Longtime IASD member Jolene "Jody" Gardner died on December 26, 2025, leaving a generous bequest to our organization. Jody earned her PhD in psychology from Union Institute, where her dissertation examined tools to nurture self-esteem in adolescent girls, and she founded and managed the Women's Place Resource Center in Chicago. Her life outside psychology was just as bold: she performed semi-professionally as a pianist and singer, held a world record in free diving, and flew single-engine planes.

Jody joined IASD at our first Chicago conference in 1990 and attended several more of our early gatherings. She was a great admirer of the work of the late IASD member Eugene Gendlin (Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams).

We are deeply grateful to this remarkable woman for her early participation in IASD and for her final generosity. Her gift reflected the IASD Heritage Fund's advice on bequests at asdreams.org/heritage-fund. If you knew Jody, we would love to hear your memories of her.

—Deirdre Barrett, IASD President