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Board of Directors
Shelley French (Treasurer)
- Began her career as an accounting consultant, serving the financial and office management needs of business owners in the Seattle area
- Owned and operated her own company, SRF Resources, for 17 years
- In 2003, her passion for nature along with her business expertise and advanced organizational skills led to the co-founding of Nature Vision, Inc, a non-profit environmental education organization in Redmond, WA
- CFO of Nature Vision, Inc for 5 years and remains on the Board of Directors
- An experienced naturalist and environmental educator; she has presented on over 20 environmental topics, ranging from forest ecology to environmental stewardship, to multi-generational audiences
- A certified restoration ecologist, credentialed from the University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network
- While attending the U of W, she participated in a yearlong team project to design and implement a riparian restoration project at the East Basin of Union Bay adjacent to the Center for Urban Horticulture.
- AA in Business and Accounting from Bellevue Community College
- BA in Interdisciplinary Studies; Science, Technology and the Environment, University of Washington – Bothell, 2002
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Gee Heckscher (Board Chair)
- Retired preservation architect
- Additional experience as general contractor
- Former Board member Portland (Maine) Society of Art
- Former school committee member, Portland (Maine) School of Art
- Member, Port Townsend Planning Commission
- Member, Port Townsend Historic Preservation Committee
- Trustee, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
- Trustee, Jefferson County Historical Society
- Board Member, Fort Worden Public Development Authority
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Phil Johnson
- Jefferson County Commissioner
- 25 years as a contractor
- Member and Chair, Port Townsend Historic Preservation Committee
- Oversaw the restoration of the Bell Tower, Port Townsend, WA
- Own and restored Rose Theater (Best restoration in State of WA award 1992 from State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation
- Lead in getting legislation to create $10 million fund for restoration of County Court Houses in the State of Washington
- Owned and restored 1890 Terry Building in downtown Port Townsend
- Lead on the restoration of Maybeck Studio in Berkeley National Historic Registry
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Kathy Liu
- Retired high school science teacher.
- Teacher consultant, then Project Manager for Access Excellence, a not-for-profit online resource for health, biology and life science teachers serving 500,000 to more than a million unique visitors each month. Responsibilities included web site development and maintenance, content acquisition, copyright management, outreach and community development, and grant writing.
- Co-founder of the Gene Connection, a San Mateo County, CA) wide biotechnology program that brings cutting edge biotechnology activities to life science and biology students of all academic levels.
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Lois Stanford (Secretary)
- Retired. Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, Canada.
- Professional work: University of Alberta, Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics; Vice President, Student and Academic Services.
- Primary work with non-profit agencies:
- Goodwill Industries of Alberta (as a volunteer, a Board of Directors Member and Chair; subsequently as a contract employee, writing Board governance documents and updating the GIA policy manual)
- Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research, Alberta (as a volunteer, Founding Board of Directors Member, Board of Directors Member and Chair, Acting Director; subsequently as an employee, Administrative Assistant, Acting Director)
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Victoria (Vicki) A Davis
- Retired budget officer, archivist, records manager;
- Archivist, City College of New York
- Archivist/Records Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Records Manager and Department Head, University of California, Office of the President
- Head, Department Policy Information, American Medical Association
- Budget Officer, Research Division Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Department Head, Support Services Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Archivist, Jefferson County Historical Society
- Member, American Institute of Physics Task Force on Science Records
- Past President, Golden Gate Chapter of Association of Records Managers and Administrators
- Member, Program Committee of the Society of American Archivists
- Bookkeeper, Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity
- Volunteer, Jefferson County Historical Society
- Trustee, Jefferson County Historical Society
- Past President of Board of Trustees, Jefferson County Historical Society
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Sam Taylor
- Sam is the founder/executive director of Senior/Youth Partnership. Beginning in 1982, the program has won numerous awards for its unique intergenerational programming in delinquency prevention, apprenticeship projects, tutorial services and after school child-care. It serves a client base of 350 students/year. It is economically self-sufficient.
- Served in the Peace Corps in Cameroun, West Africa.
- Member University of California 10th Campus Site Committee.
- Senior consultant with Odyssey Institute in San Francisco working with a wide range of organizations/companies undergoing major transitions.
- Member California Department of Education Delinquency Prevention Team.
He has presented at many state/national conferences on building community and sustaining effective social programs.
- Purchased and spent countless hours helping restore a 1870's farmhouse/water tower. Now protected as historically registered structures.
- He completed a Bachelor's Degree with a major in Political Science.
- Has a Vocational Education Teaching Credential.
- Retains an active Master's level Pupil Personnel Services Credential.
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Port Townsend School of Woodworking and Preservation Trades
200 Battery Way | Fort Worden | Port Townsend, WA 98368 | (360) 344-4455 | email
The Port Townsend School of Woodworking and Preservation Trades is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Any donations made to the School are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.
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