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IHE Board of Directors
Zoe Weil, President, created IHE’s M.Ed. and certificate programs and leads IHE’s Sowing Seeds and MOGO workshops, Zoe is also the author of The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004) for educators, Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003) for parents, and Most Good, Least Harm: The Simple Principle for a Better World and a Meaningful Life (January 2009). She has also written books for young people, including Claude and Medea: The Hellburn Dogs (2007) about 12-year-old activists inspired by an eccentric substitute teacher who's really a humane educator, and So, You Love Animals: An Action-Packed, Fun-Filled Book to Help Kids Help Animals (1994). She has written numerous articles on humane education and humane living and has appeared frequently on radio and television.
Zoe speaks regularly at universities, conferences, schools, churches, and in communities around the United States and Canada. She has also served as a consultant on humane education to people and organizations around the world.
Zoe received a Master's in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School (1988) and a Master's in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania (1983). She is certified in Psychosynthesis counseling, a form of psychotherapy which relies upon the intrinsic power of each person's imagination to promote growth, creativity, health, and transformation.
Gulsebnem "Sheb" Bishop, Treasurer, joined the IHE board in 2008. She has extensive experience in non-profit fund raising databases as well as other IT areas. Currently, she is the Database Administrator for the Washington National Cathedral, and she teaches computer science classes at Trinity University, DC as an adjunct professor.
Sheb graduated with a doctorate degree in Computer Science and Information Systems from Pace University in 2005 where she was able to successfully combine her two passions: computing and archaeology. She holds a masters degree in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a masters in Near Eastern Archaeology from Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, where she also got her BA degree in English Literature.
In addition to her current involvement with IHE, Sheb's passion is animals and animal protection. She volunteers for a number of organizations. She serves as the web master for Friends of Homeless Animals and works closely with other volunteers in adoptions and house visits. She is also a volunteer for Pit Bull Rescue Central, an advocacy group working to restore and preserve the positive image of pit bulls, as well as an online virtual shelter and resource for guardians and caretakers of pit bulls and and pit bull mixes.
Caroline “Callie” Curtis joined the IHE Board in 2007. She holds a BA in Government from Bowdoin College, a Masters in International Relations from Creighton University, and a certificate in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM).
She began her career in education teaching in a Head Start Program in Cleveland, Ohio, and joined the Peace Corps after college. She was assigned to a rural high school in Swaziland, where she taught English, History, and Geography. She continued the international training focus of her work in designing and implementing health programs in Africa, and training international students in technical and academic programs. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to furthering humane practices in all facets of her work. She also serves on the Board of the Global AIDS Alliance, an organization dedicated to prevention, treatment, and preservation of the human rights of HIV+ people the world around.
Currently, she is Executive Director of the Dorothy Ann Foundation, a small foundation that gives grants to international non-profit organizations working in public health, environment, sustainable forestry, and energy issues. She divides her time between Arlington, Virginia, and Blue Hill, Maine.
Barbara Robidoux, who joined IHE's board in 2010, is a native New Englander, born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English and an M.Ed. degree in Reading at the University of New Hampshire. Her teaching career began in 1971, and Barb has held the positions of high school English teacher, teacher of grades 5 through 8, reading and writing specialist, and co-director of a summer literacy program. She is passionate about helping students unlock the power of literacy.
Barb, an avid runner, has been a vegetarian for more than 30 years. She and her husband have two children and two grandchildren and spend their weekends restoring a 100-year-old farmhouse on the coast of Maine.
Robert Shetterly joined IHE’s board in 2009. Robert is a writer and illustrator whose paintings and prints are in collections all over the U.S. and Europe. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English Literature. At Harvard he took a couple of courses in drawing, which changed the direction of his creative life -- from the written word to the image. Also, during this time, he was active in Civil Rights and in the Anti-Vietnam War movement.
After college, Robert taught himself drawing, printmaking, and painting. While trying to become proficient in printmaking & painting, he illustrated widely. For twelve years he did the editorial page drawings for the Maine Times newspaper, illustrated National Audubon's children's newspaper Audubon Adventures, and illustrated approximately 30 books.
He is well known for his series of 70 painted etchings based on William Blake's "Proverbs of Hell" and for another series of 50 painted etchings reflecting on the metaphor of the Annunciation, as well as for his Americans Who Tell the Truth project, which offers portraits, combined with thought-provoking quotes and concise bios, of people who have made a significant and lasting impact on American culture. The portrait series began as an attempt to honor Americans who have had the courage to demand that our idealistic language about equality and justice was realized in the lives of all people. The project is primarily now about education and citizenship, that our democracy cannot survive without active citizens.
Bonnie Tai, Ed.D, Vice President, joined IHE's board in 2008. Bonnie teaches Educational Studies at College of the Atlantic, where students follow a self-directed and interdisciplinary course of study that prepares them to understand and improve the relationships between humans and our natural and social environments. Her primary teaching and research interests focus on the intersection between identity, power, and knowledge. Two overarching goals have driven her work over the last twenty years: to enhance access, equity, and quality in education and facilitate teaching and leadership that values individual and group differences and helps communities effectively negotiate conflict and change.
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September 14, 2010 - 10:00 pm to September 14, 2010 - 11:00 pm | Location: Twitter (http://www.twitter.com)
IHE's President, Zoe Weil, and Director of Educational Programs, Mary Pat Champeau, will be facilitating a Twitter Party, hosted by Holistic Moms Network, on Tuesday, September 14 at 7:00 pm PDT/10:00 pm EDT. The party discussion will focus on the topic of Raising ...
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