PRIYA PARKER uses meetings to help people develop communal purpose in their lives. She is a master facilitator, strategic strategist, and the host and executive producer of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. She is also the celebrated author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. Parker, who has a background in conflict resolution, has worked on racial relations on college campuses in the United States as well as peace processes in the Arab world, Southern Africa, and India. She earned a bachelor's degree in organizational design from M.I.T., a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a master's degree in political and social thinking from the University of Virginia. She resides in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two children. @priyaparker @priyaparker @priyaparker @priyaparker @