OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE HEARTBEAT OF ONE FAMILY, ONE EARTH
The Whirling Rainbow Foundation Board of Directors are made up of leaders from our Alaskan community. Our Board Members are committed to building
a loving foundation of cultural, healing and spiritual education to inspire and demonstrate a future of unity, peace and life for all peoples.
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White Eagle Medicine Woman (Suraj Holzwarth)
President of the Board/ Program Director
Background: White Eagle Medicine Woman (Suraj Holzwarth) has over thirty years experience as a director, teacher, guide, choreographer, ritual artist, musician and healer. Her background and professional resume spans across the disciplines of wilderness therapy, outdoor educational, adult education, post secondary education, management training, spiritual vision quests, communication training, corporate training, cross cultural skills and cross cultural relations, traditional knowledge and wisdom, traditional storytelling, cultural and healing arts, individual and group therapy, traditional talking circles, traditional art and music. She has facilitated workshops, seminars, classes, healing sessions, international conferences, spiritual retreats, teacher trainings, school programs (elementary, secondary, post secondary and adult education), performances and international wilderness, cultural and spiritual travel programs for over fifty thousand people.
White Eagle has directed film, performance, and visual arts as well as written and produced music, video, online courses and thousands of articles, newsletters and books on healing, spirituality, cultural and healing arts, communications, and earth stewardship.
White Eagle carries forth the vision, mission and objectives of the organization according to the Board of Directors. She is the lead teacher, healer, choreographer and facilitator of all cultural and healing arts programs including classes and workshops, seminars, international conferences, spiritual healing sessions, cultural ceremonies and performances. White Eagle meets with local Elders, Wisdom keepers, tour sponsors, conference planning teams, tour agents and finalizes all contracts and agreements.
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Rande Bozelle:
Board Vice President
Background: Rande's qualifications span over thirty five years in visual and audio communications, musical arrangement and performance, building construction, forestry management, outdoor education and guiding, professional driver, tourism sales, operations, tour narration and tour management.
Rande is technical advisor, transportation and mechanical consultant, tour promoter, equipment handling and movement, transportation, team building, and assistant drum maker. Kathyrn Farley:
Board Treasurer
Background: Kathyrn's work for the Anchorage School District Paideia Project for the past eleven years qualifies her in Shared Inquiry and Group Facilitation Skills. Her previous work in the Food and Beverage industry and the local agricultural community for over thirty-five years qualifies her as a culinary/nutritional practitioner and horticulturist.
Kathyrn assists in the facilitation of local workshops on drum and rattle making, cultural programs in the schools, works with merchandise sales and inventory, and provides educational information at public events. She has traveled numerous times with the GrandMother Drum International Peace Project to local and international events, providing housing, sales booth management, nutritional support, promotional and tour logistical details, and prayer. Kathyrn also supplies the home office contact point in Eagle River, Alaska. |
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Tymoreye' (Samantha) Elliot:
Board Secretary, Program Contracted Artist
Background: Tymoreye' (Samantha) Elliot graduated from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks with a BFA and upon graduation was one of the youngest recipients in the state of a 1% for Arts Grant for the Mat-Su School District. She has been a dynamic addition to the Whirling Rainbow Foundation and has toured over four years as a visual, ceremonial and performance artist with the GrandMother Drum International Peace Project.
As a contracted Ceremonial, Performance and Graphic Artist Tymoreye'
is responsible for a variety of art projects including: making community and hand drums, drum kits, rattles, rattle kits, medicine pouches and jewelry. She hand paints custom drum shields and assists in teaching drum and rattle making workshops in schools and groups.
As Performance Artist she creates ceremonial regalia, set designs and assists in choreography of ceremonies and performances, and then performs and sings!
As Graphic Artist she is responsible for designing wholesale and retail brochures, business cards, kit booklets, order forms, project and course logos, CD, DVDs, book covers, and web pages headers. She is the talent behind all art on this website!
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Other Project Contracted Artists:
Marge Bouwens- drum cases
Lindy Morningstar- medicine pouches
Lauri Calandri-medicine pouches
Joan Johnson- bead and featherwork
Leslie Kerr- beadwork, medicine pouches
Elenor Wilde- beadwork, regalia
Sandi Sturm, Alaskarama- web design
Brad Swenson- audio/video production
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