Fred Jealous has been actively involved in men’s work for over 30 years, as a teacher, and as a workshop organizer, leader, and consultant. He has spent the last 24 years as founder and director of the Breakthrough Men’s Community workshop and community. To date, over 1,300 men have been through this workshop.

Prior to this, he spent many years as a teacher at all levels from preschool to graduate school. Locally, he taught Social Science courses and developed programs for veterans in transition, at Monterey Peninsula College. He created Monterey County’s first Men’s Alternatives to Violence Program, and he chaired the statewide coalition of alternatives to violence programs. He founded the local chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute, an organization that does workshops on reducing prejudice and claiming pride in our heritage. Over 10,000 people have participated in workshops this chapter has led . For two years, he was a facilitator for the Institute on the Healing of Racism. He has appeared on local and national television as an expert on men’s issues.

Fred’s main interest is in developing leadership for human liberation and community building.

Fred has been married to Ann Todd Jealous, a marriage and family counselor, for 41 years and they have two grown children, Lara and Benjamin and two granddaughters, Nina and Morgan.

Lee Garland was a graduate of Fred’s Options workshop in 1991, and has been involved in men’s liberation work since 1989. He has been teaching Breakthrough for the past 17 years. He is a ReEvaluation Counseling Teacher, he’s been a Men’s Alternatives to Violence counselor, worked with David Schiffman on the Northstar Men’s Project, and has studied Effective Communication with Selwa Said.

Lee is also the Director of Operations for Breakthrough and runs the office.

He loves to teach and work with the men in the Breakthrough workshops and see the transformation in the hearts and minds of men. He is a songwriter, husband, father of 3 girls, and grandfather of 2 boys.

Tom Lee graduated the Options workshop with Fred Jealous in 1990, and has been working in educator teams since the first Breakthrough groups. His wit, energy and joy of life are some of the things he brings to his teaching.

Rick Moss has been involved in Breakthrough for 8 years and has become one of our most dynamic and caring presenters. Rick is a minister, at the Pacific Coast Church in Pacific Grove, and is the founder of Pre-Cognitive Re-Education. His passion for the Breakthrough work is evident in his teaching.

John Hain has been part of the Breakthrough educator team since completing Breakthrough 2 in 1995.. He views the Breakthrough program as a series of guided revelations, which bring men closer to themselves, others, and all of life. With two adult sons and 3 small children (2 adopted), John has experienced divorce, the death of a spouse to cancer, and, most recently, 6 years of blended family life with his current wife. Originally from Pennsylvania, John has resided in the Monterey area for 15 years, and is a practicing forensic pathologist.