Cindy Flaherty has recently retired from a rich and varied management background in the business sector. She is a grandmother of 2 grown children and a dedicated godmother to 3 boys. She has been an avid student of personal and developmental growth models all of her adult life and for 20 years considered the best vacation to be Vision Quests in the High Sierras.

She has been connected with a spiritual community for more than 30 years whose focus is a heart centered and conscious relationship with all of life and the natural living world we are a part of. She has spent time with indigenous cultures in Mexico and Peru and believes there is no work more powerful than sitting in circle with one another, with an open heart , to listen, share honestly and to understand that we are all connected.

​She has been a Stepping Stones Elder for 6 years and thrives in the multigenerational village that she now considers her 3rd family.