Priya Parker is a master facilitator, strategic advisor and the acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters. She’s also the host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. Parker has spent 15 years helping leaders and communities have complicated conversations about community and identity at moments of transition. Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has worked on race relations on American college campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa and India.