Faculty Facts

Jane Biondi

Hoffman teacher Jane Biondi is in the midst of a big life change. After calling Madison Wisconsin home for 27 years, she’s moving to Northern California, closer to where she teaches the Process and to the Institute’s day-to-day operations.

Jane grew up in Chagrin Falls, a suburb of Cleveland Ohio. Her dad was a lawyer and her mom (who did the Process at age 72) stayed home for much of her childhood. Jane has an older brother, and when she was 14, her mother gave birth to a baby who was so severely disabled that she lived in a home for most of her life.

While her home life looked “perfect” to outsiders, Jane’s father was an alcoholic, making her home life chaotic and confusing. Even though Jane’s loving grandparents lived with her family, she often looked for close connections outside of her home.

“As a kid I remember connecting with two things… horses and people. If I wasn’t around horses I was talking with other kids about their families. My mom called me ‘Dear Abby’ because I was always trying to help people.”

Jane got married at 19 and five years later had two children, John (now 32) and Nyle (28 and a Process graduate), then got her undergraduate degree in Psychology and graduate degrees in counseling, psychology and marriage and family therapy.

Jane’s dad got sober and was active in A.A. for 17 years before he died. In transforming his own life, he introduced Jane to a new concept of spirituality.

In 1991 Jane had a great career and two children she adored, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was missing. At a friends’ suggestion, she did the Process. “It was the most profound thing I’d ever done. I got married so young I never had the chance to develop into my own person. At the Process I got in touch with the notion that the Spirituality that I’d experienced was actually INSIDE OF ME. The Process helped me find my happiness and I realized I could live my life as I wanted to rather than on autopilot out of patterns.”

After the Process, Jane knew instantly that she wanted to teach. “The Process’s efficiency and effectiveness helped me learn more about myself in eight days than most people learn in years of therapy. I was certified to teach in 2000. Words can’t describe how thrilling it is to be in support of someone who’s transforming their life. “

After 20 years as a therapist in private practice and a certified counselor in the Madison public schools, Jane just retired from both in order to move to California.

When she’s not working, she loves to garden. “I’m looking for a place to grow flowers!“ she said about her move to California. She cooks, practices yoga, reads and loves to travel. She’d like to visit third world nations to help children. “Thanks to the Process I’ve been able to move smoothly through a lot of life’s changes, some planned and others that were total surprises. I’m on my river of life and it’s very exciting!”

Andi Saucerman Joins Process Teaching Team

Andi Saucerman, a Process graduate (Oct. 2002), was recently certified to teach the Hoffman Process. Andi is the first of seven dedicated Process graduates to complete the intense 18-month apprenticeship and teacher-training program, under the guidance and leadership of Process teacher and director of teacher training Devi Cavitt Razo.

Andi brings great credentials to her role as Process teacher. She earned a BS in psychology and a Masters Degree in instructional and performance technology. She spent the past ten years as a career coach in private practice and a successful web-based consultant.

Andi compares her journey to certification as similar to going through the Process ten times. “Through all of the intense personal work I did during the training, I feel like a different person. I’m honored to walk next to Hoffman students as they begin their transformations and I’m thrilled to become a colleague to the amazing Hoffman teachers -- a group of people who’ve committed themselves to changing the world one person at a time.”

Andi lives in Boise Idaho and is married to Brent Pitts (Dec. 2002 Process graduate) and she is loving mom to Noah, who’s 13.

Welcome Andi, and thank you for your dedication to the Institute and to thousands of future Hoffman students!