Paul H. Sutherland

Paul Sutherland is a husband and father who reads to children often and creates his own stories that he sometimes turns into children’s books. He is an author of many children’s books, including Congazori, Finding Utopia, Mani and Pitouee, Amani the Boda-Boda Rider, Sharon’s Song, Crash Boom Splash, 100 Stories, Do You Like Grasshoppers and Chapati? and much more. Mr. Sutherland is also the author of various adult nonfiction and fiction books including Emmanuel’s Prayer, Zenvesting, Virtue of Wealth: Creating Life Success the Zenvesting Way, The AMA Physician’s Guide to Financial Planning, and the graphic novel, DRAGON, among others. Mr. Sutherland is founder and director of Squaring the Education Pyramid Institute (STEPi), which creates resources to help parents, educators, NGOs, religious leaders, governments, and others in their work of fostering literacy, nurturing a love of books, art, learning, and story, and inspiring a child’s natural active, happy, emotional, cooperative, and relationship intelligences. Paul has created three parenting manuals: Discipline with Love (created for the Uganda Law Society), Parenting with Love, and Interfaith Parenting with Love (created for the Parliament of World Religions conference). Mr. Sutherland has worked in the investment and financial advisory business since 1975. He was the founder and president of Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd. (FIM Group), a registered investment adviser that merged into a national firm in 2018. Mr. Sutherland served on the board of directors of the Utopia Funds, a registered investment company, from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Sutherland is chairman and a founding board member of the Utopia Foundation. Mr. Sutherland is a shareholder of Good Harbor Media, which publishes Spirituality & Health magazine. He is also the co-owner of SmartwiredLLC/The Smart Parenting Revolution, which provides educational tools for parents and educators. He co-created and owned the largest yoga, spinning, and fitness studio in Northern Michigan, Yen Yoga and Fitness, from 2010-2018, which is now run as a Community Non-Profit Business. Mr. Sutherland is on the board of GAIA, an online streaming and video service that entertains, informs, and helps people pursue their highest purpose. He holds a MBA from Lake Superior University. Paul’s key commitments are to support children from prenatal through age six through early childhood education and elevating the importance of supporting families and communities.