Board Members

Anne Bonney

My name is Anne Bonney and I am one of the Co-founders of The Center For the Spiritual  Journey, an Interspiritual Life Center on Cape Cod. I am a person who longs to deepen my  connection with the Divine Presence and who values the companionship with others in a  beloved community—a community who also yearns for a less violent, more loving and  compassionate world. I believe this is the urgent work of our times. Indeed, It is our mission. 

Here are 4 activities that light up my life and have set me off on this most amazing, ever expanding. challenging and joyful pilgrimage through life. 

I love to travel and have helped lead our Pilgrimages to Iona and Santa Fe. I find that the  outward physical journey of a pilgrimage encourages the unfolding of our inner landscapes. 

I love to study and explore the larger questions that live inside of me—questions that have  sent me to Seminary and a Master of Divinity Degree, on to Ordination and into Christian  Ministry. After a journey to India and a Christian encounter with Hinduism, my questions  grew larger and led me to a Master’s Degree of Theology in Interfaith Spirituality and also a  Certificate in Spiritual Direction. 

I love solitude and contemplative practices. One year, during a Sabbatical, I discovered the  The Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, a beautiful circular design inlaid on the floor of the  Cathedral. It is a meditative walk to the center and back out again—a metaphor for lives  with all their twist and turns. 

I love the Labyrinth. In 2012, I partnered with Dawn and Kathe Rhinesmith and the local  Clergy Association in building and gifting the town of Chatham with a labyrinth for its 300th  Anniversary! To this day it is my “go-to “ place for calming, centering and clarity. I am an  Advanced Veriditas Trained Labyrinth Facilitator and am currently serving as a Faculty  member of Veriditas, the non-profit spiritual and educational organization for the Labyrinth.  

 Through the Center, I am so grateful to be able to express these passions that light up my life.  I am blessed with glimpses of the deeper Divine connection my spirit seeks, that the world seeks, —a Love that we so desperately need, a Love that unifies all paths and affirms our  essential oneness.

Janet Dwinells

I have been a seeker on the spiritual path since I was 16. A strong believer in the power of the mind and attitude, I became an Alchemical Hypnotherapist taking people deep inside themselves to clear out old energy and create resources for healing. I studied life coaching and trained with Jon Kabat-Zinn in mindfulness-based stress reduction. Furthering my studies, I obtained a master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology. My personal practice is Zen meditation but I believe that all paths lead to our Great Spirit.

Helping others discover their inner gifts and purpose has been my life’s mission. During Covid my journey took me on an expedition to release the egoic hold on myself (perfectionism and feeling driven to achieve) which had a stranglehold on me. I knew I needed to access the truth of my soul and with the help of many online communities and teachers was able to enter that deeper space.

That journey led me to create an online mentorship program called “Just Be Love” in which I’m hoping to create a global community of “Love Weavers”, dedicated to open-hearted living. I’ve raised 3 (now grown) children and have 5 grandchildren and am loving life as Grammy! Center for the Spiritual Journey lives in my heart and I’m grateful to be a part of this beautiful community.

Rich Hunt

Rich Hunt has always been interested in the mind: how it works, how it shapes our experience, and how we can use it to diminish suffering.  This led him to study psychology in school, and to read books about spirituality and metaphysics outside of school.  Following these paths, Rich obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and practiced as a psychotherapist for 30+ years; he also moved from a rather intellectual interest in spirituality to practicing meditation and engaging in inquiry as a means to actualize some of the things that he had been reading about for many years. Rich retired from the practice of psychotherapy in 2011; he still aspires to help people find greater peace, greater contentment, and greater wisdom within themselves.  “God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”  – Voltaire

Sue Johnson

Sue serves on the Board of Directors as Treasurer. She also currently works as a consultant and coach whose primary focus has been with individuals and organizations in transition.

She has held various leadership roles for both profit and non-profit organizations having served as the Chief Operating Officer for Community Connections serving developmentally disabled adults throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, National Sales Manager for TECA instruments (a division of Vickers Medical), a Marketing Manager for Beckman Instruments and the Director of the Neurophysiology Lab at the University of Colorado.

She was a founding member of the Bridgespan Non-Profit COO Network, a Professional Associate at Gestalt International Study Center, Chairperson of the GALE Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation and Unsung Heroine from the Mass Commission on the Status of Women. She majored in Physical Therapy at Boston University and received her business degree at Pepperdine University.

Gail Smith

I am originally from Orchard Park New York. We have moved around quite a bit including seven years in England and the Netherlands. I have been an Episcopal Priest for 25+ years. Currently I am retired and working as Assisting Priest at Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans. I was on the Chatham Clergy group that gifted the town with our wonderful Labyrinth. I am also a Veriditas trained facilitator. I also have received training as a MBTI facilitator. I have been a member of the Thursday morning Meditation and book group since it began. I have also been a swim instructor for all ages, a swim coach, a Church librarian, ran and taught Sunday School, a church youth group leader, an Education for Ministry facilitator, helped design and run women’s retreats. I write poetry, love to sing, and bake. I quilt, weave Nantucket Baskets, and paint in oil and watercolor. They along with daily contemplation prayer/meditation are all a part of my spiritual practice and life. I am married with two married children and five grandchildren. I am honored to be a part of the Center for the Spiritual Journey and to serve on the board. This is my soul place and soul friends.

Dawn Tolley

Dawn Tolley is a co-founder of the Center for the Spiritual Journey, and currently serves on the Board of Directors as Clerk.  She spent over 20 years as a leader of a local non-profit, community activist and volunteer. She is also a certified professional coach. Dawn’s passion is experiencing life as a spiritual journey – a sacred journey, and a sacred responsibility. All the great spiritual and wisdom traditions teach us, as well as science, that all of life is interconnected. To invite people into this space to explore their inner and outer world; to become more self-aware, to heal and to take that out into our community, is a sacred privilege and responsibility.  It is said, ‘The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.’ Now more than ever, we are being called forth to do the work of transforming ourselves… transforming our world”. Please join us, we need you, the world needs you!