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Robert Abbott has lived in Midlothian since 1993. Since 2014, Robert has hiked the Caminos de Santiago in Spain, France and Portugal covering five different Caminos and over 1,300 miles. He is interested in sharing the background and history of the Camino as well as the personal reasons that one goes on these hikes.
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Ramzi Aboujaoude - pronounced “Ah-boo-jah-dee” – MD, is an award-winning, board-certified OB/GYN and urogynecologist, which means he has additional training and experience in the evaluation and the treatment of patients with urinary incontinence (leaky bladder), pelvic organ prolapse (dropping of the vagina, uterus, cystocele, rectocele), and fecal incontinence. Dr. Aboujaoude is passionate about improving women’s quality of life and helping guide them towards individualized treatment options, which may range from physical therapy to minimally-invasive surgery. Having continuous change and modernization is also a source of his love for his job, and he enjoys the variety of work each day brings. He also enjoys seeing advances as doctors are able to help their patients with less invasive procedures and with more efficiency.
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Annette Alabaster was fascinated with her grandmother's unique carriage wheel garden as a child and the wonder of seeing a flower at four years of age has never left her. In her 40s she became interested in floral design and took a week-long crash course with a well-known floral designer where she learned to make many styles of arrangements and attended lectures. Next, she took two semesters of classes at Northern Virginia Community College, which included how to create head gear and corsages for weddings. While still living in Northern Virginia, she gained hands-on experience working for some very temperamental florists and now she is excited to share her knowledge and experience with other LLI members. Annette hopes that through her courses you will gain a deeper appreciation of God's eternal gift to us - the beauty of his incredible design! Annette has been an LLI member since 2010.
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Daniel Arkin will someday figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. His experiences to date include landscape architecture, regional planning, non-profits, flying, welding, fixing, adventuring, and advocating for the role of technology in our lives. He is best known as a storytelling technology educator, having presented cutting edge topics at conferences and classrooms, encouraging adult learners on anything and everything. Nowadays, he splits his energy between evolving outdoor spaces on his three-acre property in the suburbs of Chester and teaching courses which address an ever-growing collection of topics. His classes are always packed with valuable information sandwiched between a healthy amount of humor and sarcasm. Danny has been an LLI member since 2018.
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Cindy Arnold is a librarian at the Chesterfield County Public Library Midlothian branch. She has a Masters in Library Science from Louisiana State University and has worked as a librarian since 2001 both in public and school libraries. Cindy enjoys assisting people as they pursue their learning goals. She has lived in Midlothian since 2003 and likes exploring all that Virginia has to offer.
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Charles Barron is a retired US Army Officer, holds a BS in Business Administration from Jacksonville State University and an MS in Logistics Management from Florida Institution of Technology. He also holds a certificate for teaching English as a second language. Charles has 10 years of experience working with and training members of the Saudi Arabian military in logistics and cultural awareness. As a United States military contractor, working in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, he taught American workers and third country nationals (TCNs) Cultural Awareness, simple Arabic script (Arabic letters, Arabic phonetics recognizing/reading English words written in Arabic Script) and most useful basic spoken Arabic words and phrases.
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Amy Bartilotti is a professional educator whose work has culminated into a multi-faceted career advocating for social equity and creating opportunities that meaningfully impact the welfare of the community. A Chesterfield County resident, she engages in the “village” by creating supportive and sustainable partnerships within the Chesterfield County Public School (CCPS) system that benefit all students. Her work connects businesses, civic, and faith-based organizations with schools, to enhance learning opportunities for all students. Amy graduated from Saint Mary’s College and the University of Virginia, has served as a teacher of children with disabilities, a dropout prevention specialist, and is currently the Coordinator for the CCPS Office of Family and Community Engagement. After recently completing coursework at the Harvard Family and Community Engagement Summer Institute, Amy was the driving force to bring “The Basics”, an early childhood equity social campaign to Richmond where it has been rebranded The RVA Basics. Amy is the co-founder of the Chesterfield STAR (Summertime Access to Reading) engaging the entire community in creating a wrap-around approach to building literacy-rich resources and opportunities for students and communities in need.
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GeGe Beall has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre and a master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Radford University. She has been a professional improv comedian at ComedySportz Richmond for 10 years where she performs several times a month. In addition, GeGe performs with several other improv groups: "Upstaged" improvises a 20-minute sitcom set in the 1960’s, "Bardaliscious" improvises a one hour play in the style of Shakespeare, and "Old School Improv" which is comprised of 50+ performers who perform for 50+ audiences. GeGe is a professional healthcare consultant and speaker, and often teaches improv games in the corporate world to help tap into creativity and get teams laughing and bonding. Additional certifications include Yoga, Laughter Yoga, Ageless Grace, and Nia. GeGe's goal is to make improv accessible by focusing on the brain health and playful aspects of improv, rather than on the performance.
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John Bennett PhD, is a Midlothian resident, an Engineering Professor Emeritus, and a returning LLI Instructor (who prefers to facilitate, rather than instruct.) John is a believer in Lifelong Learning and a proponent of discussion among people with diverse points of view. He has been an LLI member since 2018.
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Rich Benson grew up in a Roman Catholic household and attended Catholic schools in a small town in Kentucky. Interested in priesthood at an early age, Rich attended a high school seminary in Cincinnati, OH and spent his twenties as a Franciscan brother, earning the Master of Divinity degree at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and serving in various ministries. Having a keen interest in the varieties of religious experience, Rich took courses in comparative religions and spent time in different faith practices and traditions around Chicago. He participated in the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1993. Since leaving the Franciscan life, Rich has worked for years in the private sector in corporate program management. He and his wife Grace have two wonderful sons - Ben and Jet.
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Mary Berry has been a member of LLI since 2008. She wanted to be a tap dancer since age 12 but had to wait until age 64. It was well worth the wait. It’s a great class and great fun!
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Pamela Biasca Losada MS, ACC-ICF has worked directly with clients for over 20 years, and has been a psychologist, business owner, coach, speaker, author, and guided meditation facilitator. Pamela helps clients overcome things like chronic stress, people-pleasing, and perfectionism, so they can lead lives of ultimate joy, wellness, and fulfillment. Additionally, she provides coaching at multiple companies, facilitates workshops and seminars, and has been a guest on several podcasts.
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Edward Blackwell has taught a variety of subjects for over thirty years. Much of his time was with Chesterfield County Public Schools, but he has also worked with Richmond City Public Schools, VCU and a local private school. Mr. Blackwell has a B.A. and M.A. in English, as well as a large concentration of courses in history and education. He has taught on middle, secondary, and collegiate levels, and his courses have included English, writing, history, civics and economics, as well as alternative education. He is keenly interested in the English Renaissance and writes sonnets, but he also enjoys helping others with prose writing techniques. Mr. Blackwell loves studying and lecturing about the American Civil War. When teaching social sciences, he believes it is essential to combine the development of U.S. government with its resulting historical effects.
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Joshua Borths is the Resident Scholar of Virginia Opera, charged with educating audience of all ages. With over a decade of experience in opera, Joshua has worked as an educator, stage director, arts administrator, and dramaturg with companies such as Arizona Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and more. As an experienced teacher, he most recently served on the faculty of Capital University as the Professor of Music History and Director of Opera and Musical Theatre. Joshua’s work has been featured in Opera News, TED Ed, and his operas and programming can be licensed on OperaClassroom.com.
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Mary Bradstock is a native Virginian—born in Richmond and raised in Chesterfield County. She is a member of The Country Style Dancers of Richmond and has been dancing at LLI since 2009 and teaching since 2012.
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Meredith Britton NP, is a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Lynchburg College and a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has more than eight years of clinical experience as a nurse, with extensive experience managing acute and chronic neurological conditions including testing, managing diagnoses, and treatment plans for general and emergent patients. She has specialized training working with stroke patients and patients exhibiting signs of transient ischemic attack (TIA) and is committed to partnering with her patients in developing care plans for each individual circumstance and stage of life. Meredith enjoys educating her patients and strives to provide excellent continuity of care throughout each patient’s healthcare journey.
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Tracey Brooks was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps Reserves. She has various Aerobics and Fitness Association of America Group Exercise & Personal Trainer Certifications, including Kickboxing (IFTA), Zumba and Yoga. Tracey has been teaching and training since 2002. She is energetic and knowledgeable! She also has the ability to motivate and inspire clients regardless of physical fitness level and encourages habits that are life changing.
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Kathy Brown MHSA is the Health and Wellness Programs Manager for Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging. She is a Master Trainer and facilitator for the following evidenced based programs: Stanford University’s Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Chronic Pain Self-Management, and Cancer Thriving and Surviving Programs, and Boston University’s Matter of Balance Falls Prevention Program. Kathy is also an ACE certified Senior Fitness Specialist, a trainer for Mental Health First Aid, and Coordinator for the Aging Strong YMCA Program. She is certified in Food & Nutrition from University of Richmond.
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Sherella Brown is a certified Jazzercise fitness instructor who specializes in combining dance and exercise in her work with active adults.
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Bill Busch still finds new dance moves to share with LLI members even after 30 collective years of social dancing. He has been teaching dance since 2007 in the community and since 2008 at LLI! Bill welcomes new and returning students into the dance room to learn the current offering or to refresh their dance experience.
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John Byrd is an award-winning ventriloquist and has been performing as a ventriloquist in the Richmond area for the past 25 years. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and received a master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia with 38 years of service. He also retired from the Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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Susan Campbell has worked with seniors and their families during difficult transitions for 25 years. She is a pioneer in the senior move management industry and now uses her compassion and training to work with families and professionals during end-of-life celebrations and transitions.
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Ken Carlson is a former electrical engineer with an enthusiasm for music, the dramatic arts and group participation. He joined LLI in 2019 and enjoys playing tuba and string bass with the Wind Ensemble and Lifelong Musicians groups.
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J. Diane Carter is an experienced bridge player and encourages people who have not been regular players to join the fun bridge group. She has been an LLI member since 2017.
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Hal Cauthen retired from the Navy and then private industry (Defense Electronics). He enjoys traveling, drawing, sketching, painting, writing, dancing and interacting with others to share ideas and techniques. Hal started sketching and painting as a kid. He filled numerous sketch pads with line drawings, most often of horses and cowboys. Later, Hal took lessons locally from Ellie Cox. He has since led classes at LLI and at Stonebridge. Hal has been a member of LLI since 2016.
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Marlene Cauthen enjoys traveling, drawing, sketching, painting, writing, dancing and interacting with others to share ideas and techniques. Marlene and her husband joined LLI in 2016.
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Keith Chambers is a 55-year resident of Chesterfield County and a 32-year veteran of Chesterfield Fire and EMS, where he currently serves as the Assistant Chief of Community Risk Reduction. In this position, he provides strategic oversight and daily management of the Fire Marshal's Office and Chesterfield County Emergency Management, where they use engineering, education, enforcement, economic incentives, and emergency response to plan, mitigate, respond to, and recover from all types of emergency events and natural or man-made disasters. When not working, Keith enjoys the outdoors with his wife of 33 years, Jane.
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David Clark is a 34-year veteran of the computer industry. Ten of those years were spent teaching a variety of technical and non-technical courses. He most enjoys explaining complex topics in simple, understandable terms, and in ways that appeal to visual and non-visual learners. He is also a long-term amateur photographer, having started with his first camera over 50 years ago. He enjoys taking pictures that will remind people of good memories and create scenes that both provoke and satisfy viewers.
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Anne Clendenin is a member of LLI who enjoys dancing and has been playing Spades for years. She wants to continue sharing her love for Spades with other members at LLI!
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Poly Cline was new to painting in 2019. She took it up for stress relief and loved it! Since Poly so recently learned the techniques for successfully accomplishing watercolors, she is able to break down the basics to help others enjoy painting as much as she does. Poly became an LLI member in 2019.
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Kate Conn joined LLI in 2018 after retiring from Chesterfield County Public Schools. She has many interests and hobbies. Kate gets much joy from playing banjo, autoharp, and the "Limberjack" with the Company's Coming band. She loves to sing harmony.
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Lauren Cook is a nurse practitioner at Virginia Physicians for Women. She is passionate about helping women through every stage of life, providing better clinical care, as well as patient education and counseling. An L.C. Bird graduate, Lauren hails from Chester, Virginia. She met her husband at Shenandoah University in Winchester where they were both college athletes (softball and football). During graduate school at the University of Alabama Birmingham, she earned a dual degree in Women’s Health and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care and is board-certified as a nurse practitioner in both fields. While completing her graduate studies, Lauren worked several clinical rotations with VPFW, and realized that working there would be a dream come true. Lauren now sees patients at VPFW’s Koger Center and Prince George offices, and she loves working with her more seasoned patients!
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Crystal Coon is the Assistant Director of Education for the Virginia War Memorial. A recent graduate of West Virginia University with a Master's Degree in Public History, she specialized in 19th century American history.
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Wanda Cutchins is an artist with over thirty years’ experience in oil painting. She is a retired teacher and completed her career as an educational technology director. Wanda enjoys being a master gardener as well as a Virginia Master Naturalist. She has been an LLI member since 2017.
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Roy Dahlquist recently retired from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership in 2015. He was an economic advisor to Governors Kaine, McDonnell and McAuliffe on issues related to Asian business opportunities and challenges, serving as Managing Director, International Business Development - Asia. He met with high level government and business leaders throughout Asia. Roy first retired from Alcoa/Reynolds Metals Company in 2006 with 30 years of global and domestic service. He was Managing Director of Food Packaging Operations in China and Director of International Business Development for the Food Packaging Division, overseeing operations worldwide. He traveled to over 60 different countries developing global business relationships and opportunities. He met with international, federal, state and local government officials including governors and federal agency heads. Roy currently serves as Vice President of the Madison Village Homeowners Association located in Charter Colony and serves on the Board of Directors for the Salisbury Country Club Senior Men’s Association. He has a BS degree from Saint Joseph University in Philadelphia and has been an LLI member since 2016.
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Mary Jo Dailey was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has a B.A. in psychology with a minor in earth sciences and a Master of Divinity degree. She has retired from teaching earth science at Manchester High School and is now an ordained Baptist minister. Mary Jo loves to teach and is looking forward to meeting new students and sharing her passions.
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Billie Darlington is a Mobility Coordinator for Chesterfield County. A mother of three and a grandmother of nine, Billie loves helping the community through her job. Knowing that she’s helping people makes her work rewarding!
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James Davidson is a Vice President of Investments for Davenport & Company and Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner with more than 18 years of industry experience. He currently serves as an Ex-Officio member on the LLI Board of Directors and manages the LLI Endowment Fund.
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Teresa Day has been dancing ballroom socially for more than 15 years, taking lessons all the while to improve her ability to dance the many American School smooth and rhythm dances popular in Richmond. Teresa enjoys helping others learn this fun way to sharpen physical, mental, and social skills all at once. She has been an LLI member since 2021.
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Jennifer DeRusha has been a member of LLI since 2015 and has 38 years of teaching experience including Chesterfield Adult Education, Allbrands, Collegiate Cougar after-school program for children, and the YMCA. She was past president, vice president, secretary and founding member of Hospitality Quilters Chapter, Richmond Quilters Guild. Jennifer is a member of and Membership Chairman of the Richmond Central VA Chapter of the American Sewing Guild. She has 50 years of sewing experience, including her own line of reversible clothing for children, has completed 100+ quilts and featured three quilt shows of her own work. Jennifer is a juried artist in watercolor, colored pencil, pastel and mixed media, and is a member of Bon Air Artist Association as well as the MidAtlantic Pastel Society. She graduated from VCU in 1969 with a degree in science and has been tap dancing at LLI for four years.
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Shawn Doran is a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones in Midlothian. He focuses on helping people with navigating investments, saving on taxes, important estate planning items, long term care planning, creating income in retirement, and making sure they have a solid plan. Shawn and his wife, Lisa, enjoy spending their free time with their seven children, playing sports and enjoying the outdoors.
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Kyndall Drumheller has been employed in various roles by the Virginia War Memorial since April 2012 and currently serves as the Education Logistics Manager. She received her BA in History from Randolph-Macon College and her MA in American History from Liberty University. While in graduate school, she completed an education internship at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, where she conducted tours and summer camp programs, and performed research on the involvement of African Americans on D-Day. Kyndall recently served on the Board of the Greater Richmond Association for Volunteer Administration as Treasurer. Currently, she is working on the Virginia War Memorial’s Veterans Database - a massive project that locates photographs and information on the nearly 12,000 Virginians who have been killed in action from World War II to the Persian Gulf War.
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Diane Drummond has been an LLI member since 2009. She began making headbands, hair bows and jewelry for her beautiful granddaughter and has continued adding to her repertoire of craft skills, which she happily shares with her fellow LLI members in a variety of classes. Diane is especially interested in early settlers and Indian crafts used in everyday living.
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Kimberly Felder is a Hearing Instrument Specialist. She founded Clarity Hearing in 2018 with the belief that everyone should be able to afford hearing. Originally from Upstate NY, she came from a large farm family with eight siblings and cherished the time she spent growing up in a small country setting in the Mohawk Valley. In 1990, Kimberly started working for the audiologist who became her mentor and who inspired her to work with the hearing impaired. For over 30 years, she has helped the hearing impaired understand their hearing loss and find the solution to understanding speech again. Continuing education is an important part of keeping up with this industry, and Kimberly makes it a top priority as the technology available is changing all the time. She has been an LLI member since 2022.
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Bob Ferguson has been an active member of LLI since 2008 and has served on the LLI Board of Directors since 2015. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and worked at NIH before moving to Richmond. For 38 years he worked in various capacities at Philip Morris/Altria prior to retiring in 2012. Bob has varied interests including Science, History, Literature, and Theater. He has performed with LLI’s Readers Theater group, Bifocals, Huguenot Community Players, and River City Community Players. He writes plays (with Vic Thompson) and acts with LLI’s own Young at Heart Actors (YAHA).
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Martha Frickert is retired and now serving as community advocate on several boards. She previously served as a member and president on the LLI Board of Directors.
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Marc Friedlander is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) helping families navigate the difficult assisted living and memory care arenas. He has had personal experiences with both sides of his family and could have used an advocate during the difficult decision-making process. Marc is a member of the Health Community Resource Network, RVA Better Aging Forum, and the Richmond Senior Network. He has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from The George Washington University and an MBA from Montclair State University. Marc enjoys living in the beautiful Richmond area with his wife and two kids. In his spare time, he coaches his daughter's YMCA soccer team.
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Edward Garrett is a retired United Methodist minister of the VA Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has served churches in VA for 42 years, leading Bible studies and teaching educational classes for various denominations. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Richmond, a B.D. from Duke University, an M.A. degree in education from Union Theological Seminary and a doctorate from St. Mary’s University in Baltimore. He is the author of two books and various curriculum materials and articles.
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Gerry Germond is retired from the U.S. Army and Capital One. He now spends his time playing with history by reading, attending lectures (guess where!), going to historical sites, listening to classical, traditional, and military music, war gaming, fooling with genealogy, and spending Fridays at the Chesterfield Historical Society's Trinity Museum. Gerry has been a LLI member since 2014.
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Arlene Goldberg began quilting nearly 40 years ago. Having learned various needle crafts since childhood, quilting is the one that stuck and provided a creative outlet during her accounting career. She's made countless quilts for gifts, charities, and herself. Arlene has been an LLI member since 2021.
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Bill Good participated in Civil War reenactments for 10 years as an infantryman and in the ambulance corps. He has a wealth of knowledge about the Civil War. He has been a member of LLI since 2007 and enjoys history, genealogy and woodcarving.
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Reta Good is a retired nurse and joined LLI along with her husband, Bill, in 2007. They spent 19 summers on Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia where they attended a number of International Tattoos.
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Soundarya Gowda MD, is a board-certified neurologist with Neurological Associates in Richmond and is board-certified in neurology, neurophysiology, and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Gowda earned her medical doctorate at Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College in Davangere, India. She completed her internship in the Department of Internal Medicine at Long Island College Hospital, in Brooklyn and her residency in the Department of Neurology at VCU Health System, where she served as chief resident. Afterward, Dr. Gowda remained at VCU to complete a fellowship program in clinical neurophysiology. She is an expert in clinical neurophysiological aspects of epilepsy and has performed extensive research on the surgical and pharmacological management of status epilepticus. Dr. Gowda is highly experienced in neuromodulation therapies for treating epilepsy, including Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS), Responsive Neurostimulation for Seizures (RNS®), and deep brain stimulation (DBS). Her care philosophy centers on the quality of life for her patients with epilepsy and understanding the medical, social, and financial impacts that the condition may present.
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Cynthia Graunke is a volunteer Road Scholar Ambassador, lives in Midlothian, and has been a member of LLI since 2015. Cindy's travel experiences with Road Scholar span the spectrum of bicycle trips, culinary experiences, history and signature cities. Before retirement, Cindy worked for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid where she worked with nursing home quality and enforcement policies.
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Mark Grubbs is originally from and grew up in Richmond, VA. He has lived in several states and in South Korea. He has a B.S. in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech, and an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mark has worked with computers for the last 35+ years in several occupations: engineering, aircraft piloting, teaching in universities abroad, and in vocational ministry. In 2016, he began his own business, Mark’s Help LLC, in which he helps people in their homes with their technology, mostly computers and smart phones. Mark began teaching at LLI in 2015 and hopes to continue into the foreseeable future.
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Mary Gutberlet has been interested in meditative and positive energy practices for physical and spiritual health since she was in graduate school. She attended Tai Chi classes elsewhere in the Richmond area in the late 1990s. After retiring, she joined LLI in 2015, primarily because Tai Chi instruction was offered. She has been a student in Damir Strmel's Tai Chi classes since the Fall of 2016. Mary has bachelor's and master's degrees in general and special education. During her 37.5 years in Education, she taught in two Virginia public school divisions as well as in the Hospital Education Program at what is now known as Children's Hospital at VCU. She eventually became an outpatient Educational Consultant. In this role, she served as an advocate for her patients and as the liaison between various medical teams and the school teams of her patients. Mary enjoys going to museums, plays, concerts, and movies. She likes to travel, is an avid reader, loves the beach and the mountains, and very much enjoys walking and hiking.
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Yon Han is a Program Coordinator with the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project (KSCPP). KSCPP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is dedicated to raising awareness of Korean history and culture. In appreciation for the United States’ support for Korea during the Korean War and in the years that followed, KSCPP has held over 2,000 presentations about the history and culture of Korea throughout the country. Internationally, they have hosted complimentary presentations over 14,000 times.
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Allie Harris has been involved in music throughout her life. She studied piano, flute, and voice. Allie majored in Music Education at Brigham Young University, performed as a soprano soloist, and taught private voice at Eastern Arizona College. Presently she performs in the Cantus Cantores Madrigal Singers as a vocalist and flutist and serves as a musician for her church. Allie sees the LLI Wind Ensemble as a course for musicians of intermediate to advanced skills where they can maintain or increase their level of performance and enjoy all types of music in an ensemble setting.
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Patrick Held works for Chesterfield County Public Schools in the Department of Communications and Community Engagement within the Office of Family and Community Engagement. Dr. Held previously served the school district as a middle school principal for four years, high school assistant principal for five years, a secondary school dean of students for two years, and taught theatre arts and communications for eight years. He serves as an adjunct professor for Virginia Commonwealth University and Averett University. Other administrative posts have been at the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation and The Richmond Theatre Company for Children. Dr. Held has experience providing educational opportunities in fostering community partnerships; funding requests and grant development; volunteer coordinating, and several other “soft skills” training opportunities including presentation skills and voice and diction. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and experiences to assist adult learners in their post-secondary educational journeys.
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Shawn Hicks works for Genworth Financial on Care Management initiatives. Shawn has her Masters in Rehab Counseling. She is also a wife and mom to two young girls. In her free time, she enjoys practicing the art of macrame. Shawn has made gorgeous macrame pieces to include wall hangings and curtains. She is excited about this class to blend her love of working with older adults and macrame.
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Diana Hinman has a lifelong love of the arts. She loves experimenting with all mediums, and particularly loves colored pencils. Her first colored pencil class was taught by Laura Evans and she has since taken LLI Art classes led by Brian Austin, Hal Cauthen, Marti Franks, Bev Perdue, Patrice Reese, Sandy Schimmel Gold, and others. She has been a member of LLI since 2015 and enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, gardening, and playing with her grandkids.
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LaVae Hoffman teaches basic and advanced paper craft techniques in the Charlottesville area. She hosts monthly card and scrapbook workshops and special craft events using Stampin’ Up© products.
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Darnell Hoose has an MBA in Finance and is an IRS-approved tax pro. She was a Dean in Georgetown University’s MBA program as well as a computer programmer in Dartmouth’s engineering and business schools. When Darnell retired, it was time for a change, so she took drawing, painting and sculpting classes at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VMFA, the Art Factory and studied directly under multiple artists in the area. She has been an LLI member since 2013.
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Maryann Horgan is a retired biology teacher, Master Gardener, storyteller, writer, lover of good books, and doting grandmother. She has been an LLI member since 2019.
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Marie Ireland has taught craft classes with LLI for many years. She enjoys paper crafting, pottery, quilting, and more.
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B. Ellen Johnson PhD, holds two degrees in nuclear engineering and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. She studied and performed research in the energy field for over twenty years before switching careers to teach and tutor high school math and physics. Dr. Johnson strives to make math, physics, and engineering engaging and understandable to students at all levels.
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Chip Johnson is a firefighter with Chesterfield Fire and EMS. He is currently assigned to the Midlothian Fire Station No. 5 in Chesterfield County. Chip started his fire service career as a volunteer within the same agency at Station 11 and was later hired as a career firefighter in 2000. Chip has been assigned to both engine and truck companies within the organization and is an active member of the Central Virginia Technical Rescue Team. He is also a member of Powhatan Volunteer Fire Department Company 4. Chip is a second-generation firefighter following in his father’s footsteps who retired from Henrico Division of Fire after almost 30 years of service.
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Stacey Jones is a follower of Jesus. She has been married to her husband, Jeff, for over 30 years and is a mother to four adult children. Stacey currently serves as the Executive Director of the Mercy Mall of Virginia. A native Floridian, she loves to hang out with her family, care for her plants, organize, and visit coffee shops!
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Frances Judd is a Jersey Girl who used her nursing education to travel to Minnesota, Texas, and Virginia. After retiring, she became involved in the Salisbury Garden Club. Fran joined LLI after hearing about the Institute during a pedicure. She has two sons. One lives in Lexington, KY which is great for the races, and one lives in Minneapolis which is great for everything else. Her four grandchildren live in Kentucky.
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Rick Kaerwer was born and raised outside of Boston and has lived in Chesterfield County for more than 30 years. He is happily married with grown twin sons. Rick is a big fan of ukuleles and has been playing since 2018. He also played the guitar from 1976 to 1980 and has been singing since he was a wee child. Rick has been an LLI member since 2021 and has taught and co-taught the Beginning Ukulele course since 2022. He enjoys playing with the Lifelong Musicians. Why play with six strings when four will do? Come join the Beginning Ukulele class to find out.
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Randall Kaker was born and raised in Wisconsin (Go Pack!) and got his degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He moved to Virginia in 1980 and taught Math and Statistics for Chesterfield Schools from 1980 until he retired in 2011. Randall has been very happily married since 1975 and has two children who live nearby. He has been playing the guitar since 1961 and truly enjoys the Lifelong Musicians group and all the friends he has made there.
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Melissa Kast Ackley LCSW, is Prevention Services Manager at Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services and co-chair of the Chesterfield Suicide Awareness and Prevention Coalition.
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Mel Kauffman spent 35 years with the CIA dealing with communications, networking, and security. He holds ISCET certifications in Electronics/Radio/Computers and NRI certification in computers. Mel has been using computers since 1984.
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Dorota Kawka E-RYT 200, took her first yoga class in 1996 while pregnant with her first child and instantly fell in love with it. She was certified to teach yoga in 2008 and has been teaching ever since. Dorota especially enjoys working with older adults, teaching a variety of Chair Yoga, Senior Yoga and Gentle Yoga classes at different locations in the Richmond area. She is delighted to be able to share her practice with the LLI family.
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Suzanne Kelly is a retired Chesterfield County teacher with degrees in Business Education and English. She taught for 47 years in North Carolina and in various county junior and senior high schools. In 2001, she and Dr. Sarah Mansfield created Teachers for Tomorrow, a program for juniors and seniors interested in becoming teachers. The program has been used at James River and Midlothian High Schools since then. She began her teaching career in Chesterfield in the LLI building in 1969 and returned as a member in 2015.
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Linda Kerman earned her Master of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts. She has taught literature in high school and community college settings, frequently moderating class discussions. Linda has one son and three grandchildren, all of whom are "bookworms." She loves to read the same teen novels as her grandchildren, so they can have lively discussions. She has been an LLI member since 2016.
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Whitney Kern LCSW, is a behavioral consultant with Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services. She works with children, families, and professionals on behavior management, development, communication, and social-emotional skills training.
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Margaret King is the author of the Hazel Rose Book Group mysteries. Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Death by Cupcake, and Murder by the Glass. Maggie is a member of James River Writers, International Thriller Writers, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and is a founding member of Sisters in Crime Central Virginia, where she manages the chapter’s Instagram account. In addition, she serves Sisters in Crime on the national level as a member of the Social Media team. Maggie graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in Business Administration, and has worked as a software developer, customer service supervisor, and retail sales manager. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, Glen, and her cats, Morris and Olive. Maggie has been an LLI member since 2022.
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Evelyn Klumb is the past president and member of the Oxford Garden Club in Richmond and The Gardeners of Watchung Hills in New Jersey. She is a member of Ikebana of Richmond and studies Ikenobo, Sogetsu, Ohara and Keika Kazan. Evelyn worked with a floral designer in New Jersey and enjoys sharing the art of floral design. She became an LLI member in 2022.
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James Knego is a retired hippie with degrees in philosophy, political science, and executive leadership. He spent over 30 years working in the communications industry managing large sales organizations in VP and Executive Director roles. It is his belief that our individual lives have purpose and meaning with unlimited possibilities. Jim has been an LLI member since 2022.
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Christopher Kolakowski is the Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and former Director of the MacArthur Memorial. He has written and spoken extensively on military history.
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Bette Kot MLIS, is a retired librarian. Her passion is genealogy! Bette welcomes others with the same interest to join her classes for adventures into the past.
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Trupti Girish Kulkarni has been meditating for over 20 years and has been a certified instructor since 2006 with the Heartfulness Institute. She was born and brought up in India and earned an MS in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas. T worked in Pharmaceuticals as a project manager and is now retired to enjoy the real life. She is blessed with a husband and two kids. She loves self-development, meditation, traveling, cooking, reading, painting, drawing, as well as teaching math, meditation and cooking. T has been an LLI member since 2015.
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Steve Kunnmann has been an LLI member since 2013. He also serves as Treasurer on the LLI Board of Directors. Steve has degrees in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
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Rachel Lawson is the Program Manager for the Alzheimer’s Association supporting the Greater Richmond Chapter. She has been with the Alzheimer’s Association since July 2018 after completing her internship with the association in the Spring of 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotions and a Master of Science in Public Health, both from Lynchburg College. Prior to the Alzheimer’s Association, she worked in medical office administration and non-profit health organizations. Rachel always strives to bring education and awareness to those impacted by all forms of dementia through the services and support of the association.
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John Lemza graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1976. He served over 20 years in the Army with more than eight years abroad in Asia and Europe. His last assignment was at the Pentagon. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005 with an MA in History and from George Mason University in 2014 with a PhD in History. His research interests are post-1945 America, the Cold War, the history of immigration, consumerism, and military history. John currently teaches history at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been a member of the LLI teaching faculty since 2005. He is a member of the LLI, sits on the Board of Directors, and currently serves as President. He has published two books, American Military Communities in West Germany: Life in the Cold War Badlands, 1945-1990 (2016), and The Big Picture: The Cold War on the Small Screen (2021).
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Juana Levi is a retired registered nurse who studied Art History at the University of Maryland. She is a mother of two daughters, who are both teachers, and a grandmother of four. She and her husband have been LLI members since 2013.
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Lewis Levi graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a BS in Computer Science. He worked with computers for Signet, AT&T and IBM. He and his wife have been LLI members since 2013.
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Suzanne Levitas has an extensive background in music performance as a vocal soloist and with Chamber and choral ensembles. Her area of study is early music performance and performance standards. Suzanne has performed opera, madrigal/motet ensembles, oratorio, recitals, and choral and orchestral conducting, taught voice privately, and has been a music instructor at both high school and university levels. Suzanne’s real passion is the transcription of early music notation to modern notation and early music performance standards. Today, Suzanne teaches classical music history seminars (history, music theory, music appreciation, Baroque music, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, music of Scandinavia and Iberia, and music of the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the Baltics) to adult learners. In 2013, Suzanne founded, and is the current Artistic Director for the a cappella music ensemble CANTUS CANTORES Madrigal Singers (CCMS). The CCMS vision is to study and to perform early, a cappella music for audiences new to the art form. Suzanne has a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Master of Arts, Musicology. Her doctoral studies focused on Ladino Music of the Golden Age of Spain (1580-1680) with Dumbarton Oaks Scholar, Miloš Velimirović at the University of Virginia. Outside of music, she holds a Master of Science in Information Science, Catholic University, and a Master of Information Technology, Drexel University. Suzanne has been a member of LLI since 2011 and has taught classical music classes since 2013.
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Annebel Lewis is a Socio-Cultural Anthropologist whose primary research is in ritual, belief systems, and mythology. She is retired from California State University Fullerton and from Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. She appeared in Who's Who in American Women in 91-92 and has been published in various professional journals. Annebel has been a faculty member of LLI since 2007 and serves on the Board of Directors.
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Joanna Lurie has a master’s degree in health administration, a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Biology and is a certified Medical Technologist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology at a master’s level. She is also certified in database designs. Joanna was the chemistry laboratory supervisor for 20 years in a major Long Island hospital. In addition, she worked as the Laboratory Information Systems Coordinator for six years. She taught Clinical Chemistry as an adjunct professor for the State University of NY at Farmingdale, New York. At St. Gabriel’s Parish, Joanna is a lector, serves on the Adult Faith Formation ministry, is a member of Women in God’s Spirit (WINGS) group, a member of the book club, and a member of a Bible study group since 2007, and has taken over 50 Bible study classes. She has served on the LLI faculty since 2006.
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Marilyn Mare is a retired Chesterfield County teacher who taught at J. B. Watkins Elementary School. She joined LLI in 2007 and is an active member who volunteers whenever needed. She also enjoys teaching Mah Jongg to fellow LLI students!
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Karen Masley comes from a creative family and has been drawing and painting since she was very young. Having no formal art education, she began to take art more seriously in her thirties when, as a member of various art groups, she was mentored by well-known artists in Texas and Florida. Now at LLI, Karen has enjoyed classes with Brian Austin, Marti Franks, and Hal Cauthen. Karen loves to look for inspiration in nature, capturing vivid colors and textures in her work and bringing her interpretation of the beauty and gloriousness of God's creation. Though she occasionally works in other mediums. Karen's favorites are watercolor and colored pencil. Karen has been an LLI member since 2017.
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Leslie Matthews is citizen of both the US and the UK and has pursued her studies and a career on both sides of the Atlantic. She studied with Metropolitan Opera sopranos, Judith Raskin and Clarice Carson in New York, and with Madame Lo Siew Tuan in the UK. Beginning her career as a mezzo, Leslie made the switch to the full-lyric/dramatic soprano repertoire, including; Fiordiligi in “Cosi fan Tutte”, the Countess in “Figaro,” Leonora in “Il Trovatore,” Amelia in Ballo in “Maschera,” Mimi in “La Boheme,” First Lady in “Magic Flute,” Maddalena in “Andrea Chenier,” Violetta in “La Traviata,” the title role in “Tosca,” and Giulietta and the Voice in “Tales of Hoffmann.” Leslie founded the Metropolitan Lyric Theatre in the NYC area and now resides in Chester.
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Anne McAneny has self-published ten novels, one of which was republished by Thomas & Mercer. She won the 2022 James River Writers Best Self-Published Novel contest for "Better Left Unsaid" and was runner-up in the same contest in 2018. She consults on the self-publishing process and offers editing services.
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Bryan McChesney is a minister, chaplain, and educator. He has earned AA, BA, MRE, MDiv, and ThM degrees, culminating in a Doctoral Degree, from the University of Richmond, Campbell, Wake Forest, University of South Carolina, Virginia Tech, and Ruschlion.
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Alan McCrea is a transplant from the Philadelphia suburbs with some South Carolina heritage. He studied mechanical engineering at Cornell and did graduate study in control theory in Aachen, Germany. Alan also worked for industrial companies there and in Austria. In 1967 Robertshaw Controls Company hired him in Richmond to develop what was probably the world's first computerized energy management system for commercial buildings. Early projects included the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington and the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. After fourteen years, Alan began consulting in control and microprocessor applications and now has fun publishing word puzzles. He's enjoyed being a member of LLI since 2012.
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Linda McDorman has been in the fitness industry since 1990 and is certified by the American Council on Exercise as a Group Fitness Instructor, AFAA for Personal Training, Yoga Alliance RYT200 for many yoga formats, Stott Pilates, and Mad Dogg Spinning for cycling. Her passion is helping others become healthier and stronger through exercise.
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Beth Mercer taught choral music in Chesterfield County for 33 years and retired in 2012. She has spent the last 40 years working in musical theater where she has directed and choreographed numerous shows for various schools, local churches and community theater. She is currently working with "Broken Leg Theater." Beth is so happy to be a member of LLI and this community since 2018.
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Albert Meyer is a locally-educated Richmond native and graduate of Georgetown University. He served active duty with the ROTC Commission with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Korea, the Dominican Republic and U.S. Army Reserves (Civil Affairs and Military Government). Al joined the family manufacturing and contracting business as a major supplier to the retail department store industry. Later he became a Commercial Real Estate Broker, a Chesterfield County appointed member to the Metropolitan Economic Development Commission, and he was appointed a 12-year term on the Eppington Plantation Board of Directors. Al has been married to Lil, a dream, since 1967, has three married sons, and nine grandchildren. He still enjoys being a kid! Al has been an LLI member since 2018.
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John Morris was raised in Midlothian and graduated from Benedictine College Prep with honors. He holds an associate’s degree from John Tyler Community College in Studio Art, bachelors of arts degrees from the College of William and Mary in Government and from Virginia Commonwealth University in Graphic Design, and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Studio Art. John has eight years of experience teaching art and design at the university level, and he has been intensely studying health and nutrition for the last 10 years.
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Angie Morriss is a Certified Bereavement Counselor and former educator. She has worked for J.T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home and has volunteered with Crater Community Hospice as a grief group counselor since 2013. Angie works part-time as a bereavement counselor and outreach assistant with Crater Community Hospice, educating the community about the non-profit’s services and programs. She is a member of the Chesterfield Council on Aging, the CCA Caregiver Committee, and the Tri-Cities Alzheimer’s Council. She is also a board member for the Petersburg Home for Ladies.
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Dorothy Moses has been an LLI member since 2008. She’s an aspiring writer and has participated in several critique groups.
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Jennifer Moss has served as the Outreach and Education Director for Bliley’s Funeral Home in Richmond Virginia since 2016, providing End of Life Care education to groups around the Commonwealth. Moss serves on leadership of the Central Virginia Bereavement Coalition and the RVA Better Aging Forum and has served as President of the Richmond Senior Network for three years. Prior to employment at Bliley’s Ms. Moss served as a Community Outreach liaison for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Victim Compensation Program where she provided education on victim’s rights in the criminal justice field for over 15 years. Ms. Moss holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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Clay Mountcastle PhD, was appointed Director of the Virginia War Memorial in June 2016. He is retired US Army officer, whose military service took him to Germany, South Korea, and Iraq and on assignments with the 82nd Airborne Division, US Army 5th Corps, and US Army Special Operations Command. His last assignment on active duty was as Professor of Military Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Montcastle grew up in an Army family on military bases in Europe. He is a 1994 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and holds a masters degree and PhD in Military History from Duke University. Just before reporting to the Virginia War Memorial, he served as an Assistant Professor of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Lee, Virginia. Dr. Mountcastle has three children and lives in Chesterfield County.
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Wayne Moyer is a 2004 graduate of the University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies and holds a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts. He retired from Lowe's after 10 years as a kitchen designer and has been active in numerous volunteer organizations. He is currently active with the Brandermill Midlothian Woodlake Lions Club as a past president and current eyesight coordinator. Wayne has been an LLI member since 2017.
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Mary Jane Murphy has a B.S. in Home Economics Education and a B.A. in Studio Art. She brings 25 years teaching experience to LLI and has been a member at Chesterfield LLI since 2010.
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Sharon Napper has been a resident of Virginia since 1999 and has served the community of Central Virginia as a special education teacher assistant, pediatric nurse, cardiac acute care nurse, orthopedic step-down nurse, and a medical surgery clinical nurse for 16 years. A Certified Dementia Practitioner and Professional Trainer for the state with the Greater Richmond Chapter Alzheimer’s Association since 2019, Sharon loves educating professionals and the public about Alzheimer’s, and learning how to better serve the people of Virginia.
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Fred Nelson is a retired Air Force major general who served as a fighter pilot for most of his 36 years of duty. He also served at the Pentagon, in NATO Headquarters and has lived in Europe, Asia, the Pacific region and the Middle East.
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Matthew Nichol is a Museum Educator at the John Marshall House, with a particular interest in political and legal history as it pertains to the Great Chief Justice, John Marshall. Matthew is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently pursuing his Master's in Education from the University of Richmond.
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Nana Ataa Ofosu-Benefo is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and the owner of Tungsten Wellness, LLC, a medical nutrition therapy and wellness private practice. Her non-diet nutrition counseling approach is grounded in intuitive eating and Health At Every Size principles, support for radical self-acceptance, and is weight- and size-inclusive. Ms. Ofosu-Benefo also currently works as an Adjunct Lecturer at Southside Virginia Community College and Virginia State University. For thirteen years prior to starting her own business, Ms. Ofosu-Benefo worked as a Clinical Dietitian for Morrison Healthcare at VCU Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. Her experiences include all aspects of acute care coverage (general med-surg floors and the ICU), the dialysis unit, labor and delivery, the oncology center, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation classes, community diabetes education classes, precepting dietetic interns, food service management and interdisciplinary staff training/development.
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Judith Onesty has been making jewelry for over 20 years. She has taken classes from some of the most well-respected jewelry instructors in the country. She loves hammering the metal and changing the shape. She works in a variety of techniques and enjoys introducing others to the fun and sense of accomplishment that making jewelry can bring. Judith has also been a healthy diet advocate since the 1970s. She specializes in quick and easy recipes that are full of flavor with interesting and varied ingredients. She has been telling stories professionally for over 25 years and started telling tandem stories with Les Schaffer in 1999. They still tell stories and lead storytelling workshops, encouraging everyone to find their inner storyteller.
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Timothy Pace received a Juris Doctorate degree from Creighton University in 1972, and was a senior adviser to the Board of Veterans Appeals from 1972 to 1990. After presidential appointment, Timothy served as Administrative Law judge for the Social Security Administration from 1990 to 2014 handling primarily Medicare cases and Disability claims. In that capacity, he presided in various courtroom proceedings along the east coast at hearing sites in eight states and in the District of Columbia. From time to time, he was called upon to lecture to fellow judges and administrative personnel on the nuances of ever-changing laws governing the administration on Social Security benefits. He has been a member of LLI since 2014.
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Josh Pachter recently retired from a fifty-year career as a college educator, most recently at Northern Virginia Community College. In addition to teaching, he is a writer, editor, and translator of short crime fiction. In 2020, the Short Mystery Fiction Society awarded him its Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement. He has been an LLI instructor since early 2022.
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Mike Pagel is a retired high school chemistry and physics teacher who has been a student and teacher of the Bible since college. In his church, he has taught two-year overviews of the Bible, in depth studies of individual books, and courses in creative Bible teaching techniques. Mike has been involved in the leadership of the Bible discussion class since becoming an LLI member in 2017.
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Paula Peaden practices in the areas of Trust and Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates Administration, Elder Law, Long Term Care & Disability Planning, Special Needs Trusts, and Guardianships. She was named the Best Elder Care Lawyer in Richmond in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. Her knowledge and professionalism are evidenced by a number of other accolades, including her appointment to the 2014 Virginia Business Legal Elite, the 2013 Class of Leaders in the Law, Best Lawyers in America® for Trusts and Estate, Virginia Super Lawyers for Trusts and Estates and Elder Law and AV-rated Martindale Hubbell Preeminent Women Lawyers. She began her professional career as a registered nurse after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree from Mount St. Mary’s College. She received her legal education from George Mason University. She is a member of the Trust & Estate Section and a past chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Elder Law Section of the Virginia State Bar. She also is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Special Needs Alliance and Estate Planning Council of Richmond. Her published works include: Popular Types of Trusts and Considerations for Their Use, chapter written for Aspatore Law Books Inside the Minds series, “Best Practice For Structuring Trusts and Estates” (January 2015) and Specials Needs Trusts, Virginia Lawyers Weekly (May 2014).
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Beverly Perdue has been creating in oils and watercolors for the past thirty years. She has been recognized with several national and international awards in both mediums. Bev was awarded Best in Watercolor, for the second time, in the 2017 Virginia Watercolor Society Show. Her style of teaching is to guide and encourage students to find their own individual art voice.
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Sandy Phillips has a degree in Music and Music Education. She continued her studies at the University of Richmond, VCU, and Westminster Choir College. Her performance majors were piano and organ, with a minor in vocal production. She taught public and private school music in Virginia, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois and has also been a church organist and choral director. She has performed in musicals, and other theatrical productions and has been an instructor at LLI since 2013.
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Doug Pick joined Feed More as President and CEO in November 2012. Prior to this role, he spent 12 years as an executive with Capital One in Richmond, where he was highly regarded for his ability to drive complex, corporate-wide change. Doug received his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Management at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. Doug currently serves as the Chair for the Federation of Virginia Food Banks and as the Co-Chair for the VCU Health Equity Steering Committee. Dedicated to the community, Doug has served on numerous local boards, state committees and national task forces.
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Barbara Powers has been teaching Sign Language for over 40 years. She studied for 3 years at the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults in Sands Point, New York. She has taught both privately and corporately for many years. Barbara joined LLI in 2016 and invites her fellow LLI members to come and learn a type of communication that is beautiful, rewarding and practical.
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Anita Prince is a native Virginian and a 44-year resident of Chesterfield County. She retired in 2018 after 44 years of service to the Commonwealth in five different agencies, including Social Services, the Department for Children, the Department of Education, the Department of Correctional Education, and the Department of Corrections. A member of faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University in the School of Social Work and the School of Education, she received her undergraduate degree in Psychology/Biology from Radford College and her masters degree and Doctorate in Adult Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently volunteers at Joy House working with homeless women, on the African American Committee of the Chesterfield Historical Society, and more recently with the Lifelong Learning Institute. Anita has been an LLI member since 2022.
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Carol Pritchard is a French teacher who taught beginning, intermediate, advanced and adult education classes for forty years. She taught in the school systems of Baltimore City and County, Maryland; Pittsford, New York; and Chesterfield County, Virginia. Locally, she taught at Monacan High School (until 1994) and James River High School (until 2008). She retired from CCPS in July 2008 and has been a member of LLI since 2009.
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Rachel Ramirez has been the Executive Director at LLI in Chesterfield since March 2014. She previously worked for four years in IT and as a Financial Team Manager for a nonprofit in Mechanicsville. Before that she was an Assistant Branch Manager with First Market Bank in Richmond and a Store Manager at Starbucks Coffee Company. Rachel has enjoyed attending and serving with Clover Hill Church since 2003 and is grateful for the opportunities she has had to work with Give Hope 2 Kids, a children's home in the mountains of Honduras. Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Management from Regent University in 2006 and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from VCU in 2018. Rachel and her husband, Luis, love spending time with their two boys, their family and friends, as well as biking, hiking, and traveling!
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Waite Rawls retired at the end of 2019. He previously served as the President of the American Civil War Museum Foundation. He received a B.A. at Virginia Military Institute and was awarded an M.B.A. and J. D. by the University of Virginia. Some of the positions he held in the banking, investment, and money markets fields were: Managing Director, Chemical Bank, New York; Vice Chairman, Continental Bank, Chicago; Executive Vice President, The Chicago Corporation; and Chief Operating Officer of Ferrell Capital Management, Greenwich, Conn. He also led a start-up technology company and has been a visiting or adjunct professor at University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and Illinois Institute of Technology.
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David Reynolds earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Lynchburg in 2016. He now manages the CORA Physical Therapy in Midlothian, VA where he specializes in the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders. David believes in leveraging the body's natural healing processes through movement and encouraging patients to manage their impairments with less reliance on medications and surgeries. On several occasions, David has done medical missions as a physical therapist in North Africa, including mentoring and teaching local providers and taking PT students from various universities on clinical rotations.
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Katie Reynolds is the Manager of Tour Services at Agecroft Hall and Gardens. She has been working at the museum since 2004 and holds a B.A. degree in history. She looks forward to welcoming LLI students to learn about the unique historic home, British history, and the gardens.
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Kimberly Rideout is currently a Fire and Life Safety Educator for Chesterfield Fire and EMS in Virginia. She has more than 19 years of experience in public safety, serving in career and volunteer roles. She volunteers her time with the Tidewater Critical Incident Stress Management Team in Hampton Roads, Virginia and has most recently become an authorized volunteer for Operation Lifesaver. Kimberly is a graduate of the Southside Regional Fire Academy, has attended the National Fire Academy, and holds multiple degrees from Radford University.
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Jessica Robison is the Emergency Management Public Outreach Coordinator for Chesterfield County. She manages the Chesterfield County Emergency Management staff, who are highly experienced professionals in the areas of emergency planning, mitigation, response, and recovery and are committed to enhancing the resilience of the County though providing comprehensive preparedness training to those who work, live, or play in Chesterfield. Jessica also serves as the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordinator which encompasses over 1,300 trained volunteers. Jessica’s background is in volunteer programs and management. In 2013, she became a certified Master Resiliency Trainer (MRT) through the University of Pennsylvania and the Department of the Army. As an MRT, she taught soldiers and family members how to build skills that would allow them to survive and then thrive in difficult situations. Jessica’s passion is to educate and empower residents to play an active role in the well-being of themselves and their communities. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Crime, Law and Justice from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Western Governors University with a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management.
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Matt Rogers was raised in Chesterfield County, graduated from James River High School, and then graduated from Longwood University with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Corporal Rogers has served with the Chesterfield County Police Department for 16 years. During that time, he has served as a patrol officer, school resource officer, and is currently assigned to the Community Engagement Unit. Corporal Rogers is the coordinator for the Chesterfield County Police Department's Citizen's Academies and the Project Lifesaver program. He also assists in teaching crisis intervention for the Chesterfield County Police Department's CIT program.
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Misi Rose is a wife and mom to two adult children and the Director of Operations for the Mercy Mall of Virginia.
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Margo Roseum is a term education technician at Shenandoah National Park. Education and Interpretation Rangers in Shenandoah National Park work to connect people with nature both in person and virtually. Margo has worked at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Olympic National Park before working at Shenandoah National Park since April 2021. Margo enjoys hiking and exploring throughout the country and bringing the magic of Shenandoah National Park to everyone.
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Audrey Ross was born and raised in the Village of Midlothian, Virginia, attended Midlothian Elementary School, and graduated from Carver High School in Chester, Virginia in 1968. Audrey earned a B.S. degree in Professional Biology from N.C. A &T State University in Greensboro, N.C. in 1972, and a Master of Public Health degree from VCU/MCV in Richmond, VA., in 1998. A retired Senior Scientist from the Commonwealth of Virginia, she serves as Historian at First Baptist Church of Midlothian, and is a member of the African American History Committee of the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia (CHSV).
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Patricia Ryther is retired from a career in banking and insurance. She has a degree in English Literature and has taught at the community college level. In retirement, she’s fascinated with both history and literature. She enjoys learning about the historical figures who helped to create our modern world and is always eager to share their stories at LLI. She has been an LLI member since 2018.
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George Saunders is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. A lifelong student of railroad history, he has been an active member of the Old Dominion Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society for more than 40 years. Contributing in countless capacities, including serving on the board of directors, he currently serves as the facilities rental manager for the chapter’s museum in Richmond, Virginia. In the past, George has done PowerPoint presentations on “The Development of Trains in the South and their Use in 1864” and “Railroad Communications in 1864” at the American Civil War Museum, the Richmond Railroad Museum, and LLI as part of the Sesquicentennial lecture series on the war.
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Les Schaffer is a great-grandfather with a strong inner comedian (and absolutely no ability to tell a joke) who listens to, tells, and teaches about stories in a wide variety of settings. A founding member of The Tell Tale Hearts: Storyteller’s Theater and TwoTellersTelling: Tandem Storytelling Troupe, Les writes and tells stories that help heal, teach, and bring a laugh or a tear (often in the same story). In his quest to avoid as many household chores as possible, he teaches storytelling and related classes at the Lifelong Learning Institute and other storytelling, religious, and educational organizations. As a teenager, one of Les' first jobs was with a NYC political organization, which sparked a lifelong interest in the machinations and comedy of politicians and political systems. He claims all his stories are true, even the ones he makes up and he hopes that his work awakens the storyteller and story-listener within you.
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Bonnie Scimone serves as the Lead Community Outreach and Marketing Specialist for The VirginiaNavigator Family of Websites. Bonnie has been with the organization since 2006. She graduated from Longwood University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics and received her Elementary Education Teaching Certificate from Virginia Commonwealth University. Bonnie has one son in Georgia, one daughter in Chesterfield and five grandchildren. Bonnie resides in Chesterfield County and serves Central Virginia and Tidewater.
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Marlene Scott Ed.D., began her professional career in Virginia as a school teacher in King and Queen County. She then received a Master’s Degree in Counseling Education, followed by a Doctor of Education from George Washington University. Before retiring, Dr. Scott served as a school administrator for over 16 years. Upon her retirement from Chesterfield County Schools, she became a Master Gardener in 2015 and has volunteered her services educating both children and adults in the benefits and joys of gardening. Each day, Dr. Scott learns something new about our beautiful Earth and continues to do her small part to sustain our environment.
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Tom Seaborn is a native of Newport News, Virginia. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. After serving three years as a company grade officer in the Army Medical Service Corps, he started his career in Consulting Engineering and Construction Management. In 1998, he became the design manager of semiconductor wafer fabrication plants for Motorola and Siemens. He has been a member of LLI since 2018 and has been active in the genealogy and memoir writing classes.
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William Seay is a professor in the Economics department at VCU and the History department at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. He was previously an affiliated professor of History and Geography at John Tyler Community College. He is also a visiting summer lecturer on call at Concordia and McGill Universities in Montreal as well as at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and for the School of Continuing Education at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in Great Britain. In November 2014, William was invested as a KM (Knight Member) in The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem (the oldest British Crusader order that dates back to 1109 AD). Presently, William serves as a supply minister for the Presbyterian Church USA. He is completing commissioned pastor training between Union Presbyterian and Princeton Seminaries with graduation from Princeton in 2020.
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Emme Simon is a Transformational Energy Intuitive and Integrative “Love Life” Coach. She empowers and guides heart-centered folks to break through the log jams of life and acknowledge and heal their own heart and soul, claim their value, and live their best life. Emme speaks on several books, in-cluding There is Nothing Wrong, Healing Your Body, and Life-Force - Experience Paradise in Your Lifetime.
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Kevin Skellett is a pastor at Southside Church, founder of Love Never Ends ministry, and a member of the Chesterfield Suicide Awareness and Prevention Coalition.
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Georgia Smith is currently a Crime Prevention Specialist for Multi-Family Housing with the Chesterfield County Police Department and has been in this position since its creation in April 2006. She assists with the Project Lifesaver program in Chesterfield County and provides presentations to various groups and organizations on crime prevention topics and gang awareness. Georgia is the current president of the Capital Region Crime Prevention and Education organization and works closely with a variety of agencies throughout the Commonwealth to provide crime prevention information and programming. She began her career with the Chesterfield County Police Department in 2000 as an Auxiliary Police Officer. Prior to Georgia’s current position, she worked for the police department as an Intelligence Analyst from 2001-2006. In her capacity as an Intelligence Analyst, she worked with multiple state agencies gathering information related to crimes involving drugs, gangs and terrorism. Georgia holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in Business from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana.
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Shawn Smith serves as the State Director for the Virginia Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP). He is an ordained minister, a certified business coach, and author of "101 Fraud Tips for Protecting Your Money, Your Credit and Your Identity from Thieves Hackers and Scammers". Shawn has had a long career in serving underserved and marginalized communities and he is passionate about advocating for others, but also empowering others to become self-advocates. He has two sons, Shawn and Vaughn and lives in Richmond, VA.
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Shelvey Smith has been involved with doing handwork since she was young. Shelvey began cross stitching, then crocheting, and at the beginning of 2022, learned to knit at LLI. It has been very enjoyable! She has met a lot of nice people willing to share their knowledge and friendship and hopes others will come join the Knitters United group. Shelvey has been an LLI member since 2019.
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Shep Smith is a native of Richmond. He holds a Bachelor's degree from RPI, now VCU, and a Master's degree from the University of Richmond. He taught American history at Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield County for over 30 years.
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Efstathios Spinos MS, MD, is a neurointerventional radiologist specializing in neurovascular surgery. His special interests are in acute stroke management, intracranial aneurysm repair, and all types of brain and spine intervention including carotid stenting, brain tumor embolization, and kyphoplasty for the repair of benign and malignant fractures of the spine.
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Jean Beverly Stagg did not start painting until she was in her 60s. After her husband passed away, she decided it was time to focus on her own interests. In 2014, she started taking watercolor classes and discovered that she not only loves painting; she is good at it! Her passion is painting animals, but Jean enjoys working with various mediums from pastels to black iron pipes and prides herself on her willingness to continue exploring new materials and techniques. In 2016, she joined an art club. Now she shows her work at local galleries in the Richmond area and is a commissioned artist. Her love of the arts has made her a more outgoing person. Jean has been an LLI member since 2019.
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Martha Steger has worked on both sides of the media, having been a city magazine editor before being public relations director for the Virginia Tourism Corporation for more than 25 years. She's presently a freelance writer covering travel, business, and profiles for publications ranging from "Richmond" and "Virginia Living" magazines to BoomerMagazine.com.
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Kendalle Stock has been in the field of insurance in Chesterfield since 1985. A graduate of High Point University, Kendalle also earned her Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation in 1999. She has owned her own multi-line insurance agency, worked in the long-term care (LTC) insurance field, and in group benefits. In 2013, she decided to make Medicare her primary focus, realizing how so many people were overwhelmed and confused by this program. Her passion is to help educate her clients so they understand the options well enough to make informed decisions about this important part of retirement. More information can be found on her website: CommonwealthMedicareAdvisors.com
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Damir Strmel is the Director of Quantitative Development for a privately held Investment Advisor in Midlothian. He began Tai Chi play over 20 years ago. He studied Yang style Tai Chi Chuan (open hand) and Jian (straight sword) forms with Sensei Nate Mohler, D.O.M., Chen style Tai Chi Chuan with David Christophy, and Qi Gong with Alena Nikos in Sarasota FL. He has continued his Tai Chi play in Richmond by taking classes in Yang, Sun and Wu styles of Tai Chi Chuan, which gives him a knowledge of all four of the major styles of Tai Chi. Damir has been playing Brazilian, Cuban, and African percussion instruments for 40 years. He was on the founding board of the Empire Loisaida Samba School in New York City. He learned to play a variety of drums and hand-held percussion instruments in several styles of traditional Brazilian rhythms. Damir has also studied Afro-Cuban percussion and more recently in Santiago, Cuba. Damir’s other interests include creating art, playing and recording music, and enjoying the outdoors through hiking and golfing.
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Kerrigan Sullivan (She/Her) is currently the Department Chair of Performing Arts at Brightpoint and the Producing Artistic Director of the Lynn Theatre. Kerrigan has been in over a hundred plays since she began her career at the age of six. Her favorite professional credits include “A Christmas Carol” at Madison Square Garden, “The Batman Forever Stunt Show” at Six Flags Great Adventure, “Sex and the City”, and “Guiding Light.” Locally, her favorite roles include Becky in “Becky’s New Car” at CAT Theatre, Dinah in “The Quality of Life” at HATTheatre (RTCC nominated for Best Ensemble), and as Gene Stratton Porter in the one woman show “A Song in the Wilderness.” She directs locally including, “Wings” (RTCC nominated for Best Director), “The Fourth Wall,” and “This World We Know” at Firehouse Theatre Project. Kerrigan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College.
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Wayne Swatlowski began his adult career as a catholic priest and served for 15 years in various areas of Appalachia. After resigning and marrying, he worked with various non-profit homeless and low-income housing organizations. Wayne graduated Summa Cum Laude from Clown College at John Tyler Community College, has been clowning around for about 15 years with Clowns of America International and local Virginia Clown Alley #3. He retired three years ago and is now enjoying volunteer activities, reading, and watching birds and Netflix movies from his recliner. He continues to use bubbles, rocket balloons, and perform a little magic as Basa (his clown alter-ego) and loves the opportunity it provides him to be with kids and the young at heart. Wayne has been an LLI member since 2019.
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Nicole Thomas-Jackson Ed.D., has been in the fitness industry for over 15 years. A certified fitness instructor since 2001, Nicole has taught group fitness classes in a variety of settings. Classes have included high impact aerobics, low impact aerobics, lite physical fitness and senior fitness. Nicole has also taught elementary physical fitness and currently holds an elementary teaching certificate.
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Victor Thompson earned a BA in English Literature from Middlebury College (1963), an MA in English Literature from Rutgers University (1966), and a PhD in English and American Literature from Rutgers University (1972). He has published the following books: Eudora Welty: A Reference Guide (1976); The Trumpets of Jericho: A Romantic Novel about Bands and Musicians in the American Civil War (2004); Safe at Home: Baseball and Other Forms of Life in a Small New Jersey Town (2007) and Muses of Fire (2021). Vic has also written numerous articles and book reviews and performed with the Readers Theater and the Ya Ha Players at LLI. He taught at the University of Cincinnati (1966-1970) and Thomas Nelson Community College (1970-present), where he is now a Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor. He is married with three children and four grandchildren. He enjoys singing with the Virginians Barbershop Harmony Society, wood carving, swimming, dog walking, and more! Vic and his wife, Sharon, have been LLI members since 2013.
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William Thompson retired in 2013 with over forty years of experience in the electric energy business, including twenty years in charge of Dominion Energy’s portion of electric grid operations in Virginia and North Carolina. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, and a master’s degree in business administration from Averett University. He is the author of the book “Living on the Grid.” Currently, Bill resides in Chesterfield County where he is a member of the Lifelong Learning Institute.
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James Triesler has been the Director of Education at the Virginia War Memorial since October 2015. He currently serves as Historian on the Board of the Battle of the Bulge Association. In the past, he has served on the Board of the Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia. He has a degree in Political Science from East Carolina and a master’s degree in Education from VCU. For 25 years, Jim taught Social Studies in Virginia and was the recipient of numerous awards. He was the 2007 Chesterfield County Teacher of the Year and the Virginia State Region I Teacher of the Year. Jim is passionate about history education.
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Bryan Truzzie is the Historic Sites Supervisor for the Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation Department and a member of the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia.
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Mervin Warner has been carving since the mid 1980's and started carving to learn to represent objects in three dimensions versus the two dimensions of drawing. He has been a member of the James River Wood Carvers since the mid 80's. He prefers to carve objects in the round and enjoys carving sea mammals, masks and projects that provide a challenge such as whales, busts, and one-third size carousel horses.
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Sylvia Watford is the Senior Financial Education Specialist for Virginia Credit Union. Sylvia is pleased to lead financial education topics throughout the year for the Lifelong Learning Institute. Virginia Credit Union is the largest state-chartered credit union in Virginia and is a regional leader in financial education for members and the public.
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Chelsea Waybright is a PhD candidate in the Peace Studies program at Trinity College Dublin. Her academic background consists of religious studies, psychology, conflict transformation, and the expressive arts. Ultimately, her research goals are to further bridge the field of expressive arts with conflict studies to better understand community dynamics in times of social change with the hopes to address systemic issues such as xenophobia, extremism, and sectarianism in societies around the world. Her specific areas of interest are how the arts are used as both a tool for peacebuilding as well as propaganda in the contexts of ethno-sectarian conflict, including ethno-sectarian separation and border walls; mobile arts and geopolitics; far-right extremism; and the rise of Christian nationalism and militant Christianity in the United States.
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Jon Waybright is a field archaeologist and assistant professor in Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University where he has taught courses since 1997, focusing on World Religions, Biblical Studies, and Near Eastern Archaeology. He earned his Master of Theological Studies from Boston University’s School of Theology and holds degrees in History and Religious Studies from VCU. Mr. Waybright’s field experience is expansive and focuses on southern Israel. While spending a dozen seasons excavating at Ashkelon, he has conducted field research at Khirbet Qeiyafa, Tell Lachish, and Khirbet al-Rai. He has been the Experiential Coordinator for the School of World Studies since 2013 and is also a core faculty member in the VCU Open Minds Program with the Richmond City Justice Center where classes are held in tandem with both VCU students and incarcerated residents. Mr. Waybright leads a study abroad program to Israel in the summers, where students engage in archaeological research with a multi-university team of researchers.
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Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She writes the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and the Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries. Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, and Murder by the Glass. She is a member of Sisters in Crime – Central Virginia, Sisters in Crime – Chessie, Guppies, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers. She earned her BA in English from Virginia Wesleyan University and her MA in American Literature from the University of Richmond. Heather currently lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers.
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Jackie Weisgarber is a Public Affairs Specialist with the Social Security Administration. She’s based in Richmond and covers Social Security outreach and education throughout Central and Southwest Virginia. Jackie implements Social Security’s communications plan through local, regional, and national initiatives and supports 12 Social Security field offices in Virginia. Previously, she was a Claims Specialist for 10 years based in the Charleston, SC field office where she implemented Social Security policy, adjudicated claims and managed special projects while serving the public with compassion, courtesy, and respect. Prior to joining Social Security, Jackie was a Project Manager for a health benefits technology firm and a PR Specialist for a national nonprofit. Jackie has a BA in Journalism from The University of South Carolina and a Master’s in Public Administration from The College of Charleston.
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Judy Welp is a retired social worker who believes the last act is important, planning for the end of life is crucial, and having the resources to have constructive conversations with doctors is necessary. In 2020, Judy organized a group of volunteers from the Tidewater Compassion and Choices Action Team who are dedicated to educating people on being prepared for the end of life and the options available to them.
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Donna Whitfield is a current member of LLI. She is a former English teacher with Chesterfield County. She started beading in 1998 and specializes in bead weaving. Donna enjoys playing Mah Jongg and Triple Play with her friends.
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Jenny Wiley PhD, a Richmond native, earned her BS at the College of William and Mary and her PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University. Before her recent retirement, she designed and supervised a decades long program of federally funded preclinical research, focused on investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying the pharmacological effects of cannabinoids (including those found in the cannabis plant.) She is a former tenured professor in the medical school of Virginia Commonwealth University and an Emeritus Distinguished Fellow at RTI International, located in Research Triangle Park, NC. She has been an LLI member since 2022.
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Alan Winter graduated with honors in history from Rutgers. He studied creative writing at Columbia’s Graduate School of General Studies and earned professional degrees from NYU and Columbia, serving as an associate professor at both institutions. Alan has edited a professional journal and published more than twenty peer-reviewed articles. His screenplay, “Polly,” received honorable mention at the Austin Film Festival and became the basis for his novel “Island Bluffs.” Total, Alan has published four novels: “Island Bluffs,” “Snowflakes in the Sahara”, “Someone Else’s Son,” and “Savior’s Day,” the latter having been a Kirkus Review Best Book Selection of 2013. Additionally, he co-authored two highly acclaimed historical novels with Herb Stern - “Wolf” and “Sins of the Fathers” - which reveals little-known facts about the rise of Hitler, the Nazis, and how World War II was almost averted.
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Nena Woods has a BA in French and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and has taught all levels of Spanish since 1981. Her latest experience was teaching K-8th grade at the Sabot at Stony Point private school here in Richmond. She has traveled many times to Spain especially the Canary Islands where her mother's family lives.
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George Worthington is the Dementia Services Coordinator for Virginia's Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS). George supports the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Commission, reviews existing programs and works with other agencies to more effectively deliver services to Virginians living with dementia. He has worked in human services since 2012 after a career shift from being an economist in Asia and Australia and has a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
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Michael Wriston has been an adjunct member of the faculty at the University of Richmond for over 25 years and is the founder and president of The Reinvention Factory and The Competitive Edge. An established and published expert on leadership development and the creation of high-performance teams and cultures, Dr. Wriston has most recently developed broad and practical expertise on the development of talent, nurturing personal resiliency and enabling people to discover their gifts, their story and their life's purpose to ensure that they're able to fulfill their destiny. A native Vermonter and guardian of the environment, Dr. Wriston is a long-time soccer coach and the proud father of four remarkable sons.
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