Carol
Carter, Founder
Carol co-founded LifeSkills Non-Profit in New York City with Jerry
Callaghan and Kent Daniels in 1991. Carol was a senior executive
in corporate America for Pearson Education for fifteen years before
starting her own company. She is President of Lifebound, a seminar
and coaching company for high school students, college students
and graduates. Carol has authored or co-authored seventeen books
on college, career and life success and she is a national speaker
and lecturer on college and career advice. Carol’s syndicated
column on college and career advice, Hire Education, is featured
weekly in newspapers around the country. Carol has taught at the
community college level, and currently teaches welfare to work
classes and life transition courses at the Federal Prison-FCI
Englewood.
Julianne
R. Mitchell, Program Director
Julianne has over eight years of experience working with at-risk
youth including teaching anger management, conflict resolution,
and social skills both within the nonprofit and school sectors.
Julianne attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA where she
graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Psychology. Before moving
to Denver in 2000, she developed and implemented a tutoring
program and social skills program for at-risk youth in residential
treatment. She also has a publication in Genetic, Social, and
General Psychology Monographs regarding nonverbal ability in
children and its relationship to their future social competence.
After she received her Masters in Social Work from the University
of Denver, she worked as a therapist for emotionally and behaviorally
disturbed teenage mothers and their children. Julianne advocates
for a holistic approach to teaching including empowerment and
strengths-based models of learning.
Tiffany
Barnhart
Tiffany Barnhart brings more than seven years experience in
communications, marketing and public relations to Life Skills.
A previous news anchor for a statewide television network, Tiffany
ended her on-air career after leaving the position of bureau
chief of the state capitol in Wyoming. While in television,
her on-air talent was put to use as a Telethon host for live
broadcast of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association
Telethon, helping to break fundraising records for three years.
After leaving news, Tiffany managed the Wyoming Division of
Tourism account for Barnhart/CMI, one of the region's largest
advertising and public relations firms, before taking her current
position in Public Information at the city of Westminster. Tiffany’s
avid interest in working with teens began in high school when
she volunteered as a tutor for children with learning disabilities.
In the years since, she has served as an English, geometry and
algebra tutor for underprivileged teens. A scholarship athlete
for Northwest Missouri State University, Tiffany has also volunteered
as a volleyball coach for a city club team in the Denver-metro
area.
Janice
K. Thomas
Janice K. Thomas has thirteen years experience in the energy
industry; working in a variety of marketing, business development
and strategic and regulatory planning positions with Arco Oil
and Gas Company, Exxon Corporation, Fina Oil and Chemical Company,
Hadson Gas Systems and Sunrise Energy Company. Janice was a
corporately appointed member of the National Petroleum Council
in Washington D.C. and holds a MBA with a specialization in
Energy Management from the University of Oklahoma. Janice is
an active member in various organizations devoted to sustainability,
including: the American Solar Energy Society, Colorado Renewable
Energy Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, World Wildlife
Fund, and The Audubon Society. She co-founded Emerald Resource
Solutions in Tucson, AZ, a non-profit organization dedicated
to renewable energy, public awareness and education.
Remington
Green
Remington Green is President of Organic People, Inc., an Information
Technology integration firm based in Denver Colorado. Organic
People will train over 10,000 corporate employees on new technology
this year. He is a board member of the National Association
of Computer Consulting Businesses, which has 500 member companies
with $15 billion in combined annual revenue. Prior to founding
Organic People, Inc. he was a Managing Partner of ExecuTrain
of Colorado, an IT training company responsible for training
over 125,000 corporate employees. After completing his MBA at
the University of Denver, he worked for Xerox Corporation. Remington
is also President of the Independent Renter’s Association
which helps the homeless find sustainable housing.
Lynne
Montrose
Lynne Montrose is the Director of the Academic Internship Program
at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Involved primarily
with internships since 1982, she also launched the university’s
Center for Service Learning in 1987, directed the office of
study abroad in 1992, created an Irish exchange program in 1995,
and began a scholarship program bringing Catholic and Protestant
students to in 1997. In 1999, she directed the Packard Foundation
grant project at Regis, “Developing Leaders in the non-profit
sector”. Ms. Montrose was a member of the Board of Directors
of NSEE (National Society for Experimental Education) from 1997-2000.
She was a keynote speaker for the Ministry of Education in Singapore’s
National Youth Council Conference in July of 2001. She authored
the lead chapter “Experiential Learning and International
Study” for Frontiers, the national journal for study abroad
in the fall of 2002.
Candice Harris
Candice Harris is a licensed therapist practicing in Denver,
Colorado. She received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology
from Syracuse University. She then completed a three year Certificate
Program at the Temenos Institute for Humanistic Psychology.
After that she attended Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Social Work, the clinical track. Prior to moving to
Denver, Candice worked in Connecticut at a family service agency
working with disadvantaged families. After that Candice moved
to New York where she worked in a group practice, specializing
in adolescents and families. Candice moved to Denver in the
fall of 2002. Her work has often called for collaborative consultation
and collaboration with community agencies, school systems and
other disciplines.
Ruby Loch
Ruby Loch is a technical writer in the computer industry with
15 years of experience. She has provided documentation for research
and development projects at Apple Computer, IBM, and NASA. She
particularly enjoys helping people find science and technology
both understanding and engaging. Ruby has also worked as a volunteer
with the Women’s Bean Project, a non-profit community
program teaching skills for self-sufficiency. As a Hispanic
woman who has overcome poverty and homelessness, Ruby offers
a unique perspective for the underprivileged youth that the
LifeSkills program targets. Ruby is living proof that no obstacle
is insurmountable, and she serves as an excellent inspiration
for LifeSkills students.
Rafael Olivares
Dr, Rafael Olivares is a family practice physician at the Latino
Center for Excellence at Kaiser Permanente in Denver, a clinic
that serves Spanish-speaking clients. Rafael was most recently
awarded Kaiser Permanente’s volunteer doctor of the year.
He has served as a volunteer physician for Doctors of the World
in Chiapas, Mexico. In the United States, he volunteers for
Doctors of the World by examining torture victims seeking political
asylum in this country. Rafael has also volunteered for Healing
the Children in Honduras and Ecuador. Rafael is very interested
in marine and wildlife conservation. He works as a volunteer
at Ocean Journey. He received his B.S. in biochemistry from
the City College of New York, and received his M.D. from Temple
University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Marilyn Hosea
Marilyn Ayenew Hosea is President and Founder of Organizational
Learning, Inc. Her work includes state and national training,
education and advocacy on issues that are important to the nonprofit
sector. Organizational Learning, founded in 1998, helps nonprofit
and philanthropic groups find innovative solutions to challenges
impacting both their organizations and their local communities.
Marilyn has nearly thirty years of experience
as a community planner, organizer, educator and administrator
of nonprofit community-based programs. She was valedictorian
of the July 1995, UCLA Anderson School of Management/Johnson
and Johnson Head Start Fellows Program. In 1996, Marilyn was
selected to be a member of the inaugural class of Nation Head
Start Fellows and spent a year in Washington, DC as a fill time
Special Assistant to the Chief of Program Operations and Management
at the Head Start Bureau. She is considered a national expert
in the area of management systems and organizational development
and is the lead author of a Hands-On Head Start Community Assessment
Manual, a publication currently under review at the National
Head Start Bureau.
Amy Downs
Amy Downs is a senior manager for re-distributive assistance
with the Colorado Governor’s Office of State Planning
and Budgeting. Prior to this position, Amy worked as an economist
on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for the World
Bank Group. Amy was a Fulbright Scholar n Bulgaria, where she
taught economics and public administration and conducted analysis
on the economic development in the region. She holds a master’s
degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and
a bachelor’s degree in political science from Grinnell
College.
Laurel Burke
Laurel currently works as an attorney in the Corporate Compliance
group of Qwest Communications International. Prior to joining
Qwest in 2000, she was partner in a Denver law firm practicing
primarily in the areas of business planning, employment law
and corporate transactions. Before turning to a career in the
law, she taught life/living skills to adults with developmental
disabilities in St. Louis. Laurel has a life long interest in
adult learning techniques and currently trains in the area of
ethical business and conduct. Laurel attended St. Louis University,
where she received an Honors BA in Political Science and Spanish
as well as an Honors BS in Psychology from the University of
Denver.
Kelly
Carson, Intern
Kelly Carson is a National Merit Scholar from the University
of Kansas who has spent the last several years teaching English
to Spanish-speaking children and adults as a volunteer. She
is so excited to have the opportunity to work with underprivileged
populations in her hometown!
