THE TEAM

We've lived this path. Not just theorized about it.

Between us: 80+ communities visited. 15+ years in systems change. 17+ ecovillages advised. Startups built, leaders trained, villages filled. And we're all parents.

CORE TEAM

Core Team

Snorre Vikingsen
Snorre Vikingsen
Lead Facilitator & Partnership Manager
15 years at the frontier of systems change. Concluded you can't fix disconnection from inside a disconnected system.

Snorre is a leadership developer, facilitator, and network weaver who has spent 15 years working at the frontier of systems change. Coaching dozens of leaders and designing over 25 programs in innovation, leadership, and personal development, he came to a clear conclusion: you cannot fix a system built on disconnection from within that system. Now dedicated to connected living, Snorre brings together neighbours and village projects — facilitating the trust that makes the shift possible. His family home is a co-housing farm project in Norway, born directly from one of the Village Portal pilots. Father of two, community builder by nature.

Nicole Reese
Nicole Reese
Lead Facilitator · Content & Curriculum Lead
Anthropologist. 17 ecovillages across four continents. Studies what makes communities hold together — and what makes them fall apart.

Nicole is an anthropologist and community designer with seven years of field experience researching, advising, and building regenerative communities across four continents. She has worked alongside over 17 ecovillages and cohousing projects worldwide, helping founders design the social architecture that makes communities actually hold together over time — the onboarding processes, the conflict frameworks, the governance structures, and the quiet threads of trust that bind neighbours into something real. As founder of Terrenity and co-founder of Regen Tribe, Nicole bridges research depth and on-the-ground practice. She currently lives and works at Wild Seeds Ranch, an intentional community in the United States. Her knowledge is not theoretical — it's earned.

Lars Mikkel Raudberget
Lars Mikkel Raudberget
Head of Product & Technology
Left product management to build the tools that make this shift possible.

Building the technology and product infrastructure for Village Portal. Background in design and product management. Responsible for the platform, the website, the AI systems, and the operational backbone that holds 250 participants together across a 10-week program.

FACILITATORS

Facilitators

Anja Cheriakova
Anja Cheriakova
Stewardship Trainer & Community Builder
Circle practice and embodied trust.
Simen Andfinnsen
Simen Andfinnsen
Group Facilitator & Authentic Relationship Builder
ADVISORS

Advisors

Kalle Moen
Kalle Moen
User Experience & Product Strategy
William Batesman
William Batesman
Real Estate Expertise & Village Project Evaluation
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