Tom Zender, President and CEO of Unity speaks about the role of a spirituality freed of traditional dogma in our contemporary society and the need for new, evolutionary thinking to guide us into the future. He calls us all to resurrect the fundamental spiritual principle of unity in order to bring peace, higher values, and a deeper harmony into our world.
"Problems start to occur when the dogmatism of any particular path begins to take hold. Then the spiritual aspect of what is taking place and how to help the world process begins to lose something."
Biography
Tom Zender has an impressive background in business at the executive level and is also a well regarded spiritual leader in the Unity church movement. For six years, Zender has served as President and CEO of Unity, serving its 3.5 million members as well as overseeing its $35 million non-for-profit organization that runs numerous programs including an interfaith spiritual publishing imprint, education programs, a network of centers, and a host of prayer and other spiritual activities.
Zender is one of the pillars of the interfaith movement, and among many projects is working with Harvard University’s Abraham Path Initiative—a unique interfaith dialog and economic program spanning and uniting five countries in the Middle East. He also is an active Board Member of the Association for Global New Thought, and a member of The Alliance for a New Humanity’s Evolutionary Leaders consortium. This network of spiritual leaders is dedicated to promoting an evolutionary spirituality and to bringing together those working at the leading edge of conscious evolution. Tom brings his strong foundation in the business world to these spiritual gatherings, and has among his many accreditations held leadership positions in General Electric, Honeywell, ITT, among others.
Zender travels extensively speaking and writing about ethics, new thought, and issues related to morality and conscious evolution. He holds a Business Administration degree from Ottawa University, with focus on leadership, marketing, and information technology. He is married to Wendy Zender, Ph.D. and currently lives in Irvine, California.
Tom Zender has an impressive background in business at the executive level and is also a well regarded spiritual leader in the Unity church movement. For six years, Zender has served as President and CEO of Unity, serving its 3.5 million members as well as overseeing its $35 million non-for-profit organization that runs numerous programs including an interfaith spiritual publishing imprint, education programs, a network of centers, and a host of prayer and other spiritual activities.