Blackie Tohiariki
Blackie is from Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Te Arawa and Te Whānau a Apanui. He has a demonstrated history of over 40 years in education, cultural alignment programmes, supporting community projects and small business. He is experienced in networking within not-for-profit and community organisations. He is skilled in business planning, business analysis, and coaching. A strong entrepreneurial and professional background recently focused on education via Te Whare Aio, health and wealth creation.
He is a Director at Tohitu Indigenous Solutions Ltd, a Restorative Justice Facilitator and a Practitioner of Mātauranga Māori (Auckland/Hawkes Bay).
Dr John Wilcox
Dr John Wilcox is a cognitive scientist and philosopher whose work often focuses on improving judgment and decision-making, especially in applied contexts. As such, it spans philosophy, psychology and other areas like political science, medicine and law.
John Wilcox was an adjunct professor of psychology at Columbia University and a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he also obtained a PhD covering topics across philosophy, psychology and political science. In 2022, he published the book, "Human Judgment: How Accurate Is It, and How Can It Get Better?" (Springer Nature). John’s analytical capacities are currency in any assessments and work carried out by AWA.