Chandell Lattin
Chandell is a storyteller, artist, community builder, and habitually curious communicator. Driven by her mother's early advice to "always question authority," she's been collecting questions and challenging systems for as long as she can remember.
Her cross-sector work in the arts, healthcare, nonprofits, marketing, and community orgs has given her a front-row seat to the ways our institutions, industries, and communities shape everyday life. Along the way, she discovered that many of the things people assume are too complicated to understand often become far less intimidating when someone takes the time to ask the right questions.
Fascinated by the connections between people, ideas, and systems, Chandell is always chasing the thread that links one conversation to the next. Whether she's exploring food systems, education, technology, spirituality, economics, or community-building, she's less interested in arriving at definitive answers than in creating the kinds of conversations that help people see the world—and their place in it—a little more clearly.
When she's not disappearing down a research rabbit hole, you'll likely find her making art, reading history and mythology, tending a garden, or building community around a table full of good food and even better questions.
After all, curiosity is more fun when it's shared.
Sarah Hanson
Sarah is a technical creator who values getting to the core of an issue. Her worldview is shaped by an appreciation of diverse experiences, and finding ways to improve collaboration. She believes that finding the intersection where different systems meet is the key to enhancing holistic functionality.
Her background includes work in tech, design, fine and performance arts, marketing, fitness, and hospitality. She is currently transitioning from developing and improving IT infrastructure to figuring out how to best serve the world with her digital skills.
By focusing on all layers and players of a system, from small to large, Sarah is dedicated to bringing people together to clarify roles while staying committed to the overarching goal. She believes that centering ethics and integrity in any challenge will bring success and positive forward momentum to the future.
To balance her work with modern technical tools, she prefers to spend her free time off-screen. You can find her in the garden, behind the easel, on the yoga mat, untangling a ball of yarn, or feeding her dog Swanky way too many snacks.
Why We're Doing This
We've known each other since elementary school.
Over the years, our lives have taken us down very different paths, but somehow we've always found our way back to one another. Through career changes, cross-country moves, family life, personal reinventions, and all the twists that come with being human, one thing has remained remarkably consistent:
We can talk.
For hours.
What starts as a simple question has a tendency to become a deep dive into history, technology, spirituality, education, human behavior, community, or whatever fascinating thread we've stumbled across that day.
We've shared an unusual number of adventures, strange encounters, and unforgettable conversations with people from all walks of life. Maybe that's because we're naturally curious. Maybe it's because we're willing to ask questions most people leave unasked. Or maybe it's because we've never been particularly good at staying on topic.
Whatever the reason, we've spent decades collecting stories and exploring ideas together.
We don't always see things the same way.
In fact, some of our best conversations begin with disagreement.
What we do share is a deep respect for each other's perspectives and a genuine belief that understanding grows when different viewpoints are welcomed to the table.
That's really what Not the Authority is about.
No experts talking at people.
No debates with winners and losers.
Just two lifelong friends, following interesting questions, learning in public, and inviting others into the conversation.
Because the world gets a little less intimidating when we're willing to explore it together.