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Earl Lasher (Chair) received a Juris Doctor from the
University
of
Washington
in 1966, and is the founder of Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson. He is the owner of Ray’s Boathouse and Yarrow Bay Grill restaurants; the founder and director of the federally chartered Commerce Bank; a finalist for Appointment to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals; a Superior Court Judge Pro Tem; an adjunct professor at the University of Puget Sound Law School; former member of Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Foundation, Northwest Hospital Foundation and Friends of Youth, YMCA of Greater Seattle, and Odyssey Maritime Museum. He is a professional watercolorist and is currently on the board of the
Coupeville
Arts
Center
.
Michael Stansbury (Vice Chair, Building Committee Chair, and Finance Committee) is a graduate of the
University
of
Washington
and
Harvard
Law
School
and started practice in
Seattle
in 1968. His field is in corporate finance and is currently with the firm Perkins Coie. His wife, Mary Jo, has had Whidbey connections for many years with the family business at the Greenbank Loganberry Farm. Her father had a wine business, of which the farm was part of; which eventually started St. Michele wines. Michael and Mary Jo were involved with the Seattle Rep and the Empty Space Theater during the 1970s and 80s.
Bob Thurmond (Treasurer and Chair Elect) is a Registered Representative of the John Hancock Financial Network. He has a track record of success in business development, business and personal financial management as well as successful non-profit management experience. His is a subject matter expert in the fields of telecommunications and financial services. In addition to his business experience, Bob brings a track record of success in corporate and government grant competition and fulfillment. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from
Bellarmine
University
and an M.Ed. in Leadership from the
University
of
Louisville
. Bob and his wife, Monica Uhl, have lived in
Clinton
on
Whidbey Island
since 2002.
Linda Bieber bio forthcoming
Todd Bitts (Capital Campaign) is a
Seattle
native and spent 25 years in the commercial broadcasting business in the
Seattle
area. He went on to purchase a publishing business, which he operated for five years, then did marketing projects for various clients before moving to
Whidbey Island
in July 1992. In 1993, Todd obtained his real estate license and joined Coldwell Banker/Tara Properties in
Langley
. Later he acquired his Associate Brokers license, and moved to the Coldwell Banker office in Freeland where he has been for nearly ten years. April 2008 he will begin his sixteenth year in real estate on
Whidbey Island
. Among his community service projects, Todd is the Vice-President of the Freeland Chamber of Commerce, President-Elect of the Whidbey Island Association of Realtors and a member of the Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island.
Norm Bodine graduated from the
University
of
Michigan
and received a PhD in Physics from the
University
of
Washington
. He is the former President of Prestolite Electric Company (now part of Honeywell, Inc.), and was the President of United Technologies Corp.’s Automotive Group (headquartered in
Dearborn
,
MI
). Norm served on the Founders Society Board of Directors for the Detroit Institute of the Arts, and on the board of directors for the Automotive Advisory Council: Industrial Technology Institute. He is currently a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the
University
of
Michigan
’s
College
of
Literature Science
and the Arts.
Lew Carlino (Life Long Learning) was a board member for three years during WICA’s inception, and helped draft its mission statement. During this time, Lew was principally involved in programming and co-founded WICA’s Community Theatre Project, and acted as liaison with various local theatre groups. During the past few years, he has directed two plays at WICA: Telemachus Clay (his original script); and an adaptation of Richard Sheridan’s The School For Scandal, which has subsequently been published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Lew has a graduate degree in Playwriting and has been produced on and off-Broadway. His film experience includes screenwriting, directing and producing, including: “The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea” featuring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles; and “The Great Santini” starring Robert Duvall and Michael O’Keefe, earning both actors Academy Award nominations. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Writers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America.
Troy Chapman (Scholarship Chair) has played the guitar professionally/ semi-professionally for 30 years. He studied music at
Concordia
University
in
Montreal
and The American Conservatory of Music in
Chicago
. For the past 17 years he has supported his music habit as an Air Traffic Controller. With 25 years of business and performing arts experience, he has experienced WICA as both a performer and as a ticket holder and has seen both as exceptionally positive experiences that can be made even better. Currently,
Troy
is lead guitar in the gypsy-jazz quartet, Billet-Deux.
Kenneth Cohen bio forthcoming
Susan E. George is the New York Times and internationally best selling author (as Elizabeth George) of sixteen novels of British crime. She is a graduate of the
University
of
California
at
Riverside
, holds a master's degree from
California
State
University
at
Fullerton
, and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from
California
State
University
at
Fullerton
. A former recipient of the Orange County Teacher of the Year Award, she is a frequent lecturer on the topic of creative writing and has taught at
Coastline
Community College
,
Irvine
Valley
College
, and the
University
of
California
at
Irvine
among other institutions. She is the recipient of the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award for best first novel,
France
's Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, and
Germany
's MIMI.
George Henny (Capital Campaign Co-chair) is President of FiberCloud, Inc., a regional internet data center company with three locations in
Seattle, Everett,
and
Bellingham, Washington,
USA
. These dynamic colocation centers are a result of Mr. Henny’s avant-garde business solutions and his 23-year experience with Whidbey Telecom, for which he continues to serve as Chief Technology Officer. He also founded the Internet division of Whidbey Telecom in 1994. George is involved in teaching and informing businesses throughout the
United States
and
Canada
on the advantages of protecting their intellectual and revenue producing data at colocation centers. He is frequently invited to speak at association gatherings on topics concerning technology, strategic guidance, business continuity and disaster recovery. Among his community service projects, George is the President-Elect of the Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island and is a member of the Island County Economic Development Council. He received his BA in Drama and MBA from the
University
of
Washington
.
Rick Ingrasci
Carol Ryan (Capital Campaign Co-chair) is a professor emerita and retired dean at
Metropolitan
State
University
in Minneapolis/St. Paul. She and her husband, Jay, moved to
Whidbey Island
in 1999. Carol has been president of the Friends of the Langley Library, sits on the Langley City Library Board, and is in her second year as president of the South Whidbey Historical Society. In
St. Paul
, she served as president of the Friends of the St. Paul Library system and was a co-founder of Chimera Community Theatre.
Paul Schell (Building Committee) graduated from
University
of
Iowa
and received a Juris Doctor from
Columbia
University
in NYC. He practiced law in
New York
before moving to
Seattle
in 1967, where he continued his law practice before turning to real estate development and politics. He became a Port of Seattle commissioner in 1989; was acting dean of the University of Washington School of Architecture and Urban Planning from 1992-95; a real estate developer in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Denver; served as the 50th mayor of Seattle from 1998-2002; and is the owner of the Inn at Langley and the Boatyard Inn. He and his wife Pam have been actively involved in the arts, serving on the boards of Intiman, ACT, and the Seattle Symphony Arts Commission; Pam was on the original WICA board of directors. A part-time Whidbey Island resident for over 30 years,
Langley
has recently become his fulltime residency since retirement.
Russell Sparkman is the co-founder of Fusionspark Media, Inc., a Langley-based multimedia communications firm. Russell holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from
Northeastern
University
, in
Boston
, and has worked most of his professional life as a photographer and visual communications expert. In 1992 Russell left his staff photographer position at
Northeastern
University
to become an instructor at the
Kodak
Center
for Creative Imaging in
Camden
,
Maine
. In 1993, Russell moved to
Nagoya
,
Japan
, where he was a sought-after consultant, author, and speaker on digital imaging trends and technology for eight years. Russell founded Fusionspark Media in 1999 in
Japan
and moved the business to
Whidbey Island
in 2000. Russell lives with his family in
Langley
, where he is the Chair of the Planning Advisory Board and was the chair of the Economic Development Committee of Langley’s Comprehensive Plan Group.
Carolyn Tamler (Life Long Learning) and her husband, Rich, moved to their Greenbank home in June 2005. Carolyn's firm, Carolyn Browne Associates, has been a successful marketing research and community involvement in the Seattle Area since 1977. Prior to establishing her own business, she was the Marketing Research Manager at Metro Transit (now King County Metro) for three years and the Marketing Research Manager at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for five years. As a new Board member, she is looking forward to providing assistance in fund raising, board development and other areas where her research, marketing and facilitation skills can be used.
Sue Todd Yates (Capital Campaign) comes to the Board with a wealth of experience on non-profit and for-profit boards since retiring from Associate, a Northwest mail order business (Eddie Bauer, REI, and Norm Thompson) in 1997. She is currently on the Board of the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs; the Palm Springs Pathfinders; the Thunderbird Terrace HOA in Rancho Mirage; and is a docent for the Dunn Gardens in North Seattle. Sue also co-chaired the Building Futures Capital Campaign for Childhaven, 2001-2005. Her past work experience includes being the Community Relations Manager and Scheduler for the office of the King County Executive from 1986-91. She opened her own business as a consultant in Government Relations. She has a Masters of Science in Public Health Administration and a BA in Political Science.
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