Ria Baeck

Ria was born, raised and still living in Belgium. She founded Vitis whose core purpose is to bring lasting transformation in individuals, organisations and society.

Her earlier work was in psychotherapy integrating the body in this process. Besides being a coach and mentor, who combines deep compassion, bodily awareness and a lust for life, Ria facilitates and hosts transformation in individuals and groups. She is a transformational change professional who has a rich background of experience and interests, also working with Systemic and Organizational Constellations, revealing the hidden dynamics in human systems and bringing them into flow again.

Marjeta Novak

Marjeta Novak has been working in the area of organisational, team and personal development since 2002, specialising in cultural competence and collaborative group processes. Based in Slovenia and working internationally,  Marjeta enjoys hosting spaces where people of diverse backgrounds (cultural, departmental, cognitive, generational …) engage in real dialogue, exploring and building on their personal as well as group strengths in order to co-create the solutions they are committed to implement. She loves those moments of magic when people reconnect with their deepest hopes for themselves, for one another, and for the greater whole – entering the sphere of possibility and power together. www.humus.si/en

Joost den Boon

“I believe that a sustainable world is a place where people, society, profit and government are aware of their value, power and responsibility in connection with the world as a living system. From this perspective I value taking responsibility, engaging oneself in the bigger picture and entrepreneuring the (formerly percieved) improbable.


I commit my experience and skills to enable authentic leadership into action; with conversations that matter I involve people in the societal challenges of our time. Together we learn how to dig in to the collective intelligence, we share a passion for learning and can go slow in order to go fast.”

Odysseas Velentzas

Odysseas does transformative work on the edge of the systemic change.  He is working with social enterprises and social movements by offering participatory methodologies to support meaningful conversations and strategic planning.   Specifically his work includes incubating new ideas based on social challenges so they become realities, supporting emerging leaders and innovators and creating spaces of learning through Art of Hosting Trainings, Participatory Workshops, Learning Journeys and Café Conversations etc.

Nikos Rovakis

Nick Rovakis is a Graphic Facilitator, Graphic designer and Concept artist. His work includes the visual communication and harvest of transformative work in both social initiatives as well as business sector. With his artistic skills he is capturing the results of collective dialogues in Art of Hosting Trainings and Participatory Workshops. Apart of the systemic work he is an expert in social design, branding and typography. He is a co-founder of Systemic Innovation Zone, an initiative in Greece of creating a Community of Practice in the field of Participatory Leadership, Graphic Facilitation and systemic transformation.

Zlatina Tsvetkova

Zlatina brings positivism, energy and wider perspective to every project she works on. She supports creative and entrepreneurial individuals to focus, grow and learn together. She works for any cause that will make people more motivated by experience and learning, where nature and society develop in harmony and where businesses exist with a mission to create a better world.

“I believe that we need strong communities and meaningful conversations now more than ever. If we want to live better life here and now, we should learn to connect, give and initiate action to achieve our dreams.”
- Zlatina

Anton Valkov

Optimist with practical approach, interested in innovations for a better world. Anton works as a sustainability consultant and is interested in how change happens and what is the role of human interactions in that. He has been involved with The Art of Hosting since 2012 when he attended his first training in Sweden.

“I believe there is a different, more exciting way of solving the challenges ahead of us. I believe in visions and common actions towards achieving them. I am curious to explore more about how communities become stronger.”
- Anton

Anna Dimitrova

Anna is passionate about linking business and social via innovative approaches. She has been involved in international projects in UK, France, Egypt and Bulgaria, working with and supporting social ventures. Anna got introduced to the Art of Hosting in 2011 in Egypt and since then discovering and applying it in personal and professional context. Travelling is her favourite state of mind.

Martin Sirashki

Happiness is my keyword. It’s both the goal and the means for everything and I try to spread it - to everyone, everywhere.  I’m trying to understand what is it, how it works and how to sustain it. I find that people accept very naturally the Art Of Hosting principles and I use them to create solutions that help people feel fulfilled, balanced and happy.

“I believe everything should be made with a higher purpose and I'm joining the AoH because it will bring a much needed way of doing things in the Bulgarian society and business - by including everyone in large conversations and effectively harvesting the outcomes.”It is time for our society to go to a next level of awareness about the problems and the effective approach to the solutions - Participatory Leadership!”
- Martin

Galya Gogova

Enthusiastic and passionate marketing researcher interested in digging into the essencebut not at the expense of the big picture :))

It is time for our society to go to a next level of awareness about the problems and the effective approach to the solutions - Participatory Leadership!
- Galya

Steliana Kemcheva

Steliana is an absolute optimist, passionate about art, travelling and life itself. She is experienced in the sector of non-profit organizations, working on social projects, international volunteering and activities for personal development.She is currently engaged in the international travel and tourism field, focusing on marketing and sales, still working on social initiatives that aim better future for the Bulgarian society.

“There is a true magic in the Art of Hosting - it gives people an inspiration to open their souls to the others and be honest. It is amazing how, in nowadays environment, this leads to nothing but peace and harmony.”
- Steli

Victor Minchev

Victor is a technologist, businessman and serial entrepreneur. In the past 10 years, he has founded several businesses, with many failiures and many succeses along the way.

“A new challenge is never a surplus. My decision to join the AoH team is leaded by the idea of meeting innovative ways to lead discussions and to make group decisions final.”
- Victor

Maya Lekova

Software developer by profession, community and personal developer by heart. Passionate about crowdsourced everything and building self-organizing systems where everyone does what she’s most passionate about. Collaborating on few hobby projects concerned with education.

“I fell in love with Art of Hosting during the training in 2013, because I found it to be a bridge between practical, useful in every-day life meetings methods to help more easily reach common understanding and go to action, and the principles, rooted deep in one’s own understandings and beliefs, which are actually our truest motivators.”
- Maya

Emilia Ilieva-Kraynova

Emilia is a trainer, life coach and large group facilitator. In 2004 she has been inspired to bring the methods of Open Space, World Café and Future creating workshops  in Bulgaria and thus organized the first events on these methods in the framework of a project fostering cooperation in South-East Europe. Ever since she has been applying the methods in her work in various settings from school to corporate environments. Emilia is also an NVC trainer and has been actively involved in spreading the practice of NVC in Bulgaria and internationally since 2004. In 2010 Emilia founded Communication Academy – an organization devoted to the creation of programs on authentic communication, empathy and emotional intelligence for kids and adults. Presently she is the main trainer and CEO of the organization.