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Veselka (Vesna) Palmer is a native Macedonian with USA citizenship. Her formal education includes a Masters degree in Linguistics from the University of Colorado – Boulder and extensive work in Balkan sociolinguistics, bilingualism and multilingualism toward her PhD from the University of Chicago;
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Roni Razankova was born in Stip , Macedonia . She graduated law school at the University of Cyrill and Metodi then worked as a lawyer in her own private practice. She also worked as a part time journalist in a local radio station.
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Dawn V. Obrecht, M.D. graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed an internship in general surgery and residency in emergency medicine. She has been the medical director of a chemical dependency unit and is a professor at the University of Colorado Health Science Center. For many years she had a busy family medicine practice. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She resides in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband Eric Landvik, where she writes and consults in addiction medicine.
Dawn V. Obrecht, M.D. graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed an internship in general surgery and residency in emergency medicine. She has been the medical director of a chemical dependency unit and is a professor at the University of Colorado Health Science Center.
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Marie Christine Matta was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA, to a Lebanese father and a Lebanese-Australian mother. Marie spent her childhood years in Lebanon where she attended a French School. In 1975, at the beginning of Lebanon's civil war, Marie and her family moved to Australia where Marie completed her high school education. Marie attended The University of Queensland in Brisbane, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Government and History.
From 1983 to 1999, Marie held a variety of administrative and policy positions in the Australian public sector, including the Department of Defence and The Federal Department of Transport in Canberra, and the Queensland Department of Transport and The University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Marie is married to Daniel Hill, and since 1999, when Dan joined a US software company, they have lived in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore, relocating to the US in 2004. Marie and Dan live in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where Marie works with a number of community organisations in volunteer roles.
Marie has a strong interest in the study of languages, and in addition to English, speaks the following languages with varying degrees of fluency: Arabic, French, Italian and Spanish.
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Marie Christine Matta was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA, to a Lebanese father and a Lebanese-Australian mother. Marie spent her childhood years in Lebanon where she attended a French School. In 1975, at the beginning of Lebanon's civil war, Marie and her family moved to Australia where Marie completed her high school education.
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Sue Leonard graduated from Johnson State College with a B.A. in Economics and Psychology. Her employment history includes many years in the hospitality industry,and employment as a licensed property and casualty insurance agent and branch manager.
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Alan Moorer
Advisory Board Member
Director, Professional Communication Program, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (courses in Professional, Organizational, and Cross-Cultural Communication, as well as Crisis Management & Communications to Masters, PhD, and MBA candidates). Visiting Professor, International School of Management, Paris (courses in Cross-Cultural Management Communication, Professional Communication, and International Crisis Management and Communication to MA, MBA, execMBA, DBA, and PhD students in Paris and Barcelona). Special Guest and Discussion Group Facilitator, 1st International Conference on Communication Technology and Social Change, King Saud University; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Visiting Professor, Limkokwing University, London, 2009 (Media Relations, Crisis Communications). Director of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Mason & Hanger Corporation 1987-1997. President and Co-Founder, Lexis Communications (Regional Communications Agency), 1983-1987. Ethnographic Research: "Voodoo in the American South" and "Offshore." Assistant Professor of English, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Kentucky, 1970-1978. Lecturer, English, University of Virginia, 1967-70. Consultant: currently provide internal, external, executive, strategic, organizations, crisis, and change communications; branding, and public relations solutions; professional writing- editing services; manage, write and edit grants and proposals; and conduct presentation and report writing seminars for corporations, NGOs, and government organizations. Writer-editor: two novels, two books or poetry, and a screenplay; scholarly and feature articles, trade books, and PR material.
Research and Expertise
Research Focus: Cross-cultural Communication (Convergence: The effects of SMS Texting and Twitter on High Context, Collectivistic cultures. Convergence: The Impact of Globalization on Intercultural Communication Theory). The Global Youth Culture's Impact on Intercultural Communication Theory). Professional Communication (Deploying the Western Strategic Communication Model in Globalizing China, Russia, and the Balkans). International Crisis Management & Communications (Crisis Communications in government-regulated media environments). Organizational Communication (Communications Network Re-Alignments in Global Organizations Expanding). Public Diplomacy (U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Competing Muslim Narratives).
Professor and Director, Professional Communications Program Education
PhD: English, American, and Comparative Literature, University of Virginia
MA: English and American Literature University of Virginia: English
Certificate: French Language and Culture, UMD; Orleans, France
BS: Management, Mississippi State University
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Director, Professional Communication Program, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (courses in Professional, Organizational, and Cross-Cultural Communication, as well as Crisis Management & Communications to Masters, PhD, and MBA candidates).
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Keri Rusthoi
Advisory Board Member
Now an exciting professional talent, Keri Rusthoi studies with the eminent Jean Kraft of the Metropolitan Opera (retired.) She received her operatic training from the Manhattan School of Music, earned a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the University of New Mexico, and completed undergraduate work in Music at The Colorado College.
Ms. Rusthoi was most recently seen this summer performing Adina in The Elixir of Love and Lucy in Giancarlo Menotti’s The Telephone. She can be heard next in concert performances this Fall with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Spiritual Center’s concert series and as a guest at the Cuesta College (San Luis Obispo) performance class series.
In recent seasons, Ms. Rusthoi has appeared in a wide variety of vocal performances with credits in numerousoperatic productions throughout the country, (Please see her current Operatic Roles List under the REPERTOIRE link at the top of this page,) appearances as a symphony soloist with several regional orchestras, (Please see her current Symphonic Repertoire List under the REPERTOIRE link at the top of this page) and frequent international performances of solo recital concerts for summer music festivals in Europe. (Please see her current Recital Program under the REPERTOIRE link at the top of this page.)
Born into a family of dedicated musicians, Keri Rusthoi began her musical instruction at age 7, studying both the piano and viola. A natural musician and performer, Ms. Rusthoi was also actively sought for young stage roles as a singer and actress throughout her childhood. An avid competitor and performer in both the vocal and instrumental scene, Ms. Rusthoi received numerous awards and certificates for her talents during her school years, prompting one adjudicator to proclaim, “I have never seen such an abundance of talent in someone her age.” Ms. Rusthoi continued to develop her musical abilities during her college career, choosing to focus solely on her vocal gifts. She was rewarded for her collegiate efforts by winning the 1991 Denver Lyric Opera Award and the 1992 Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music.
Ms. Rusthoi is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Emerald City Opera. She passionately enjoys teaching in her private studio, and has regularly served as vocal faculty at the Perry-Mansfield School for the Performing Arts, Arts for the Soul and Colorado Mountain College. Ms. Rusthoi was the winner of the New Mexico Symphony Young Artist Competition and a finalist for the Fulbright Awards.
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Now an exciting professional talent, Keri Rusthoi studies with the eminent Jean Kraft of the Metropolitan Opera (retired.) She received her operatic training from the Manhattan School of Music, earned a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the University of New Mexico, and completed undergraduate work in Music at The Colorado College.
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At Arizona State University, Carol twice helped her team capture the national tennis championship. As a touring professional, she appeared in the U.S. and Australian Opens, and reached a personal high ranking of No. 51 in singles in 1980.
In Colorado, Carol captured 14 singles and 27 doubles titles in the state’s three major tournaments: the Colorado State and the Denver City Opens and the Intermountain Sectional Championship. Her 41 combined major state titles rank second all-time.
Carol has twice been ranked No. 1 in the world, in the women’s 40 singles and doubles in 1991 and women’s 45 singles and doubles in 1996. Representing the U.S. at the World Team Championships in the early and mid-1990s, Carol led the U.S. to three world titles – in 1993, 1995 and 1996.
At Arizona State University, Carol twice helped her team capture the national tennis championship. As a touring professional, she appeared in the U.S. and Australian Opens, and reached a personal high ranking of No. 51 in singles in 1980.
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At Arizona State University, Carol twice helped her team capture the national tennis championship. As a touring professional, she appeared in the U.S. and Australian Opens, and reached a personal high ranking of No. 51 in singles in 1980.
In Colorado, Carol captured 14 singles and 27 doubles titles in the state’s three major tournaments: the Colorado State and the Denver City Opens and the Intermountain Sectional Championship. Her 41 combined major state titles rank second all-time.
Carol has twice been ranked No. 1 in the world, in the women’s 40 singles and doubles in 1991 and women’s 45 singles and doubles in 1996. Representing the U.S. at the World Team Championships in the early and mid-1990s, Carol led the U.S. to three world titles – in 1993, 1995 and 1996.
EDUCATION: University of Wyoming, Master of Public Administration. 1987. Laramie, Wyoming.
Montclair State University, Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Planning. 1981. (This was a "College" in 1981) Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
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