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)

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.

Founder & Director

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)

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.

Board President

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)

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.

Board Vice-President

Janice Leach, member at large of The Healing Feast Foundation, smiles at the camera standing in front of a a silver disc with blue-ish lighting

Janice Leach (she/her)

Board member at large

Pie baker, English and writing teacher, poet, author, master gardener, partner, grand/mother, explorer, and dreamer. She is the founder/owner of Why Not Pie bakery and is based in Ann Arbor.

David LaLone, treasurer of The Healing Feast Foundation board, is a man with shoulder-length brown hair, a goatee, wearing rainbow-colored glasses, smiling in a home interior with framed pictures on a yellow wall.

David LaLone (he/him)

Pastor, poet, musician, father, and husband, currently serving in ministry at Blissfield and Petersburg United Methodist Churches south of Ann Arbor.

Board Treasurer

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)

Pastor, podcaster, drummer, and supporter of good trouble who is serves as the pastor of Ypsilanti First United Methodist Church.

Board Secretary

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)

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.

Board Member at Large

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)

Community builder & organizer, dreamer, and administrative coordinator of an antiracism organization. She lives in Lansing where she is involved in community theater as an actor, writer, and director.