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Debi Gillmore Shawn Parry  Helen Claire Sievers      
 



           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debi Gillmore
Debi Gilmore majored in Marriage, Family, and Human Development at Brigham Young University (BYU), and plans to pursue a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. While attending BYU as an undergraduate student, she co-authored a published article focused on marriage and family,  and was a member of two prestigious honor societies. Gilmore has dedicated herself to a life of service to her family and her community. Currently she is serving as Chairman of the Board for West Ridge Academy, a residential treatment facility for youth that are at risk. She was instrumental in the development of West Ridge Academy’s Girl’s Campus which opened in 2003. For three years she founded, and served as Chairman of the Mentors International Advisory Council, and also serves as a member of their board of directors.  Debi lives in North Salt Lake with her husband, Kirk, and has three children and five grandchildren.

 

Shawn Parry
Shaun Parry is a veteran performing artist from New York City. His career has spanned from Broadway to the Metropolitan Opera to MTV. A few highlights from credits include; Phantom of the Opera (Broadway & Broadway National Tour), CATS (Broadway National & International Tour), AIDA (Broadway International /Original Japanese Cast Recording), A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden), Beowulf (world premiere-Off-Broadway), The First Emperor (Metropolitan Opera w/ Placido Domingo), A Few Good Men…(New Victory Theatre-NY), New York Theatre Ballet, Martha Graham, Ballroom National Championships and coach for MTV Made to name a few. Shaun is the President and Founder of Promethean Spark International, a nonprofit organization teaching essential life skills to impoverished youth worldwide through training in the performing arts. He is also on the Board of Trustees for the Musical Arts Academy of Nairobi and a guest lecturer, teacher and director/choreographer at numerous Universities around the globe.

 

Helen Claire Sievers  

Helen Claire Sievers is the Executive Director of WorldTeach, an NGO  that sends volunteers to teach in developing countries. She has held that position since 2001, except in 2008-2009 when she was in Bangladesh and India.  Helen Claire lived for 18 years in the Marshall Islands where she was at various times a high school principel, administrator of the local hospital, and the presiding judge of the community court.  Previously, Helen Claire taught astronomy at Wellesley and Bentley Colleges.  She is a graduate of Wellesley College with a degree in astronomy and holds a MS in physics from Brigham Young University.  She is married and has five children.