Maria C. Beesing, OP, was the first President of the IEA. A Dominican Sister, she spent eighteen years in elementary education and began ministering as a spiritual mentor, retreat director and facilitator of seminars on spiritual and personal growth. In 1984, she coauthored The Enneagram: A Journey of Self-Discovery with Patrick O’Leary and Robert Nogosek. She has presented Enneagram workshops in the USA, Canada, Latin America, Pakistan, and Europe. Currently, she is the co-director of the Collaborative Dominican Novitiate in St. Louis.
Based in Missouri, United States