Charlotte Rogers Brown has won numerous awards
from the Associated Press and the Society of Professional
Journalists for her work as a news reporter and feature
writer. She is a co-author of the book, A Weaving of Wonder:
Fables to Summon Inner Wisdom, published in 1995 by LuraMedia
and co-authored by therapist Karolyne Rogers, Ph.D. Their
book earned endorsements from, among others, actress/author
Patty Duke and Louise Wisechild, author of The Obsidian
Mirror and The Mother I Carry. She currently facilitates
classes and workshops through her business, Wonder Weavers,
Inc.
Karolyne Smith Rogers, earned her Ph.D. in
adult learning theory from the University of Idaho. She
is co-founder of A Center for Human Development in Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, where she maintains a private counseling
practice. Her life-long belief in the celebration of differences
is reflected in her professional history as a public school
teacher; regional and national consultant for Head Start
and Hospice; and adjunct faculty for several colleges and
universities. She also was awarded the Idaho Governor’s
Award for Creative Excellence for her writing and implementation
of substance abuse prevention programs.
 Courtney Dyer grew up in Jamaica, West Indies. Although
an artist from birth, she wandered onto a different path,
becoming a registered nurse in a Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
Upon regaining her artistic senses, she left nursing in
1998 and eventually started her business, EtchArtStudio.com,
where she creates sandblast etchings on stone.
|
Jami McFerren currently serves as Communications
Director for an Arizona state agency. The former award-winning
journalist worked in radio and television news and still
does on-air fundraising for the local PBS affiliate. Jami
also serves as guest speaker, moderator and mistress of ceremonies
for a variety of civic and social service organizations.
Jane Norde has lived in Phoenix, Arizona, since 1959.
She was trained by the Center for Educational Development
in San Antonio, TX, to assist high schools in drug and
alcohol prevention in the All Star Program. She published
her first book of poetry, “Feather,” in the
fall of 2001.
Ramona Sallee earned her MBA in Finance from Xavier University
in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has spent thirty years in this
career field including serving as Vice President of Finance
for an international company based in Phoenix, Arizona.
She has studied creative writing in Boston and Phoenix
and is currently writing a novel.
Rashmi Goria grew up in India. After earning her degrees
in Commerce and Fashion Merchandising from Delhi University
and from the College for the Distributive Trades in London,
England, she began her career in fashion design and the garment
industry. She immigrated to the United States twenty years
ago and went on to work in the both the garment and travel
industries |
