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Sallie Cook, President
Sallie and her husband Roger have lived in Wooster for over twenty years. Sallie is a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal and the past president of the Every Woman's House Friends and Neighbors Advisory Board. Sally has been selected as a Wooster Woman of Achievement, is active in her church and many political activities.
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Stefan Garcia, Vice-President
Stefan is founder and part owner of Monitor Wealth Group, a financial advisory firm in Wooster. He is a Certified Financial Planner and holds an MBA from Ashland University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has served on the Junior Achievement Board and is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Wooster. He and his wife Melanie have lived in Wooster since 1996 and they have two children.
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Tricia Pycraft, Secretary
Tricia has been with Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston since 2002. A Wayne County native and graduate of Triway High School, Tricia attended Denison University where she graduated summa cum laude from the Honors Program, earning a degree in History in 1999. In 2002, she graduated with honors from the Ohio State University College of Law where she was a member of the Ohio State Law Journal. Tricia’s practice is concentrated in the areas of civil litigation, labor and employment law, and HIPAA compliance. In addition to the Liberty Center board, Tricia serves on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross Wayne County Chapter and chaired its Festival of Trees fundraiser in 2005 and 2006 and is also a member of the Wooster Noon Lions Club.
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John Thern, Treasurer
John is a Certified Public Accountant in Holmes County, and began his term on the Board in 2008. He and his wife Debbie have recently returned to the area from Napa, California where John volunteered as Board Treasurer and Finance Committee chairperson for Napa Emergency Women’s Services, a non-profit organization very similar to Every Woman’s House. Previously John had served on several Holmes County non-profit Boards, including the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce, Holmes County Park District, Holmes County Red Cross, Holmes County Habitat for Humanity, Holmes County Share-A-Christmas and others.
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Bobbi Douglas, Executive Director
Bio coming soon...
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Diane Butler
Diane has a BS in accounting and owns a manufacturing company in Lorain County. She and her husband Jeff have three grown children and have lived in Wooster for thirteen years. She was previously a founding board member of Wooster Summer Fastpitch and was involved in Leadership Wooster.
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Tom Fenzl
Bio coming soon...
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Wanda Christopher-Finn
Wanda is the retired COO of Wayne Savings Community Bank of Wooster and a former board member of Village Savings Bank of North Canton. She has served as President of Friends & Neighbors of Every Woman's House, a member of the Hudson Community Chapel in Hudson, Ohio and is active in many charitable, service, and business/trade organizations on the local and state level. Wanda has been a member of the community since 1961 and her family includes a daughter and son, two step-sons, ten grandchildren, one Old English sheepdog and two Himalayan cats.
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Becky Foster
Becky is the Director of Construction and Maintenance at Buehler Food Markets, Inc. She is a Wayne County native and graduate of Chippewa High School and Wayne County Schools Career Center. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Akron University in Construction Management. Becky is a member of Quota International of Wooster, a Board member on the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce, on the Advisory Committee for the Engineering Technologies program at the Wayne County Schools Career Center, a Volunteer for SCORE and past Board member for the Wayne County Red Cross. She is also co-owner of Custom Cut-Ups Scrapbooking in Wooster. Becky and her husband John live in Wooster and have one son and daughter-in-law and two young grandsons.
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Lana Gesler
Lana is a Certified School Nurse at Wooster High School and has been actively involved in the Wooster community since moving here in 1983. She graduated with a BSN from Kent State University, received her Masters in Nursing from Emory University, and most recently her School Nurse Certificate from Ashland University. She has served on the United Way Board of Directors, the Wayne Center for the Arts Board of DIrectors, and on several professional commmittees related to adolescent health. Lana is married to Jim and together they have three grown children.
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Leslie Knowling
Leslie and her husband Steve have lived in Millersburg for eight years after living in Wooster for twelve years. Leslie grew up in Wooster, graduated from Wooster High School and has a BSN in Nursing from The Ohio State University. Most of her working life has been spent in public health. She currently works for the Holmes County Health Department after working many years for the Wayne County Health Department. She is a member of the United Methodist Church in Wooster where she has served on many church committees. She and her husband have six children and eight grandchildren.
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Sue Mathur
Sue is a Registered Nurse, with pediatrics as her specialty. She worked in Cleveland for several years and from 1976 to 1989; and conducted the pediatric pre-op program at Wooster Community Hospital. She is an active community volunteer who has been on the Board since 2004. She is also the Coordinator of the Lacey Memorial, Coordinator of the Rectory Renovation Project, 2nd Vice President of the Women's Advisory Board of the College of Wooster, serves on the Leadership Committee at the College of Wooster, a member of the Allocations Committee for United Way. Sue and her husband Arun have three grown sons and have lived in Wooster for over thirty-five years.
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Ray Tucker
Ray Tucker has been with The College of Wooster since fall of 2000 as a licensed professional clinical counselor providing services at the Student Wellness Center. Originally from Cleveland he worked for several years in the mental health field as a social worker and multi-systemic therapist with children and families. An alumni of Kent State and John Carroll Universities who studied in the field of psychology, counseling, and human services.
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Mary Vaidya
Mary is the Executive VP of Administration for TechniGraphics, Inc., a Wooster-based company she and her husband Dee began when they moved back to Wooster in 1993. They have three grown children. She served on the Wayne Center for the Arts Board in the past as well as the Online Selling Store Board and was a volunteer with the Hospice program.
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Jim Webster
Jim is the founder and President of LetterGraphics Sign Company. He is currently Chair of the Administrative Board of the Trinity United Methodist Church, past Chair of the Board of Directors for MainStreet Orrville, is involved with Leadership Orrville 2009/2010, and is a member of the Wooster Country Club. Jim lives in Orrville with his wife Cindy and has two grown children, Robb and Erin. Jim is looking forward to the opportunity to be part of Liberty Center Connections.
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Jill Wickham
Jill is currently the Director, Special Markets Accounting, at the J.M. Smucker Company, where she has been employed since 1999. Jill has previously served on the boards of the Wayne County Hospice and Learn and Play Daycare. Jill currently resides in Wooster with husband Matt and son Boomer. Matt is a CPA with Dyer, Hughes, Roche & Wilon. Boomer is a junior at Triway High School. Jill is excited to be volunteering again and is looking forward to making a contribution to Liberty Center Connections.
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Sally Bernhardt, Emeritus
Bio coming soon...
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Julia Fishelson, Emeritus
Julia is a lifelong resident of Wooster and has been involved with Every Woman's House since its inception. She provided a facility for the first shelter and significant funding to build the new shelter. Julia has also served on the Board of Planned Parenthood of North Central Ohio and the Wayne Center for the Arts. She is also active nationally in a number of arts, political, and women's rights organizations.
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John Kropf, Emeritus
John served on the Board of Trustees for twelve years. He is an attorney at the firm of Kropf, Wagner, Hohenberger and Lutz and is a lifelong resident of Orrville. He is a Director at First National Bank and is the President of Baldwin Wallace College Board of Trustees. John and his wife Judy are active in the United Church of Christ, both locally and nationally. They have two children. John actively solicits giving (both current and deferred) for Every Woman's House.
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Donna Miller, RN, Emeritus
Donna is a retired registered nurse. She was on the Every Woman's House Board for twelve years and created the Wayne County Friends and Neighbors group. She volunteered at the shelter for Every Woman's House and was involved in a variety of other community organizations.
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Clyde Webb, Emeritus
Clyde is the retired owner of Webb-Atlas, a local heating and air conditioning business. He and his deceased wife Dorothy have six grown children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Clyde was a key volunteer during the capital campaign and renovation of the current Gault Liberty Center. He has been a life long Boy Scout and served on the early United Way Boards. Clyde has been selected as the Wooster Chamber of Commerce's “Wall of Fame” recipient. He is an active member of the Wooster Rotary Club.
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