Board of Directors

Pratibha Shah

Founder, President

Traditionally trained in India, and with a Post Graduate degree in Ayurveda, Pratibha Shah is one of the leading Ayurvedic experts in the New England area. Having completed more than 25 yrs of prac...read more

Rachel Kutskill

Member

Moving the body in a functional way while increasing strength, range of motion and flexibility is the key to balance within the muscular self. Rachel's approach to wellness includes not only the ph...read more

Gregory Howell

Member

Storyteller, curator and creative economy consultant, Gregory made his way to Pueblo via Tokyo to join a team of innovative physicians in the launch of a network of medical clinics in Colorado and ...read more

Pratibha Shah

Founder, President

Traditionally trained in India, and with a Post Graduate degree in Ayurveda, Pratibha Shah is one of the leading Ayurvedic experts in the New England area. Having completed more than 25 yrs of practice, Shah is now dedicating her focus and energy on gaining increased recognition for holistic practices. Before moving to the US, she was working as Chief Medical Officer, with AYUSH ministry, at New Delhi, India. Shah is on the executive body of several National and International Ayurvedic organizations. She has been working toward promotion, propagation as well as integration of Ayurveda with mainstream medicine, globally. She is a renowned speaker, writer, educator and an excellent caregiver. Shah currently leads the Ayurvedic practice at Well Life Medical, an Integrative Medicine practice. She runs a popular blog on Ayurveda on FB called My Ayurved. She is the founder of Wholistic Health Alliance as well as Council for Ayurveda Research.

Rachel Kutskill

Member

Moving the body in a functional way while increasing strength, range of motion and flexibility is the key to balance within the muscular self. Rachel's approach to wellness includes not only the physical movements of the body and breath, but also the light and love of going through the process.Through her many years of personal training, Rachel wanted to encompass a deeper understanding of how the emotional self affects the physical body, and she began her studies with Feng Shui, Essential Oils, Five Element Healing, Reiki and other Eastern Medicine practices. Today, she embodies all these teachings withing her classes and personal sessions. With over 18 years of experience in the health and wellness industry, Rachel has had the opportunity to work with all levels of fitness, post surgery clientele, specialty range of motion cases, water therapy, sport specific training, emotional imbalances and corrective movement therapy.

Gregory Howell

Member

Storyteller, curator and creative economy consultant, Gregory made his way to Pueblo via Tokyo to join a team of innovative physicians in the launch of a network of medical clinics in Colorado and Texas. Shortly after arriving  in Pueblo, Gregory immediately realized the powerful and yet untold story of the new creative economy in one of America's great industrial landscapes which was once dominated by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and the Nuckolls Packing Company. Gregory is the owner of the award winning Kadoya Gallery and since his arrival in southern Colorado has launched the Shoe Factory, the ARTery, and the Underground in the Historic Federal Building. Over the years he has lectured extensively on the history, culture and the arts of Pueblo and is best known in the region for his talk on The Tunnels of Pueblo and Steel & Meat. He is a former Board Member of the Steelworks Center of the West and now advises The Arts Academy at Pueblo County High as a creative consultant and serves as a Board Member. In 2018 Gregory co-founded the Pueblo Regional Film Commission which supports the recruitment of film and workforce development for content creation professionals. In 2020, Gregory joined the Board of Directors of the Wholistic Health Alliance which is a 501(c)3 dedicated to building healthy communities. Gregory is currently a Commissioner on the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Pueblo where he is an advocate for adaptive reuse of historic properties, economic redevelopment and tourism.

Today Gregory can be found at Watertower Place in the Grove serving as a creative consultant with the development team as they prepare to launch the new ‘rational factory’ in a dynamic vertical urban village. As a branding and marketing specialist in the arts, Gregory is preparing the launch of his new methodology called the Tray of Life as part of his DBA: Doing Business as an Artist/Creative/Maker platform to help creatives amplify the narrative of their story. Gregory is working on his first major storytelling effort Jackie & the Taj which shares the powerful and compelling story of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's historic trip to India in 1962.