WINSTON O. FRANKLIN was the president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, as well as a longtime board member. He was also a trustee of the Fetzer Institute. Before assuming his position at IONS in 1984, he pursued twenty years of public service and management of foundations, governmental, and nonprofit research organizations. He spent ten years as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. A few months after his interview for this book, Wink died of cancer. He is loved and missed by all who knew him.

Wink Franklin in The Translucent Revolution:

“There is a middle road that unites the inner and the outer, that involves collective wisdom, checking in with other people, and getting other people's feedback, and learning from other people's spiritual path and their action in the world. All of that is important. Spiritual activism has to be part of collective wisdom and collective judgment and collective action, and it also needs a solitary spark."

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