The Healing Feast | Staff & Board

Sari Brown, founder and director of The Healing Feast, is a woman with long dark wavy hair wearing an orange dress standing in a garden with dried plants and a gray brick wall in the background.

Sari Brown (she/her)

Founder & Director

Priestess of song, dance, and kitchen magic, singer/songwriter, sacred space facilitator, cook, Worship Arts Coordinator at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. After taking a leave of absence from her job as a pastor, she founded The Healing Feast in October 2024 because it was the kind of community she longed to experience. She quickly discovered she was not alone. Sari lives in the Lansing area with her son and her husband, Marcelo López, who helps with many of the recipes and cooking for The Healing Feast.

Sarah Jamesen, the operations and fund development consultant for The Healing Feast, is a woman with curly dark hair standing on a beach, smiling and gazing at the ocean during dusk.

Sarah Jamesen (she/they)

Fund Development &
Operations Consultant

Poet, strategist, and creative soul based in Ypsilanti, MI. With a background in conflict and conflict resolution, humanitarian response, and nonprofit operations and fundraising, she is excellent at navigating change and passionate about contributing to meaningful growth. Sarah aligns with The Healing Feast in her commitment to radical abundance, inclusive and creative community, liberating and life-giving forms of spirituality.

Meaghan Bergman, the president of The Healing Feast Foundation Board of Directors, is a woman with long dark hair and earrings looking at the camera, standing in a living room with plants, wooden furniture, and a patterned rug.

Meaghan Bergman (she/her)

Board President

Priestess of the White Rose Goddess Temple, womb healer, somatic therapist, embodiment guide, and ceremonialist from Lansing. Co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Lansing and The Menopause Movement.

Katie Lynne, member at large of The Healing Feast Foundation board, is a smiling woman with long dark hair, wearing Indian clothing with floral patterns, standing in front of a wooden interior with intricate carvings.

Katie Lynne (she/her)

Board President

Founder of Revolutionary Alignment, occupational therapist, vocalist with Djangophonique and Cabaret Boreal, kundalini yoga teacher, Vedic astrologer, and revolutionary thinker based out of Ypsilanti.

Dan Lauterbur, vice-president of The Healing Feast Foundation board, is a a man with white facial hair peering through a hollow log in a forested area.

Dan Lauterbur (he/him)

Board Vice-President

Archaeologist, friend, collaborator, and long-time Lansing-dweller who brings a lifetime of experience participating in diverse communities across time, space, and spiritual and religious traditions.

Forrest Hejkal, member at large of The Healing Feast Foundation board, is standing on a yellow ladder, smiling, holding a string, and surrounded by decorative flowers and greenery in an indoor setting with ceiling tiles and fluorescent lights.

Forrest Hejkal (he/him)

Board Member at Large

Actor, director, set designer, poet, carpenter, event facilitator, and community builder with a special gift for creating spontaneous, interactive magic. He is rooted in the Ann Arbor area.

Rich Burstall, secretary of The Healing Feast Foundation board, a man with glasses and gray hair wearing a rainbow tie-dye stole, stands in front of a banner for the United Methodist Church with rainbow decorations, at an LGBTQ pride event.

Rich Burstall (he/him)

Board Secretary

Pastor, podcaster, drummer, and supporter of good trouble who is now appointed to Ypsilanti First United Methodist Church.

Dinah DeWald, member at large of The Healing Feast Foundation board, is a woman with glasses, a yellow knit hat, and a red jacket kneeling on the ground holding a plant with a bare root in one hand, outdoors surrounded by trees and fallen leaves.

Dinah DeWald (she/her)