Zoë Alderfer Ryan
Founder, Z3 Cares
Zoë is a social entrepreneur and global citizen who has devoted her career to helping others while working in different 6 countries on 6 different continents. Culturally fluent and adept at bringing people together to turn problems into opportunities, she is passionate about helping people make life breakthroughs. With a formal background in education and a diverse career as a children’s author, mediator, designer, music talent manager, and program developer for organizations around the world, she has an arsenal of skills and experiences to draw upon.
Her work is to assist individuals who are committed and truly ready to make a transformation and have an impact on their communities. Zoë has partnered with individuals in five different countries collaborating with them to design and implement a plan for each to achieve their dreams. She believes that if each person in the world had one person who cared enough about them and believed in their ability to succeed, the world would be an even better place.
Having grown up immersed in nature, she values the power of the outdoors to not only bring inner joy and peace, but realizes the integral part it plays in everyone's daily life. Zoë a lover of the anything and everything to do with the outdoors. She has traveled to all 7 continents and approaching 100 countries. Protection of the natural world and its ecosystems are very important to her and are an integral part of her life's work.

