MY
BACKGROUND
My
hometown is Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and I have lived in Greenville, SC, Olympia
and Centralia, WA, Roswell, NM, Kent,
OH,
Ukiah, CA, Madison, WI, and currently Fort Collins, CO. I have been
Executive Director
of United
Way of Lewis County (Centralia, WA), Executive Director of United Way
of Chaves County (Roswell, NM), President & CEO of United
Way of Portage County (Ravenna, OH),
Executive
Director
of the Solar
Living Institute (Hopland, CA), Executive Director of Community
GroundWorks (Madison, WI), and currently am Workplace Giving Director
with the United Way of Larimer County (Fort Collins, CO). I have developed
and/or maintained eight Web
sites
since 1998
and
co-owned Wild Goats Coffee & Cafe in
Kent, OH from
1998-2003. In 2001, I ran for School Board in
Kent, OH, and in 2004 I ran for City
Council in Ukiah, CA. I
have a BA in Business Administration and Philosophy from Furman
University; 54 hours of graduate work in public administration at The
Evergreen State College in
Olympia,
WA; and a MBA, Entrepreneurship from Walden
University. I am currently writing a book focused on the emerging
politics,
economics, and society in the United States.
SOME
THOUGHTS
Our
next decade is going to look very different from the last few decades. To
get a good understanding of what is ahead, you should start with Dr. Chris
Martenson's "The
Crash Course." This is a clear, straightforward explanation of
how "our economy, energy systems and environment interact -- how we
got to where we are today, and some reasonable expectations for the future."
Additionally,
the work of Dmitry Orlov is particularly important. Be sure to listen to
his "Social
Collapse Best Practices" speech from February 2009. It is an excellent
depiction of what we may expect in the years ahead.
Finally, Thomas
E. Woods Jr. presented an excellent speech at the Mises Scholars Conference
(March 12-14, 2009) in Auburn, Alabama entitled "Why
You've Never Heard of the Depression of 1920." Thomas is an excellent
speaker and his presentation should provide you much to consider as he
contrasts Austrian Economics with Keynesian Economics.