President & Founder
I, Gregory Van Hyfte (he/they), am a queer-identified and genderfluid dreamer, teacher, guide, coach, social justice advocate, social entrepreneur, shamanic practitioner, and inquisitive soul seeking truth, balance, healing, and interconnectedness on an ever-evolving spiritual path. I wrote my first grant in high school to found the Mother Earth Recycling Club and have enjoyed birthing projects and ideas into the world while supporting others’ visions and missions along the way. I have decades of non-profit experience and consulting work partnering with clients to support their mission work through the services described on this site. Additionally, one of my passions has been delving deeply into personal growth and transformational practices and studies - including diving into my own dream meanings since high school and having a yogic lifestyle (since college) and teaching (since 2005).
Recent executive-level experience developing grassroots-level initiatives enabled me to craft equitable human resources policies and practices; coach volunteers, interns, and employees with balance and wellness; work in co-leadership models; dive deeper into contemplative practices; and lead program development initiatives with a lens of racial justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, antiracism, and community-based participatory processes. Meanwhile, my decades of personal dreamwork practice deepened with shamanic dreaming circles which invited me to integrate many areas of my life. I aim to bring this integrative focus to all client work - from grant writing and strategic planning to one-on-one or group coaching.
Profile Highlights
Experienced consultant, grant writer, researcher, and program administrator of health, wellness, and social service programs
Skilled counselor, social worker, and facilitator with individual and group transformational work in diverse communities
Published writer, teacher, and presenter including self-care, dreamwork, yoga, holistic healing, and personal growth
KEY STUDIES & TRAINING
Interspiritual Companioning & Counseling Certification: One Spirit (2024)
Shamanism Mystery School (2023-2024)
Sai Blackbyrn Coach Foundation VIP Mentor Mastermind Program (2023-2024)
DEI/Antiracism Training: Northwestern University, Yoli Maya Yeh, Antara (2021-2022)
Shamanic Lucid Dreaming Training: Robert Moss (2021)
Mindvalley (2019-present)
ManKind Project New Warrior Training & Community (2015 - present)
Master of Arts in Social Service Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Health Administration and Policy (2010); Master of Arts in Social Sciences (2002) from the University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Spanish, and The Creative Self from the University of Redlands Johnston Center for Integrative Studies (1999)
Certified Yoga Teacher / Trainer in English & Spanish (2006 - present)
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (2009-10)
The Eagle Scout Award (1995)
Collaborating Consulting Partners
Partner consultants Maryanne McDonald, Mallory Edgar, Brad Krueger, and I on a team outing.
GrowthVisionHealth often works with collaborating consultants to support our clients’ projects.
MMCD Development Consulting, Inc. is respected for its depth of experience and expertise in program development, evaluation, grant writing, and grants management. Working closely with clients, they translate ideas, values, and priorities into compelling proposals, strategies, and action plans to achieve funding goals and position for sustainable growth. MMCD Founder, Maryanne McDonald and I are pictured with the MAPSCorps client team above in the banner of this page.
Fifth Star Collective is a collective of public health and social work professionals partnering for growth and healing. Co-Founder & Consultant Mallory Edgar has more than a decade of experience in nonprofit and academic settings in the public health field. Her previous work has included direct service, mixed methods research, program planning, evaluation, and management, in the areas of HIV prevention, wellness, and LGBTQ health.
Krueger Consulting is led by Brad Krueger, an experienced public health evaluator, with a Master’s in Public Health and a background in healthcare. To help set organizations up for long-term success in managing the nuances and challenges of evaluation, KC tailors services to meet clients where they are. Brad is a dedicated learner, constantly reading, writing, and interacting with his professional associations, including the American Evaluation Association and local affiliates, as well as the American Public Health Association and its local affiliates.
RM Editing & Research Services provides editing and writing to publishers, evaluation consultants, market research companies, universities, authors, and more. Rachel Flynn is Owner & Principal of RM Editing & Research Services. Rachel specializes in education, writing, editing, interviewing, and analyzing qualitative data. In the realm of publishing, her experience includes writing student and teacher editions of textbooks as well as grammar assessments for McGraw–Hill Education.
