The Visionaries Behind IMHU’s Mission
Board of Directors
Emma Bragdon, PhD
President & Co-Executive Director
Emma Bragdon envisioned IMHU, founded it in 2013, and directs both IMHU and its umbrella not-for-profit company, the Foundation for Energy Therapies, Inc. She has handpicked guest faculty and presenters as we as creating and facilitating 32 courses at IMHU, often as the main presenter. She has been a teacher, author, film-producer, and spiritual guide, bridging psychology and spirituality since 1990.
Prior to 1990 she was licensed as a marriage, family and child therapist and in private practice with a deep interest in supporting spiritual development and optimal wellness. Her two books on spiritual emergency are classics in the field.
Since 2001 she has researched and published two books about a branch of Spiritualism in Brazil, Spiritism, with special focus on the Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals. In these hospitals conventionally trained psychiatrists and psychologists who are Spiritists collaborate with highly trained spiritual healers to facilitate healing for the patients. Dr. Bragdon leads a unique, annual 7-day seminar in Brazil for healthcare providers who want to experience and understand Spiritist Therapies which chart the course to a bio-psycho-social and spiritual paradigm.
Andy Johns
Co-Executive Director
Andy came to IMHU in July 2025 after a 17-year run of notable success in Silicon Valley, working as an employee, executive, advisor to CEOs, and investor across ten multi-billion-dollar startups. He loves helping small teams with big ideas win, and he genuinely enjoys the messy, early-stage work of building something from nothing.
He also brings a lived-experience lens, drawing on a long, challenging personal transformation process that gives him real empathy for spiritual crisis and awakening, and he joined IMHU with a purpose-driven desire to support others’ awakening while putting mainstream technologies to good use.
He also brings a lived-experience lens, drawing on a long, challenging personal transformation process that gives him real empathy for spiritual crisis and awakening, and he joined IMHU with a purpose-driven desire to support others’ awakening while putting mainstream technologies to good use.
Alongside his tech background, Andy holds a diploma in Jungian Dream Analysis and has served as board treasurer for Heroic Hearts Project, supporting veterans and spouses through psychedelic therapies. He’s avidly self-studied and plans to attend graduate school for transpersonal psychology, but for now his focus is on building IMHU.
Fred Gouveia
Fred is a businessman, Systemic Family Constellations facilitator, podcaster, translator, and classically trained musician.
In the early part of the 21st century Fred led Emma Bragdon on a visit to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to meet leaders in the field of Spiritism, and visit institutions forwarding spiritual healing.
His podcast, "Around the Fire-On Spirit Reflections," is available twice a month.
It offers on-going bi-lingual conversations in English and Portuguese about people's spiritual and personal journeys.
It reflects on the tools they learned along the way and how it shaped their lives today.
www.spiritreflections.org
Bolling H. (Bo) Sasnett, III
Bo is an experienced executive that believes in inspirational leadership and people-oriented culture to drive significant growth, outstanding customer service and enterprise value creation.
He has had success in driving both organic and M&A growth while achieving multiple successful private equity partnerships and liquidity events.
Sasnett founded D&H United Fueling Solutions (now United Uptime Services), a leader in sales, service, installation and compliance of fueling and EV charging systems. The company has been named to
the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 4 straight years and has grown to over 1,300 employees with operations across the United States.
Bo is a supporter of the integrative health community. He has been involved with and raised funds for several community and non-profit organizations.
He has had success in driving both organic and M&A growth while achieving multiple successful private equity partnerships and liquidity events.
Sasnett founded D&H United Fueling Solutions (now United Uptime Services), a leader in sales, service, installation and compliance of fueling and EV charging systems. The company has been named to
the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 4 straight years and has grown to over 1,300 employees with operations across the United States.
Bo is a supporter of the integrative health community. He has been involved with and raised funds for several community and non-profit organizations.