RESEARCH & MARKETING Resume

Desired Industry: Multiple Job Offering	SpiderID: 17739
Desired Job Location: Spokane, Washington	Date Posted: 12/14/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Temporary	Availability Date: PRESENT
Desired Wage: 28000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75%
Highest Degree Attained: Doctoral	Willing to Relocate: Undecided

Objective:
Full or Part time employment with a local Spokane-based company and/or with Spokane affiliates of national or regional corporations

I have learned to live very inexpensively and can keep my salary needs lower than most similarly skilled professionals.

Experience:
1990-present Otter Be Fun Productions Nevada City, CA & Spokane, WA
Director & Production Consultant
Otter Be Fun Productions co-produces a variety of concerts, and contracts with music festivals along the West Coast to provide infrastructure and support. These include: Peak Experience’s festivals and shows, DancingDragon’s Festival in the Forests, Oregon Country Faire, Burning Man project, North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, Miner’s Foundry Museum and Cultural Center, and others in Missouri and Colorado.
Organized, coordinated, moderated and hosted panel discussions on environmental, social justice, and sustainable development topics and issues at different music, art, and enlightenment festivals, concerts, benefits, and events.
Consult and work cooperatively with site and event managers, festival directors, promoters, producers, volunteers, etc. to create the best possible experiences for those attending.

1999-2004 Association of Colfax Educators Colfax, CA
Chapter President and Lead Negotiator whose duties included:
Bargaining unit member casework.
Support of teachers in pursuing changes in Board and District policies and procedures.
Negotiating using Interest Based Bargaining, and other necessary duties required of a Chapter President.
Researched all aspects of Health Care and benefit/insurance programming over 2002-2004, with consortium of Districts’ Superintendents and Business Managers, employee union presidents, and health care industry consultants and participants
Attended the various NEA/CTA sponsored conferences including Rural Issues and Human Rights and Educational Diversity in public education as a member of the American Indian-Alaskan Native Caucus.

1991-2004 Colfax Elementary School District Colfax, CA
Classroom Teacher, Eighth Grade Studies Program.
Responsible for delivery of core curriculum including Math, Science, Health/PE, Social Science, Language Arts and Reading to eighth grade students in a semi-rural small CA community.
Created, developed, implemented, and directed the C.E.S. Graduation Eligibility Review Certification program.
Site coordinator for a California Department of Education Middle School Demonstration Program Grant for improving Reading Skills across the curriculum.
All courses taught used critical thinking and holistic studies frameworks as students ranged from GATE to RSP/Special Ed/SDC; class sizes ranged from 12 to 41
Honored in the 2000, 2002, and 2005 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

1981-1991 California Dept of Parks and Recreation Markleeville, CA
Lead Lifeguard State Park Peace Officer
Lifeguard/Ranger for remote State Aquatic Parks responsible for all aquatic services, including Pt. Mugu State Beach Park in northern Malibu Area and Grover Hot Springs State Park in Tahoe Area.
Provide direct visitor services to the recreation users of the State Beach Parks of CA.
Charged with the protection of the State Park and Wilderness, including the monitoring of the watershed, riparian habitats, and biomes in the parks.
Served as District aquatic training officer/specialist

1978-1981 Los Angeles County Dept of Beaches Venice, CA
Public Education Specialist
Served as the Lifeguard media liaison for the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Service
Member of the LA Media Committee, a consortium of advocates for health/safety issues
Wrote, directed, produced, and reported various TV, radio, and cable media, water and aquatic safety messages to protect the public who used the beaches of Southern California
Served on lifeguard training staff for new recruits and for recertification

Spring 1979 California Parks and Recreation Society Sacramento, CA
Federal & State Grant Project Coordinator
Coordinated the efforts of a multi-agency, multi-government task force to study the long-term effects of Prop 13 on Parks and Recreation Funding in California
Responsible for all day-to-day aspects of data collection, analysis, reporting, and committee agendas
Served as staff researcher and information clearinghouse librarian especially for loss of funding to insure clean water/air.

1979/1980 California State University, Hayward Hayward, CA
Acting Chairman/lecturer, Native American Studies
Taught courses in American Indian History, Native American Legal & Environmental Issues, American Indian Religions, etc.
Mentored and advised American Indian students, and students enrolled in the Department, as they pursued success in post-secondary and higher education.
Worked with American Indian community leaders and with academics at the other Bay Area institutions of higher learning to coordinate and support numerous public activities including cultural, social justice, and environmental activism in the region.
Recommended changes in curriculum, course availability, and departmental organization to Dean of College of Letters and Sciences, in order better to serve the unique needs of the CSUH student population—generally older with business experience.

1977/1979 Lecturer in Anthropology and Religion Santa Monica, CA
Prepared and presented cooperative extension courses at LAVC, UCLA, and SMCC in Speculative Fiction, Shamanism, Mysticism, Anthropology, and Native American Arts and Dance.
1973-1978 United State Senate Rapid City, SD
US Senate Field Staff Representative
Served out of the West River Field Office of US Senator James Abourezk of South Dakota who served on numerous committees including Energy, Justice, and Government.
Performed all functions of a Field Representative including: casework, arranging hearings, research and study of issues, interview and discuss with tribal leaders diverse social, political, and cultural matters.
The Senator was Chairman of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, some of my work related to US Indian Claims Commission, tribal jurisdiction and sovereignty, American Indian Freedom of Religion Act of 1978, etc.

1971-1973 Quest High School Garberville, CA
Instructor and Counselor
Served as environmental studies/American Indian studies teacher.
Counseled and advised 14—18 years old students at rural-rustic boarding school in Southern Humboldt County.

1967-1970 UCLA Fernald School Los Angeles, CA
Outdoor Recreation Specialist
Motor Performance Skills Instructor for outdoor education specializing in 3rd to 10th grade children with learning disabilities.

1966-1985 Los Angeles County Dept of Beaches Venice, CA
Ocean Lifeguard
Performed all functions of public safety as an Ocean Lifeguard on the beaches of Southern California. Specifically served @: Zuma, Malibu, Venice, Santa Monica, and Will Rogers State Beach Parks.
Became a department training instructor in CPR, Lifeguard skills, ocean rescue, cliff rescue etc.
Matriculated into roles as Section Supervisor, night patrol officer, EMT/paramedic 24 hour duty post, and Baywatch rescue boat lifeguard.

Education:
EDUCATION:

1965-1978 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
76--78 MA in History specializing in Ethnohistory/History of Religions
70--72 Graduate pre-doctoral work in History of Religions of American Indians
65--70 BA in History/ Religions of Native Americans
US Naval Reserve Captain’s Scholarship; All-American Ranked Swimmer

1994-1995 National University Sacramento, CA
California Professional Multiple & Single Subject CLAD Teaching Credentials

1994-1996 S. U. L. Institute for Lifelong Learning Oakland, CA
Ph.D. in Philosophy/ Educational and Cultural
Dissertation topic: 21st Century Public Education Reform

1983-1989 Monterey Peninsula Community College Salinas, CA
Basic Peace Officer Standards and Training Certificate
Basic and Advanced State Park Service Visitor Services Training Certificate

Affiliations:
2006-2008 Commissioner, City of Spokane Arts Commission
2005-present Member, Faith and Environment Network, Executive and Advisory Boards

Skills:
Vast experience conducting online research, data entry, data analysis, historical trends and demographic profiles, etc..
Use of most software applications, especially those linked with public education and public advocacy.
Public law enforcement, public information and public safety education, aquatic safety services,

Additional Information:
PAPERS PRESENTED AND PUBLISHED

“Indigenous Cultures & Sacred Earth Sustainability” panel developed and presented through the Earth and People Sustainability Educational Forums with Raymond Reyes, Vice President of Gonzaga University; Martina Whelshula, President of Spokane Tribal College; and myself; moderated by Rusty Nelson of PJALS. Presented at conferences, seminars, radio & television productions, in Dec. 2006, Feb., March, April, October 2007

“Third World Roots of Sustainability” panel developed and presented for the Earth and People Sustainability Educational Forums with Paul Haeder, Professor SFCC; Kitty Klitzke, Futurewise & Lands Council of Spokane; and myself. November 2006

“Communicating with Congregations of Faith: Expanding the Environmental Message” paper delivered at the HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL, Quincy, CA 2006 and at the Spoken Word Forum of the OREGON COUNTRY FAIRE, Eugene, OR 2006, 2007

"Influence Of The 60's Hippies On The 21st Century!" panel developed and moderated for the Spoken Word Forums of the OREGON COUNTRY FAIRE Eugene, OR 2005, 2006, 2007

“Shamanism May Not Be What You Think It Is” presented in two sessions at the Spoken Word Forum of the OREGON COUNTRY FAIRE 35th Anniversary event Eugene, OR 2005

“Paradigm Shifting in a Crazy World” and “Acting Globally, Thinking Locally” panels created, developed, and moderated for Activism Playshop Series presented at the FULL MOON DREAM DANCE-2000, MEETING OF THE LOST WORLDS-2002, LIVING DREAM EXPERIENCE-2003, WHOLE IN ONE-2004, and THIRD EYE OPENING-2005 AHA-Creative Explosion-2007 festivals and conferences for the String Cheese Incident Summer camps Hornings Hideout Resort, Portland, OR 2000-2007

“Politics of Altering Consciousness” panel developed and moderated for Activism Playshop Series for the LIVING DREAM EXPERIENCE-2003, WHOLE IN ONE-2004, and THIRD EYE OPENING-2005 AHA-Creative Explosion-2007 festivals and conferences as part of the String Cheese Incident Summer Camps held at Hornings Hideout Resort, Portland, OR 2003-2007

“Human Cultural Diversity is as Essential as Species Diversity to the Planet”, delivered at THE BEST IS YET TO COME: CELEBRATING DIVERSITY the Multicultural Education Conference presented jointly by: CSU, Sacramento & National University 1997

SUPPLICATION: a study in the relationship of the future to children as experienced in public education; Dissertation self-published through Institute for Life Learning S.U.L. Berkeley, CA 1996

"Lakota Sodalities: a perspective of religious change" presented at the Proceedings of the XIVth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions IAHR University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 1981

"Some Hermeneutical Considerations for Native American Studies Programs" presented at the NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION American Indian Studies Center University of California, UCLA 1980

"Nurturing the Forked Tree" in NEW DIRECTIONS IN FEDERAL INDIAN POLICY: A Review of the American Indian Policy Review Commission American Indian Studies Center University of California, UCLA 1979

Edited and Published the CANYON*COMMUNICATE a collection of poetry and aphorisms for Will Rogers State Beach, Santa Monica CA 1976

Contributed articles, poems, and editorials to: American Indian Times, Alpine County Gazette, Akwesasne Notes, LA Magazine, TV Guide, Rapid City Journal, Community Endeavor,

Currently, I am director of Otter Be Fun Productions, an akicita of the OTTER CLAN; an extended multi-family tribal economic, environmental/political and social organization. This non-profit educational organization facilitates programs and events around the Pacific Rim to encourage greater understanding of the diversity of environmental and global ecological relationships among all species. My own efforts have included extensive work in California, Alaska, and Nevada with the Environmental Landscape Photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum, a friend I have known for more than forty years.
I have been, and/or currently am, a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Wilderness Society, Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, MAPS, etc., in their efforts to lobby regionally, state-wide, nationally, and globally to protect and improve the environment, human rights, civil liberties, and world health; I have also participated in environmental activism with the Faith & Environment Network, Conservation Northwest, Wildcanada, NRDC, SYRCL, and many others over the years, and continue to do so.
I have read extensively: the complete works of John Muir, Umberto Eco, Mircea Eliade; speculative and science fiction including Gibson, Stephenson, Sturgeon, Cordwainer Smith, Spinrad, Bruner, et al; political, social, and cultural criticism; philosophy, metaphysics, and theology; multi-universe, multi-dimensional, and chaos, theories; neuro-anatomy and ethno/psychopharmacology. I subscribe to the following journals: New Media And Society, Philosophy And Social Criticism, Ethnography, and Body and Society, Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, as well as numerous online journals in philosophy, cognitive studies, and consciousness studies.

Reference:
Name: Nick Morgan
Title: Executive Board Member of several non-governmental environmental organizations
Address: 1415 McGee Ave City: Berkeley State: CA Zip 94703
Phone: 510-528-2884
Email: nmorgan@igc.org
Relationship: I have known Nick for more than 20 years. Over these years we have served together in a number of capacities organizing and producing: live concerts, benefits, music festivals and fund raisers.

Name: Michael Sammet
Title: Teacher, KZSC radio personality
Address: P.O. Box 415 City: Ben Lomond State: CA Zip: 95005
Phone: 831-366-1710
Email: sammet@cruzio.com
Relationship: Mike and I have been friends, coworkers, co-creators, radio talk show hosts, seminar and conference panel presenters, etc. for close to 20 years. We share a passion for reforming public education into its Jeffersonian vision of what it could be.

Name: Joan Griffin
Title: Middle School Teacher, Mentor Teacher
Address: 24825 Ben Taylor Road City: Colfax State: CA Zip: 95731
Phone: 530-346-2202
Email: joangriff@gmail.com
Relationship: I began as an instructional assistant for Joan in the 7th grade in 1990. She convinced me I could/should/need to be a middle school teacher and offered to supervise and mentor me on that path. She has been a close and dear friend now for 15 years.

Name: Thomas Nathanson
Title: Certified Massage Therapist / Co-creator, Peak Experience Productions
Address: 6908 SE Ash City: Portland State: OR Zip: 97215
Phone: 503-961-4303
Email: justbeing7@hotmail.com
Relationship: Thomas grew up as one of the young kids who used to hang around us older lifeguards on the beaches of Malibu, CA. He worked out with a local swim and diving coach I knew quite well and went onto Berkeley to complete. Years later we reconnected working for Peak Experience and have rekindled many of the old friendships.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: MARK THOMPSON
Street:	Phone: -
City: SPOKANE	Fax: -
State: Washington
Zip: 99201-7657
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