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About Us
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Companion Arts™, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, brings integrating, expressive arts resources to individuals in major life transition and the organizations serving them. Companion Arts was co-founded in 2002 by Michael Stillwater and Gary Malkin, creators of the acclaimed audio resource, Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying. Over the years Companion Arts has developed a number of customized programs for major healthcare institutions and audio resources for professional caregivers (Care for the Journey, Vol. 1 & Vol 2, considered “new classics” in the field); we’ve also explored how music and messages have a strong, positive affect on individual healing (Heart of Healing™). Now in 2011, we’ve regrouped to forge new perspectives on 1) cutting edge resources for caregivers and 2) how the arts can be utilized for caregivers’ benefit. Later this year these new ideas will find rich expression in Care For The Journey™ programs and resources. Companion Arts also has an extraordinary Advisory Board as well as renown caregiving experts advising the Care For the Journey program.
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Companion Arts’ Leadership Team & Advisory Boards
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Board of Directors |
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Susan Osborne, President; Executive DirectorSusan Osborne has three decades of non-profit, business and entrepreneurial experience. On the non-profit side, she has founded/funded/administrated five national organizations and been retained as a 501(c)(3) organizational development consultant for numerous national/international non-profits. Over the past 30 years she has raised millions of dollars for non-profit services, and has a particular interest in services to low-income citizens and women. On the business side, she has been the managing partner of an innovative Connecticut REIT; president and incorporator of the first women’s credit union in the Northeast; sales manager for a New York residential/commercial real estate firm, and director of acquisitions and development for the world’s second largest independent foreign film distributor. As an entrepreneur she has developed, incorporated and capitalized three businesses: Whistler’s, a Catskills jazz club and cabana; ScreenDeals, a 1980’s venture fund for independent films; and EarthRise, a high-tech business providing specialized computer software and technology to a major national hotel chain in the early 1990’s. In recent years Susan has served on several national/international boards, including Companion Arts, Newfield Network, and the World Council of Elders and has also served on the national advisory boards of Rocky Mountain Sustainable Enterprises, a developer of regional bio-fuel and food supply-chain, and Wisdom of the World, a compendium of the world’s wisdom. Susan has been designated a “Leading Light” by Stellar Connections, a premier women’s business network. |
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Leland Hoover, Treasurer/Secretary; Chief Financial OfficerLeland G. Hoover has three decades of high profile corporate and entrepreneurial experience, including 12 years on the senior management team of Fortune 100 companies (United Telecommunications; Visa; First Data Corporation) and 28 years as an international entrepreneur with extensive experience in India, UK, Australia and France. Areas of particular corporate expertise include high-tech development, the banking and travel industries and scientific data processing. Since 1995 Leland has also provided management consultation to over 70 clients through Leland G. Hoover Consulting, Inc., specializing in strategic planning, fiscal management and capitalization for both established companies and high profile entrepreneurs. He also serves as the Chief Financial Officer for several small businesses, and has volunteered as lead counselor and instructor for Colorado’s high potential/serial entrepreneurs through the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Boulder, CO. Leland is currently on the board of three non-profit organizations -- Companion Arts, Early Music Colorado and Olde Friends Concert Artists. In recent years Leland served on the international board of Alloy Solutions (New Delhi, India), the national board of Professional and Technical Business Consultants (PATCA), and as a Regional Governor of Toastmasters. Leland is also a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Institute of Management Consultants USA, TIE-Rockies and the Boulder and Denver Chambers of Commerce. Leland graduated summa cum laude from Regis University in Business Administration, received his MBA summa cum laude from Regis and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Social Entrepreneurship. |
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Teah M. Bennett, Board of DirectorsTeah Bennett brings over 20 years of leadership experience to her business recruiting and consulting practice. Her success is based on a unique combination of hands-on practical experiences in key leadership roles and a passion for helping executives become exceptional leaders who make a difference in their organizations. During her career, Teah has successfully performed in executive leadership roles in Technology Consulting, Commercial Software, Recruiting and Sales and reached the executive suite as CEO of I*Level, President of InnerCircle, Vice President of Sai Software Consultants, Inc., and Regional Director of Sales at Norstan. Teah is a winner of the “Trailblazer Award” for Women in Communication and a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year, CSIA. She currently is active in CXO Colorado and participates on two advisory boards, hrQ, a national executive search, interim and HR consulting firm (http://hrqinc.com/), and SmarTracks, a marketing automation company (http://www.smarttracks.com). She also serves on the Board of the nonprofit Denver Business Advisors, (http://www.denverbusinessadvisors.com/), which provides leadership coaching to regional small businesses. |
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2011 Advisory Board |
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International Advisory Board |
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Michael Stillwater Gary Malkin Angeles Arrien, PhD Joan Borysenko, PhD Ken Druck, PhD Jeremy Geffen, MD Bethany Hays, MD David Lieberstein Robert D. McNeice Christina Puchalski, MD Kathleen Dowling Singh, PhD Doris Laesser Stillwater Archbishop Desmond Tutu |
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Program Advisory Board |
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Robert Arnold, PhD Randy Carter Marita Grudzen, PhD Tom Harrington, PhD Bobbi Ingram RN, PhD Marilynn Jackson, PhD, MA, BSN Tom Lant , RN, PhD Lynn Rogers ,PhD Hanna B. Sherman, MD Jean Watson, RN, PhD |
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