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San Juan Community Theatre
100 2nd St. N.
Friday Harbor, Washington, 98250
United States

Anna Steffeney

Anna Steffeney is a passionate entrepreneur focused on improving the experience and lives for working families. After the birth of her two children—one born in Europe, the second born in the United States—the glaring difference in parental leave policies prompted Anna to launch LeaveLogic, a Seattle-based technology company that delivers a parental leave management platform to Fortune 1000 companies.

Cobe Williams

Ricardo “Cobe” Williams works as a national trainer for Cure Violence, ranked #14 in NGO Advisor's 2016 report on the Top 500 NGOs. Cobe travels the globe training violence interrupters in mediation and conflict resolution strategies for Cure Violence. Cobe's work and personal journey were chronicled in the 2011 award-winning film “The Interrupters.” Cobe received the “Hero Award” from former Illinois governor Pat Quinn and has spoken at various forums including at the U.S. Capitol, the United Nations, the American Bar Association and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, as well as a high school students and residents at juvenile detention centers around the country.

Grisha Krivchenia

Grisha Krivchenia is a composer and pianist who divides his time among Santa Fe, San Juan Island, and concert dates around the world. He takes a special interest in using art to amplify voices that might otherwise go unheard. He writes music with hospice patients as a composer for Lifesongs in Santa Fe, and he recently completed a song cycle on texts by Syrian refugees. Grisha completed his studies at Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied piano with Sedmara Rutstein and composition with Jeffrey Mumford.

Jarrod Lyman

During the day Jarrod Lyman is the communications specialist for Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory, where he manages a social media following of more than a quarter million. He also works withPterofin, a clean energy startup that uses the simple concept of biomimicry to solve complex clean energy problems. At all times he’s an avid geek and lover of nerdy socks.

Keesha Ewers

Dr. Keesha Ewers is a doctor of sexology, board certified in functional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine, a psychotherapist, energy worker, yoga teacher, and founder and a host of the Healthy YOU! Radio network. Dr. Keesha is the founder of a field of medicine called Functional Sexology, a combination of functional medicine, psychotherapy, sexology, and Ayurveda. Through the Academy for Integrative Medicine, she offers a certification course for those passionate about and wanting to become Integrative Medicine Health Coaches. She has developed the Freedom Framework, which is designed to get to the root problem of any disease or imbalance. Dr. Keesha has published articles and books and conducted research primarily on adrenal fatigue, emotional pain, cultural and spiritual values, and cognitive beliefs and how they affect female sexual desire and vitality.

Marie-Claire Arrieta

Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, has been studying how intestinal alterations lead to several immune diseases since 2007. During this time she has established herself as an outstanding researcher in the field of microbiota. She has been published in leading scientific journals such as Gut, PNAS, and Science Translational Medicine. She also co-authored a book aimed at parents, “Let Them Eat Dirt”, which explores how the microbiome influences childhood development and how a microbial imbalance can lead to several immune-mediated diseases. A mother of two, Claire is a tireless advocate of using scientific knowledge to improve the health of children.

Michael Sanders

Michael Sanders is an IT Project Manager with over 20 years’ experience in utilities, aerospace, and research, and serves in leadership capacities for the Project Management Institute. He is a public speaker, author, and proud Native American. His passions include developing others, change management, and human motivation. Michael has a BA in Organizational Management and an MA in Organizational Leadership. He has published a white paper, “Controlling Communication Channels” and two books: Advanced Multitasking and 7 Common Mistakes Employees Make in a Downsizing.

Moe Carrick

Moe Carrick, Founder and Principal of Moementum, Inc. an Oregon based consultancy and Certified B Corp, believes that people make organizations great. Companies large and small are routinely brought to their knees by the “soft stuff” of people problems, and Carrick has made it her life’s contribution to help people thrive in the companies for which they work. Her first book, FIT MATTERS: How to Love Your Job, comes out in spring of 2017 with co-author Cammie Dunaway via Maven House Press.

Patricia Smith

As founder of the Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project© (www.compassionfatigue.org), Patricia Smith writes, speaks and facilities trainings nationwide in service of those who care for others. With a background in journalism, she has authored books and training materials including the award-winning To Weep for a Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving.

Ric Merrifield

At a time when customer data is transforming from anonymous transaction level data to highly personal experience-level information, Ric Merrifield can often be found behind the scenes. Ric has worked for some of the biggest technology companies in the world including Microsoft and Accenture, as well as some of the top consumer brands, including Disney and Starbucks. Ric combines his knowledge of business and technology in a way that helps organizations decide how best to interact with their customers – increasingly with much more information about them than ever before. Ric's work at Microsoft in business capabilities resulted in several patents and led to his award-winning book, Rethink.

Shelly Tochluk

An educator, with a background in psychology, Shelly Tochluk, Ph.D, trains teachers to work with Los Angeles’ diverse school population as Chair of the Education Department at Mount Saint Mary’s University–Los Angeles. She is the author of two books: Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It; and Living in the Tension: The Quest for a Spiritualized Racial Justice. Shelly invites readers to take a deep look into their own lives in order to answer the question, how does spirituality go hand in hand with racial justice? Where do disconnections exist?

Tim Durkan

Tim Durkan, a world-class photographer, he has covered subjects ranging from street life to sunsets and super moons. His love of people and pride in his hometown are reflected in his photos and outreach efforts. His catch phrase ‘capturing the pretty and the gritty’ was coined after he recently began juxtaposing his more iconic landscapes with that of the homelessness and addiction crises on the streets of Seattle. Tim’s scope of work includes commercial assignments for local NPR station KPLU, portraiture, landscape and lives performances. His photos have been viewed millions of times and featured nationally on NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC News , CNN and USA Today.