She was executive director of The Center for Visionary Leadership and a Fellow of The World Business Academy and the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland.
McLaughlin and her partner Gordon Davidson founded Sirius, an ecological village in Massachusetts.
She coordinated a national task force for President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development and has taught politics at American University.
She is co-author of The Practical Visionary: A New World Guide to Spiritual Growth and Social Change, Spiritual Politics: Changing the World from the Inside Out and Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World.
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