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Andrew
Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a
homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout North America, he addresses
issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with
clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents,
students and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have
equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students' skills.
Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a
Certificate of Child Brain Development from The Institutes for the Achievement
of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a
young Alaskan boy who called him "the funny man with the wonderful words." He
and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin currently teach their three youngest
children at home in Atascadero, California.
Mr. Pudewa's website can be found at www.excellenceinwriting.com
Cathie
and Kevin Baier are blessed with six children and have home educated them since
2003. Before children, Cathie developed curricula and taught classes for adults
around the world on a variety of topics in the computer industry at the
corporate and technical school level. She loves to develop curricula, teach
homeschool co-op classes and organize book clubs. Previously, she held board
positions on the Holy Family Home Education support group such as general
coordinator, membership coordinator and advisory board member.
Kevin is an IT Leader who has worked for over 25 years at Fortune 500 companies
in the Twin Cities area. He has a BS degree in computer science from Iowa State
University and in 2008 he earned an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University. For
several years he led a team of subject matter experts in delivering an
innovative and immersive year-long consumer technology course to over 400
corporate executives at an international electronics retailer based in the Twin
Cities. He’s always been an early adopter of new technologies and is excited to
share his love of technology with other home schooling families.
Cathie blogs at (on) The Road (to becoming a) Scholar.
Martin
Cothran is a writer and teacher, living with his wife and four children in
Danville, Kentucky. Author of Memoria
Press’ Traditional Logic, Material Logic and Classical Rhetoric programs, he
is an instructor of Latin, Logic, Rhetoric, and Classical Studies at Highlands
Latin School.
Martin holds a B.A. in philosophy and economics from the University of
California at Santa Barbara and an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from the Simon
Greenleaf School (now a part of Trinity University). He currently serves as
senior policy analyst with The Family Foundation of Kentucky. The Lexington
Herald-Leader has described Martin as “a master of the 30-second sound bite,”
and the Associated Press has called him “articulate and relentless,” although he
is not entirely sure that they meant it as a compliment, since his views on
policy issues are often at variance with those of the liberal media. He
practices the art of rhetoric in frequent articles on public policy issues that
have appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and
various other newspapers, as well as on radio and television. He has also served
as a registered agent (or “lobbyist”) at the Kentucky State Capitol for over 12
years and has served on various state committees that oversee education policy,
where he continues to be an influential voice on education policy issues.
Martin is the managing editor of “The Classical Teacher” magazine, which also
serves as Memoria Press’ product catalog.
Colleen Billing is a homeschooling mother of five
children, ranging in age from 6-16. Colleen graduated
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with
a bachelor of arts in interpersonal communications and
public speaking and a minor in the teaching of English.
After teaching high school speech and English in Chicago
for several years, she began the most rewarding chapter
of her career by starting her family! In 2006, another
one of her dreams was realized when she started her own
professional organizing business called, "Peaceful
Interiors." Over the past several years, Colleen has had
the privilege of traveling across the country speaking
at various conferences and workshops. She runs
organizing seminars and women's mornings of reflection,
as well as works with clients in their homes to help
them get better organized. She has a passion for helping
women (and men) embrace a simpler, clutter-free life,
and believes that a peaceful, beautiful home and a
strong, healthy body are part of God's plan for each of
us.
Colleen has been married to her husband Andrew for 19 years, and they are members of the Franciscan-based community, The Brothers and Sisters of Charity, founded by John Michael Talbot.
Jim
Weiss has been a storyteller for over 25 years. In 1989, Jim decided to do
something more with the craft that he had formerly practiced solely for
pleasure. He and his wife, Randy, formed a production company,
Greathall Productions, and have thus far
produced 44 storytelling recordings with enticing titles from classical
literature, such as Greek Myths, King Arthur and Sherlock Holmes. Jim's
Greathall line is the recipient of more than 85 major national awards from The
American Library Association, Parents' Choice Foundation, NAPPA, the Parents'
Council, The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, The Film Advisory Board, Parents' Guide to
Children's Media Award and more. Weiss' newest releases are "Julius Caesar and
the Story of Rome" and "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch."
Jim is the recipient of over 80 national awards from The American Library
Association, Parents Choice Foundation, Film Advisory Board, Practical
Homeschooling, The Old Schoolhouse, etc. He has received prized acclaim and
recommendation from prestigious authors/publications such as The Well Trained
Mind, Cathy Duffy, Mary Pride, Home Education Magazine, Family Times,
Homeschooling Today, The Shearers, The Link and countless others.
Jim travels extensively internationally and throughout The United States and
Canada presenting at homeschool conferences, regional events, school, store and
community performances, teacher/parent workshops. He has performed at The White
House Easter events and starred and hosted a PBS Storytelling pilot that won a
Northern California Emmy Award for Best Children's Show.
Anne
Bielejeski is a homeschooling mother of 11 children, ages 6 to 25, and a
grandmother of one. She says that she's still trying to figure it all out while
aging gracefully.
Anne considers herself "an advocate for overworked, guilt-ridden moms" and she has given several workshops to encourage Catholic family life. She is a very popular speaker, with plenty of humor, real-life stories, and down-to-earth advice.
Anne and her husband, John, live in Ham Lake, Minn. They've been married for 28 years.
Fr.
Troy Przybilla is a priest for the Archdiocese of
St. Paul and Minneapolis. He was ordained in 2005.
He served as parochial vicar at St. Peter's in
Forest Lake for 2 years and pastor of Immaculate
Conception in Lonsdale for 3 1/2 years. Currently he
is the vocations director for the Archdiocese.
He grew up in Coon Rapids, Minn., and attended
Epiphany Catholic Church.
Linda
B. López has been part of the home school movement
1988 and has homeschooled her four children through
high school graduation. Three of her children have
attended prestigious private colleges and were
awarded almost $200,000 in merit scholarships. Her
youngest child is currently attending college.
Linda was a public high school counselor and
coordinator of counseling for the Yakima, Wash.,
school district. She administers the annual PLAN
testing for home school students. She makes
presentations at the statewide conferences of all
three Minnesota home school associations. Linda has
a B.A. in psychology from New Mexico State
University and an M.S. degree in counseling
psychology from Central Washington University.