Join us for a panel discussion featuring:
Sherri Sacconaghi,AADP,NASM-CPT: Sherri Sacconaghi is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Personal Trainer. She has changed her life by making purposeful changes to her diet and lifestyle. Through her private practice she now inspires other women toward a healthy body and a joyful life.
Wendy Sample: As a community relations professional for 25 years, Wendy has gathered inspirational stories demonstrating the strength of the individual spirit. Wendy’s sister has managed living with Schizophrenia for 59 years. Through her involvement with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) she has accessed a world of guidance, help and understanding.
Della Rae: Della Rae, founder of DonorsResource.org, is inspired by a vision of engaging people of this community to work in concert for the common good. She is driven by a passion of making a difference in people's lives. And she is guided by a personal philosophy that to do well, we first must be well. For her service to others, Della has won accolades that range from 2007 Regence BlueCross BlueShield Hero Award to the 2012 Outstanding Innovative Project Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She's also been profiled as a "local hero" in Family Circle magazine.
Martha McCormack is currently a doctoral student in social work research at Portland State University. This endeavor follows her 25 year career in children's publicly funded mental health services, where she held such positions as therapist, clinical supervisor, program manager, director, and educator within three major agencies across Oregon and Washington. Using a strengths-based, family empowering model of service planning, coupled with the supportive role of a family partner (one who has been "through it"), families reported a greater sense of empowerment, less family strain, and more closeness with their children. Now in her doctoral program, Martha's area of research focus is caregiver strain in families raising children with mental health conditions
All lectures are free and open to the public; no registration required.
First come, first seated.
