From snowboarding to surfing, diving to eco-warrior, Robyn has organized global marketing and public relations campaigns, events, and product launches around the globe. Opting out of corporate America and expanding her vision towards a more sustainable and inspiring world of adventure tourism, Robyn has worked under the sea as a scuba diving instructor and above the sea educating and insuring that environmental impacts are limited and benefits to the local communities maximized. Here in Bali she is sharing her endless expertise, contagious energy and devotion to responsible tourism with BaliSpirit, as the Festival Business Director.
Noviana Kusumawardhani -
Marketing & Communication Director
She believes that life without creativity is a sin.
It is with this motto that she devoted previous 15 years of her career
as TV Producer, Copywriter and Creative Director to multi-national
advertising agencies, such as Grey Jakarta (1994-1996), Dentsu Young
Rubicam (1996-2000), Leoburnett Jakarta (2000- 2001), and BBDO
Indonesia (2001 – 2007). Her works was awarded both national and
international.
Through her inner self-awakening towards spiritual
growth and devoting her time to serve and love people, as well as
pursuing her talents in creative writing, tarot, astrology, yoga,
energy healing and painting, she relocated to Ubud since 2007 and
seriously take her path as Tarot Reader
Since 2007, she also dedicates her passion as
Business Director for the inspiring Ubud international festival – the
Bali Spirit Festival of Yoga, Dance and Music. In the mean time also
lecturing Creative Strategy in many leading communication school such
as Atmajaya Jakarta & Yogyakarta, Mercubuana University and Imago
School of Advertising
Recently published book of poetry “Keranda Emas” ,
also her writing was published in the leading newspaper and magazine
such as Kompas , Femina, Cak
ram, and Addiction. Her greatest
achievements are her 2 sons, Banyu Bening and Langit Jingga, who teach
her courage, patience and optimism
Love and Light
Noviana Kusumawardhani
I Gede Eka Sabeh -
Marketing & Communication Manager
Wiwie -
Marketing & Communication Executive Officer
Fed up with Denpasar City, she was determine in looking new experience of life at peaceful place, she decided Ubud is the right place to start her new life with her husband and her son. Through a new journey in Ubud, she believes that she will find philosophy of her life, enlightenment and spirituality which has become her passion and could take her to be more centered.
Born in Denpasar and graduated from Udayana University Faculty of Law, her experience as a chief on student press organization had built her mind to be systematic, details and critical, her ability had become more complete when she work on several social events. As the typical person who enjoys challenges, Wiwie joins the Balispirit Festival team as Marketing & Communication Executive Officer and ready to be part of the team who will make this event success.
Daphne Tse -
Workshop Programming & Festival Ambassador
Daphne Tse joins the
Balispirit Festival team as the Festival Ambassador and Program consultant
with almost a decade of experience in the yoga world as an event producer,
extensive experience in the entertainment production world and a lifetime of
music experience as a singer/songwriter.
Originally from Texas, she
was drawn to music from a young age and went on to study voice and
music/film/tv production at the University of Texas at Austin. She
helped produce the SXSW (South by Southwest) festival in Austin, Texas;
worked for Virgin records in marketing and promotions; worked at NBC at the
Tonight Show in production, recording studios in Los Angeles and produced
multiple events in the yoga world including the Global Mala in 2007 at the
LA Convention Center.
Currently, she is based in Ubud, Bali living life passionately
enjoying being a part of the dynamic Balispirit Festival Team bringing
master teachers from all over the world to share their gifts and
talents. She is also diving into creating inspiring and soulful music
to share with the world. Her new ep, Mata, was released in
2008. www.daphnetse.com
Ni Made Murni -
Graphics Designer
Born
and Bred in Gianyar, Murni is CV.Tegun/Balispirit's in-house graphic
designer, managing all promotional materials for all related
businesses. Murni joined up with Balispirit founders Meghan and Kadek
in the days when it was just a concept rather than an actuality. She is
a truly self-made woman, finishing school early and beginning work as a
domestic helper in the home of an Ubud family. She got bored in that
position and was hired by CV.Tegun a few years later. Closely mentored by Meghan, Murni quickly worked her way up through all facets of the business in different roles.
Mostly self-taught, Murni moved to the position she now finds herself
in, as her capacity and potential became evident. As the festival team
often states, "Murni ROCKS!".
Eva Anggraini -
Administration Manager
Born in Yogyakarta and grown up in Jakarta, previously as Megan’s Assistant and joined BaliSpirit Festival team as Administration Manager. After thirteen years working as Marketing Administration Staff in Gramedia Group (at Tabloid BOLA), one of the biggest printing media company in Indonesia, her passion for Yoga drawn her to Ubud and BaliSpirit Festival. Driven by her dream being a Yoga Teacher, she took a lot of Yoga Workshops in Jakarta and became frequent participants in “Yoga Gembira” with Yudhi Widyantoro as the teacher. Since joining BaliSpirit Festival team, she has become a frequent participant of yoga classes at Yoga Barn and getting her experience learning Yoga from many professional yoga teachers.
Rino Sudibyo -
Logistics & Operations Manager
Rino joins the Balispirit
Festival team as Logistics & Operations Manager; coordinating set-up and
setting operational procedures to ensure that the festival brings maximum
enjoyment to its guests and ultimate fun-at-work for the whole team.
Born and raised in Jakarta, Rino
enjoys traveling and loves music. His extensive traveling has taken him to most
of Indonesia and various parts of the world, even as far as the Solomon Island.
His diverse professional working
experience includes ten years in the radio broadcast and entertainment industry
plus the last few years as a logistician and as an Emergency Response Specialist
with various international NGOs and the United Nations. In between, he makes
sure that there is enough time for great food and entertainment. A recipe for
balancing his life.
These days, he can be seen
running around Ubud going back and forth on his scooter bike, visiting venue
sites and chasing vendors. Yes, he’s the guy with the sunglasses on his
forehead.
Deco –
Webmaster
As a talented young man I Made Andika or known better as Deco
believes “If you want to be happy, practice compassion, if you want
others to be happy, practice compassion” (Dalai Lama). He is known to be
the Webmaster of Balispirit Festival but he is also the “boy” of the
Team.
Born and raised in Ubud for 24 years, he enjoys his time with his
family, friends and his love ones. That was the reason he returned to
Ubud after graduated from Bina Nusantara University in 2009 where he
also worked during his university time as Marketing Communication staff.
But now he had to give less proportion of his time as Marketing Manager
in Melati Cottages, that his family own, with his work in the Festival.
However hard it was between upload new things and update the old news,
he keeps on smiling.
Anisah Wheatley –
Outreach Director “Ayo! Bicara HIV/AIDS”
Anisah Wheatley started her career in early 1993, after she graduated from Faculty of Psychology , University of Indonesia as a Professional Psychologist, also as a lecturer teaching in various universities in Jakarta. Her lectures mostly covering Psychology and English for students in diplome and master degree in University of Indonesia and University of Muhammadijah Jakarta. She also taught at ILP, one of the biggest private English school in Indonesia.
In 1994, she helped a professional NGO in Jakarta, which is Indonesian Public Health Association, dealing with Prevention of HIV/AIDS. Here she worked as a counsellor, giving personal counselling to professional sex workers. She also actively involved in helping the NGO to strategically funding sustainability. She was also responsible in designing training for the NGO in empowering the workers in their field of work.
While doing these, in 1996 she was appointed by United Nations to work as their Project Coordinator for a Communication Program called Suami Siaga. This Communication Program is a nation wide program to helped the awareness on caring for a pregnant mothers. Her main responsibility was to coordinate all stakeholders of the project like United Nation, Governments, NGOs, medias, Ads Agency and film crews. She also responsible in designing and implementing the training program for midwives which started in 3 selected provinces and extended to the whole midwives all over Indonesia.
She was also a consultant for the Ministry for The Empowerment of Women, giving advices on various issues such as Education for Women, as a Fact Finding Team on May Rape in Jakarta, Children and Teenager issues such as abortion, drug use and Reproductive Health.
In 2001, she was offered a job in Business Dynamics as a Professional Development Trainer. Business Dynamics is a training company handled mostly management training for various big company in Indonesia. Her main responsibility was developing training programs and delivering the training. She was also responsible for diagnostic assessment for companies on their training needs and people development. Her expertise is in Leadership, Supervisory Skills, Effective Communication, Cross Cultural Change, Presentation Skills, Team Building, Training for Trainer training.
Around this time, Anisah was working closely to some of her previous transvestite sex workers clients to help them with an alternative works so they can earn more money that empower them in condom using negotiation in their field of work. She managed to connect them in some entertainment performances al around Jakarta.
In 2004 Anisah started to work for herself developing various training especially the Cross Cultural Conceptualized training, Leadership Management and more. She also continued her study in taking a post graduate program in Psychology, University of Indonesia while establishing her career as a Spiritual Corporate Trainer, Hypnotherapist, Motivational Speaker and a resource person for media such as Femina, Wanita Indonesia, Metro TV,and many others. In 2006 she graduated as top of the class in Social Intervention, Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia. In 2008 she got a scholarship to continue her Doctoral Degree but decided to take some time off work to write her book and stays in Bali.
