Kina Merdinian, Co-Founder and Executive Director
After a 22 year career with EDS Corporation, during that time, Fortune 500’s #1 Information Technology (IT) Services company, Kina brings her foundation of skills and knowledge from the corporate world to this 501(c) (3).
Her background includes project management, new business development, business process improvements, marketing, communications, event planning, curriculum design, development and training and much more.
Throughout her life, Kina Merdinian, has been known to many colleagues, family and friends as their “Connector” – a resource for guidance and brainstorming on any number of diverse subjects. Now she has been drawn to share and connect the world “with more than just a great plumber, wellness practitioner, job lead, marketing strategy, etc.”
She intended to explore and discover what would be the most important knowledge to share with everyone that would enhance their lives and make all of their respective projects and aspirations more successful and fulfilling.
Beginning with her longtime interest in science and its foundation in biology at the University of Virginia–she has continued over the years to deepen this inquiry currently attending science conferences regularly, and learning about the latest scientific discoveries and corroborations with ancient knowledge.
Through her avid interest, she then began to discover through the teachings of many scientists and other luminaries the fascinating mountain of evidence of a remarkable collaboration between credible science, ancient wisdom and spirituality and how it proves the universal interconnectedness of all things.
She was awakened to the implications of that in her life and for all. For the last two years, before co-founding GDNFO in August of 2008, she has been working with other non-profits and doing pro-bono consulting work, and continuing her study and gathering of “good information” to bring to you.
During that pivotal time, she met John Wong, and together they worked to create this very website for the purpose of sharing uplifting information and fostering positive connections around the globe.
John L. Wong, Former Co-Founder and Science Advisor
In memory of and gratitude forJohn Leong Wong, our Co-Founder (May 12, 1945–November 24, 2021), who provided invaluable guidance and advice as we set the ground work and envisioned the service GoodInfo would offer to humanity:
John was an integrator of science, ancient wisdom, and spirituality, together with his own personal insights (“SAWSI”). After 33 years of engineering as an owner, principal, and partner, he finally left his successful career to study the intersections of these three main disciplines in order to bridge the new and the old, the west and the east, and outer and the inner realities. The purpose was to study and to understand the human civilization and its conditions and progress and how we can promote peace and empowerment to overcome the challenges in the 21st century. Moreover, how can we recover ecological harmony in our fragile planet earth while keeping the inherent industrialization and globalization in balance?
John believed that the answers lay in the intersections of science, ancient wisdom, and spirituality. Science has made quantum leaps in understanding our physical universe. Ancient wisdom and spirituality can offer insights into the unseen world and the question why, and how human civilization is at a crossroad to enter another paradigm shift to bring us into a more collaborative, peaceful unity in diversity paradigm.
John believed that the answers lay in the intersections of science, ancient wisdom, and spirituality. Science has made quantum leaps in understanding our physical universe. Ancient wisdom and spirituality can offer insights into the unseen world and the question why, and how human civilization is at a crossroad to enter another paradigm shift to bring us into a more collaborative, peaceful unity in diversity paradigm.
Many people are beginning to consider that this possibility is within our grasp, and for others, he intended to offer the compelling basis for this potential.The whole premise of John’s work was one of service, and to improve the human condition by making a difference in what matters.
During his retirement, he was dedicated full time in researching and collecting relevant information, interacting with many people, and probing deeply into metaphysical and existential questions to find hidden answers. He summarized many complex concepts into simple digestible bits for his ten Virtual Study Groups (VSG) as a way to educate those interested--leading to a critical mass or tipping point towards a world of collaborative, peaceful unity in diversity.
His meditation and hikes in the woods gave him the clarity he needed to distill massive amounts of information into cogent and coherent “gems” for those who had less time. John has written hundreds of essays, some of which have been published in local websites, newspapers, and magazines with GoodInfo.org as a perfect vehicle to take the VSG to the next level and reaching people worldwide. The accumulated knowledge and wisdom, and the connection she made over the years are a boon to its mission. Thus, acting on our intentions can and will make a difference in this world.
John graduated from the University of British Columbia in Applied Science (Engineering).
He was married with 4 children, and 2 grandchildren, and living in West Vancouver, B. C.,Canada.
Kina Merdinian and John Wong Connect
Two common paths intersect
Kina and John first met on August 25, 2007 at a technical conference in Vancouver, B. C. after a mutual friend’s continued persistence, they touched base again on December 4, 2007. A meeting of the minds was already taking place as both have similar aspirations to give back to society and more. Obviously this was more than a “chance meeting.”Subsequently, in requesting John’s input and impressions for Kina’s vision for this project, they realized they both had the same passion for making an impact on the world by sharing life changing“good info” ...and that this subject matter was the key to creating a transformation on many levels. Kina approached John in early 2008 to be the co-founder and the science advisor, of anon-profit foundation to distill and communicate educational knowledge to the world at large to raise the individual and collective consciousness. As an agent of positive change,John accepted immediately to fulfill his dream as well. After all, two heads are better than one.
As a start, while looking to the world for assistance in collaboration of and communication of this vision...Kina and John contributed their diverse and very complimentary skills—Kina focusing on the areas of management and marketing—John the intersections of science and ancient wisdom, to communicate to the mainstream...the previously unexplainable.Both with a passion to help awaken and positively change the self and humanity, their“by chance”meeting appeared divinely orchestrated. Through their collaboration and after John’s planetary departure, it was clear that the universe has been supporting the project by bringing remarkably talented and dedicated people to contribute their skills and resonant enthusiasm to make the vision a reality. We are grateful to John to continue fueling our vision by “doing his magic” from another dimension!