John Blankenship, Executive Director;
Trudy Soucoup, Director of Development,
Wolf Haven International
Topics: Wolf Conservation, Environmental Conservation, Wolf Haven International. 15-30 minutes
Fee:No stipend/fee required.
Background: Both John and Trudy have extensive public speaking experience both with planned presentations and extemporaneously. As a former manager with US Fish and Wildlife, John has far reaching knowledge of environmental conservation issues. John has spoken well over 10 times in the last two years on behalf of Wolf Haven International. Since starting in January 2007, Trudy has had the opportunity to speak at several Chamber and Rotary lunches as well as informally at the Olympia Master Builders Association.
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Loren "Skip" Steffen, Executive Director
Olympia Union Gospel Mission
Topics: Rescue Mission work, Christian based drug and alcohol recovery, low income health care issues. Need approximately 20 minutes per subject.
Fee: No fee required.
Background: Retired (2000) - Providence St. Peter Hospital: 30 years working in technical supervision, director level program management and strategic planning for the hospital. Founding Board member, Olympia Union Gospel Mission (1995) and Executive Director for last 3 years. The Mission provides no-fee dental care to low income individuals and will soon add vision services, in addition to co-locating with the Neighborhood Free Medical Clinic. The Mission has been providing residential drug and alcohol recovery services since 2000.
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Jack Horton, President
Woodland Trail Greenway Association
Topics: Status and vision for bike-ped trails in Thurston County Statewide, national, international trails Vegetative restoration projects Effective advocacy Using GIS to influence decision makers.
I can fit the presentation into the available time. One hour is ideal.
Fee: None
Background: I am a professional speaker in the GIS field, giving about 50 presentations a year. I do trail advocacy and restoration projects in my spare time. I've ridden about half the bike trails in the Northwest, and many trails across the US and other countries.
I make numerous presentations to political bodies in support of bike/ped facilities & policies, using GIS to create the vision and communicate the intent of the proposal.
Recent successes include:
- 24 hour access to Olympia bike trails
- A bike connector through Mission Creek Park
- The northern trailhead to Mission Creek Park
- The McCormick Court Trailhead to Watershed Park
- The Olympia Woodland Trail, Phases 1 and 2
- A $200,000 grant to do vegetative restoration
- Funding for Phase 1 of the Tumwater Valley Trail
- Lacey Woodland Trail, Phase 1
- 1000 trees planted
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Dorothy Nelson, Communications & Marketing Director
Girl Scouts – Pacific Peaks Council
Topics: “What's new at Girl Scouts?" "Why Girl Scouts is important in your community" "Girl Scouts as the best leadership development program for girls!"
Fee: None
Background: I, along with some of my colleagues, can offer wonderful success stories that demonstrate how Girl Scouts have made the world a better place. Our outreach program has an excellent reputation along with Girl Scouts Beyond Bars and our F.O.C.U.S.S. program for foster girls. Our volunteers have stories about how their commitment of time has paid off, not only for the girls, but also for the volunteers who experience great satisfaction from guiding girls toward the values expressed in the Girl Scout Promise and Law.
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Olympia School District Education Foundation
Topics: Our topic is how much benefit to the teachers and students of the community the funds provided by the Education Foundation have been and continue to be. Our goal in speaking to groups is to make them aware that their dollars given to the foundation will greatly enhance the learning opportunities available to students throughout the district. The time needed to present our information can be as little as 15-20 minutes or a little longer if there is a question and answer period.
Fee: No fee
Background: Speakers will be drawn from the Board of Trustees, depending on who is available for the speaking date. All board members are business professionals who have a strong interest in the education of our youth. All of them are parents who have or have had children in the Olympia school district. Various Trustees have also served on the boards of other non-profit organizations, local volunteer organizations, school booster clubs and been involved with community projects.
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Rev. Gwendolyn Phillips Coates
Coordinator of Diversity and MultiCultural Outreach,
Providence Hospice of Seattle
Topics: Cultural Sensitivity, End-of-life- Choices for diverse populations, 5
Wishes Presentations, Hospice 101, Greif and Loss
Fee: No fee
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Rev. Gwendolyn Phillips Coates
Founder/CEO,
God Answers Prayer Ministries, Inc
Topics: Biblical Themes, Grief and Loss, Women's Issues Singleness, Marriage, Divorce, Widowed, Prayer, Women In Ministry Parenting, Music, Recording, Book Writing, Self Publishing,
Fee: No fee
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Shelleen Mathews
Director, Wild Felid Advocacy Center of WA
Topics: Wild cat (non-domestic) Conservation, education
Background: Shelleen has been actively working with and for species of wild cats in captivity and in the wild since 1971. She is currently the Director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington (non-profit located in Olympia) where she manages the day to day care of 28 wild cats of various species. She has spoken about various aspects affecting wild cats for many years. Presentations include PowerPoint. Topics tailored to requesting group.
Fee: No fee
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