality
angel Kyodo williams
Spiritual teacher and founder of the Center for Transformative Change.

Worldview
Duane Elgin
Futurist, media expert, sustainability advocate and author of  “The Living Universe.”
Ashok Gangadean
Professor of Philosophy, author and deep dialogue facilitator.
Barbara Marx Hubbard
Futurist, author, lecturer and visionary in the field of conscious evolution.
Jack Wada
Aikido instructor and practitioner of the spiritual path of Kototama.

Follow the Money

Global Domination Agenda
David Icke
Author, activist and lecturer exposing the global domination agenda.
Alex Jones
Photo by Eric McNatt.
Radio host, investigative reporter, filmmaker exposing the global domination agenda.

Fundamental Pattern
Lynnclaire Dennis
Near death survivor, author and education innovator applying “the Pattern.”
Buckminster Fuller
Comprehensivist author of Synergetics, Inventor of the Geodesic dome.
Arthur Young
Cosmologist, inventor of the helicopter and author of the metaparadigm, “The Theory of Process.”   

Ancient Cultures

New Energy Technology
Adam Trombly
Scientist and inventor of new energy technologies.

ET/UFO
James Gilliland
Founder of ECETI, Enlightened Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Steven Greer
Director of the Disclosure Project, documenting extensive military and government contact with UFO's.
Jack Kasher
Physics and astronomy professor and ET researcher.

Liberty
Trevor Gamble
Independent Researcher, author.
Mahatma Gandhi
Visionary, activist and pioneer of non-violent civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ludwig Von Mises
Philosopher, economist, elucidating the logic and efficacy of universal freedom.
Stefan Molyneux
Voluntaryist philosopher, author and podcaster.