Erin "Fitz" FitzGerald

Erin “Fitz” FitzGerald is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, and a human who believes deeply in the healing power of generous listening. She is a hospice and palliative medicine physician and was an instructor and director of Healer's Art, which utilizes generous listening as a skill to be with others' suffering and humanize medicine.

Jennifer Hahn

Jennifer Hahn, a proud Certified Listener Poet from Cohort 14, is a nurturer of plants, people, and perspectives. She grounds her practice as a istening poet with a depth of experience in caregiving from her roles as a physician assistant, preschool teacher, youth coordinator, Stephen's Minister, and family member. She believes in the alchemy at work that transforms deep listening and storytelling into an opportunity for reflection, connection, and healing.

Jenny Hegland

Jenny Hegland is part of the co-founding team of Listener Poets and serves as Executive Director of The Good Listening Project. She is a creative facilitator, coach, and social entrepreneur whose life’s work centers around community engagement, participatory leadership, and social justice.

Julia McDonald

Julia McDonald (She/They) is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, and a Maine-based physician, writer, and international humanitarian. McDonald’s writing has appeared in mainstream news media as advocacy for patients and commentary on the intersection of politics and medicine.