…The Restorative Justice Process that ensued altered the course of Ben’s life. Following an apprenticeship, he went on to facilitate Restorative Justice cases for the same judge who had presided over his own case.

In 2009, the U.S. State Department named Ben one of America’s top young peacemakers, sending him to Northern Ireland to monitor post-conflict reconciliation. He has practiced restorative justice in Brazil, New Zealand, and across the U.S., where he managed projects for the Colorado State Council on Restorative Justice and has facilitated thousands of restorative circles in schools and workplaces.
Ben holds a Master’s in Restorative Practices in Youth Counseling from IIRP. His conflict training follows an old-school, apprenticeship-based model, shaped by time in the field with Dominic Barter, Dr. Frida Rundell, Dan Booth Cohen, and over a decade of slow-cooked mentorship under the “Griefwalker” Stephen Jenkinson.
In 2013, he moved to Germany, to run crisis interventions for immigrant families flagged by the child protection system.
Ben also has a Family Systems Constellation practice and founded the Beyond Success Forum—peer circles for men seeking deeper purpose after success. He and his family divide their time between Düsseldorf and Cape Cod.

Change your Frame

Frame Changers was founded in 2020 to help American school districts bridge the gap between their stated values and day-to-day realities. The work has since expanded to support businesses willing to face that same disconnect—because it's better to have no mission statement than one the organization can’t live up to. Frame Changers helps teams realign with purpose to create the conditions where values are more than words on a wall.