Don Ross, President and CEO,
Instructor and in charge of infrastructure. The person who created this website and who will answer the phone when you call to schedule a class.
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Sue Lockhart, Vice President and Program Director,
Instructor extraordinaire and Mother of three.
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(619) 204-3838 cell
(707) 459-2234 fax
Email: Don<-at->classes.bz
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(858) 344-0475 cell
(858) 566-4714 fax
Email: Sue<-at->classes.bz
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Program Coordination:
Speakers Bureau Coordinator for Face to Face: Sonoma County AIDS Network. 1991-1996.
Office Manager for Positively Speaking San Diego. 1997-1998.
Wrote a manuel on how to run a speakers bureau (1995) which was later adapted and made the official How To guide published by California's Positively Speaking Program (1999, Ventura County Office of Education).
Logistics Coordinator for the San Diego Chapter of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. 1998-2001.
Public Speaking Experience:
HIV and preventing disease transmission educator since 1991, trained in age appropriate curriculum for all age groups and business types.
Positively Speaking instructor trainer for a variety of agencies and certified by the CA State Dept. of Education. 1992-98.
American Red Cross CPR and first aid workplace safety instructor for lay rescuers from 1998-2004.
Teen babysitter trainer and adult child care instructor since 1999.
Upgraded Red Cross instructor authorization to CPR for Professional Rescuers in 2004 and then cross-trained to become a BLS instructor for AHA and ASHI.
Other Volunteer Activities & Hobbies:
Face to Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network Board of Directors from 1991 to 1996 and again 2006 to the present.
Board Secretary 2007-08.
A. Austin Amerine Retreat Center. Board Member since 2006 and Treasurer since 2007. Don & his partner Mel are building their ranch home next to the retreat center to help bring it into existence.
AIDS Interfaith Network of Sonoma County. Co-founder and Board member, desktop publisher and co-creator of a monthly interfaith liturgy. 1994-96.
Internet junkie. Since 1997 Don has created 1000+ webpages on many topics including family history, health education, eastern religion and more. Most of his webpages receive top ten search engine rankings for their unique content and interconnectivity. His buddhist website alone averages 1300+ clicks a day.
Vermi-composter. Don has been raising earthworms (vermi) for composting since 2003 and is preparing to begin a new apiary business to raise honey bees on his Lake County ranch in 2008.
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Public Speaking Experience:
Teen babysitter trainer since 1991.
American Red Cross CPR and first aid workplace safety instructor for lay and professional rescuers from 1993-2004.
Sunday School teacher since 1999.
Boy Scouts of America merit badge counselor since 1999 for First Aid, Emergency Preparedness, and Dog Care & Pet Care.
Cross-trained in 2004 to become a BLS instructor for AHA and ASHI.
Other Volunteer Activities & Hobbies:
Active with church youth activities since 1980.
Hickman Elementary School PTA board member and governance school site counsel. 1993-96.
Rolling Readers volunteer, helping children learn to read. 1997-98.
Guide Dogs for the Blind. Group leader and puppy raiser for them for eight years, five out of six of whom are successful working guide dogs.
San Diego Film Festival volunteer since 2003.
Sundance Film Festival volunteer since 2005.
Golden Hill Health Careers Academy Advisory Council since 2005.
FriendsOfNoels.com Co-founder of this church group to help a needy family with severely disabled children since long before 2007.
Sue is an art enthusiast with an interest in art history. She loves European art, especially baroque. Her photographic collages are sold occassionally on eBay.
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Q: Is OptiWell only you two?
Nah, we have a great team! We are a family centered company with our eyes on the future. Here are our shareholders:
Kathleen Heilpern, MPH, Director Emeritus, instructor trainer, dear friend, former supervisor, and our original choice for ceo. Currently employed as a director of pediatric health education at the US Navy's Balboa Hospital.
Clint Lockhart, Secretary, Sue's husband. BS in Business Management. X-ray Tech since 1978, currently employed at Kaiser Hospital.
Kara Sanderson, Treasurer of Sebastopol, Don's sis. Kara has degrees in business and sociology, and is an independent beauty consultant.
Michael Campbell, co-founder of the Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services, as well as the NAMES Project Chapter in Sacramento, CA.
Mel Johnson, Firewise 2000 Inc consultant in Escondido and CEO of the A. Austin Amerine Retreat Center in Lake County.
Lucila Ochoa, EMT-B, bi-lingual instructor trainer (Spanish) is available in San Diego County.
Learn more about Luci.
Patty Rennie, RN, instructor trainers, Sue's sis. Now lives in Utah, but teaches for us in San Diego upon occassion.
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