Board of Directors

Emalene Renna

Emalene Renna, Ed D. is a retired educator that served as a teacher, elementary principal, middle school principal and finally superintendent of schools for 17 years. During her years in education one of her focuses was conflict resolution which included win/win negotaations, peer mediation and service learning.
In retirement Emalene has been on the Executive Board of the Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County for the past nine years, serving three years as president. Emalene is also a certified mediator and does volunteer mediation at the Dispute Resolution Center. She received the basic training in Compassionate Listening, primarily to increase her skills as a mediator, and subsequently attended the Israel/Palestine Delegation. Emalene is committed to the incredible work of Compassionate Listening.

 

Ilene Stark

Ilene Stark has worked in the realm of education for over 30 years. During this time she has worn many hats including those of classroom teacher, administrator, adult educator, teacher coach, facilitator and advocate. Ilene has provided training for hundreds of teachers in violence prevention and is a certified mediator specializing in family mediation and conflict resolution coaching. Ilene is a volunteer mediator and mentor at two Dispute Resolution Centers and has her own mediation practice, Just Options. She also volunteers at Monroe Prison teaching classes including Compassionate Listening. Ilene hopes to complete her certification with the The Compassionate Listening Project by August, 2011.

 

Therese Charvet

Therese has been involved with TCLP since 2002, attending the first Advanced Trainings and being among the first cohort to become Certified Facilitators. Her previous experience as Midwifery Program Director at Seattle Midwifery School provided a good background for being an educational consultant to TCLP in 2004-05 as the organization worked to refine the Advanced Training courses. Her organizational experience includes being past president of the Midwives Alliance of North America, president of the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council, and board member on the Midwives Association of Washington State. Currently she serves on two other boards in addition to TCLP. She has worked in the TCLP office providing administrative support off and on since early 2008. In addition to her work with TCLP, she offers ceremonies, circles and CL trainings at her eco-retreat center Sacred Groves, located on Bainbridge Island.

Aaron DeAnda

Aaron is a project manager at Group Health Cooperative Home Health and Hospice.  He hopes to bring his experience in project management and business to the Board. At the same time he sees the potential for Compassionate Listening in the hospice field, where nurses and medical providers help patients and their families at the end stage of life.

 

Allison Goldstein

Allison is passionate about approaching personal and spiritual growth and connection through listening. She is the founder of the FREE LISTENING Project of Puget Sound. She has attended CLP annual gatherings in 2009 and 2010 and has attended several trainings. Allison also volunteers at the Federal Way Food Bank, providing her with a wealth of opportunities to practice her listening skills. She is excited about bringing Compassionate Listening and FREE LISTENING approaches together and being part of this exciting movement and feels honored to work with such a dynamic collection of people. Allison is self-employed offering pricing software solutions to businesses.

 

Bryn Patton