... Reflect, Refine, Renew

 

 

Guest Speaker

 

 

Dr. Oliver DeMille

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founder and president of George Wythe College, and the author of A Thomas Jefferson Education. As a university student, Oliver went on a search for a truly great education—researching private and public universities, technical and religious schools, and corporate and international educational institutions. As a result, he took classes from a small Bible school where he worked closely with mentors and studied the Bible and the great classics in many fields. Eventually, although Coral Ridge Baptist University was not regionally accredited, he was so excited by the quality of his studies that he left a large, well-respected university to focus full time on his classical education. He earned the B.A. in Biblical Studies (May 1992), M.A. in Christian Political Science (December 1992), and Ph.D. in Religious Education (May 1994) at Coral Ridge Baptist University. He has written and spoken extensively about the traditional education system versus his intense mentored-classical experience with Coral Ridge and other non-traditional schools. After his Coral Ridge studies, he went back and completed the B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Aerospace Studies at Brigham Young University (August 1994). Oliver is a popular keynote speaker, writer and business consultant, and he is married to the former Rachel Pinegar. They have eight children.

 

 

 

Guest Speaker

 

 

Rachel DeMille

 

 

 

Homey and down-to-earth style help make the principles of TJEd accessible to the new homeschooler as well as the seasoned mom of many. She is wife of President Oliver DeMille of George Wythe College, and his frequent co-author and co-presenter. They are founders of Thomas Jefferson Education and the parents of eight children ranging from 16 down to 1, including a 5 year old with multiple disabilities and developmental delays. She has known the triumphs and challenges of motherhood and homeschooling and has a gift for empowering other parents, especially women, to “trust the process” and find joy in the journey.

 

 

 

 

Guest Speaker

 

 

Jodie Palmer

 

 

 

 

The current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Midwives College of Utah and is a former President of that institution. She currently serves on the Board of the national Midwifery Education Accreditation Council. She received a bachelor.s degree in alternative health sciences and masters in education from George Wythe College. She is a former Director of Distance Studies, Instructor and Mentor for GWC. She has extensive experience as a presenter, including for UHEA, Youth for America, Thomas Jefferson Education Forum, American Red Cross, and numerous classes and seminars. She and her husband Doug live with their daughter Maggie in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

 

 

 

Stephanie Francom

 

 

Chairman of the Board and President of Art of Womanhood. She's been happily married to her sweetheart since 1990. Deeply attracted to his thirst for knowledge, she followed his example and pursued her own education, first attending 2 years at a religious college, then becoming Montessori trained, and further being educated in alternative health and the classics. She and her husband have always been deeply involved with the education of their seven children with a leadership education in the classics. She has completed her 5 Pillar Certification at GWC and is currently pursuing her degree with an emphasis on Womanhood.

 

 

 

 

Stephanie Harris

 

Raised on a family farm in Burley, ID, she is the oldest with three sisters, and one younger brother.   She attended school at USU and married her husband after he returned from a service mission.  They are currently expecting child #6, and their fifth boy in a row.   She has homeschooled her children almost exclusively, currently applying Leadership principles.  She lives a very rural lifestyle, and she tries to enjoy gardening and pruning, and canning and all that goes with that. Mostly, she really loves to read, and think, and ponder, and discuss (hence, her love and devotion to AofW.) she also enjoys traveling with her kids, sewing and quilting, and just watching her husband wrestle with their little ones on the living room floor before they have devotional and prayer at night.

 

 

 

 

Kelly Hansen

 

On the Board of Directors for Art of Womanhood. Kelly feels passionate about the ability women have to effect quiet, yet powerful change in the world around them and is thrilled to be part of an organization focused on the development and refinement of women to this end.

Her life now revolves around her husband and mentoring, loving and mothering six children. Their ages range from 18 to 4. Although they attend a mixture of private and public schools, they apply the principles of Leadership Education in their home.

 

She brings with her 17 years of managerial experience in the manufacturing envirionment.

 

 

 

 

JoAnne Burrows

 

On the Board of Directors for Art of Womanhood. She curently resides in Nibley, Utah with her four children (two girls and two boys), JoAnne brings to the board a lifetime of experience in the field of nursing.  Her husband, Todd, is a Paramedic for Unified Fire in Salt Lake County. She is currently a stay-at-home mom trying to create a leadership home following the principles of Thomas Jefferson Education. She is truly enjoying her quest for a first-class education this time around and is eager to serve for and with women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ginger Carpenter

 

The Youth Committee Co-Chair for Art of Womanhood, Ginger lives

in San Diego, California and has been working with Stacy Harmer to create the upcoming Youth Program. Her husband, Kent, is a commercial real estate appraiser. She is the mother of three young girls and a 15-year-old son. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in communicative disorders and a master’s degree in

speech-language pathology from BYU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stacy Harmer

 

She is the Director of the Changed Hearts program and Youth Committee Co-Chair for Art of Womanhood. She knows from experience the strength that comes when women support, strengthen, aide and encourage one another and is so pleased to be involved with an organization that promotes the art of womanhood. She is married to her wonderful husband, Matt Harmer and is the mother to six beautiful children ~ Jordan, Christian, Aubrey, Hunter, Olivia and Isabella. She received her Bachelor and Master Degrees from BYU and taught at the BYU-Salt Lake Extension Center. She has developed a passion for Leadership Education and studying the classics. She is currently facilitating discussion groups for women to embark on a 12 week spiritual journey.

 

 

 

Sandra Stapley

 

She is honored to serve as an Advisor to the Board of an organization that is dedicated to women and the position they hold in building and maintaining society. For many of her years, self education in life was her school room of truth and understanding. She began her leadership education by earning a Statesmanship Degree from George Wythe College and is continuing in earning her masters. Sandra has served in many leadership positions in church and community. She recently served as the president of Alumni and Friends Association for GWC. She and her childhood sweetheart Terry have been married for 35 years, are the parents of five children and ten grandchildren, they currently live in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

 

 

 

Debi Watson

 

The Director of Studies for Art of Womanhood, Debi and her husband Greg live with their three exhuberant children in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where she also runs GWC Bookstore Canada; tries to finish her Master's degree in Political Economy; and saves the world in her spare time (in no particular order!). She loves to learn, teach, and participate in colloquia, and is particularly excited about her opportunity to help serve women world wide through The Art of Womanhood. She is hard at work on the third book in her forthcoming "Scholar-Mom" series: Dancing Off the Conveyor Belt. Watch for her first two books, Do Scholar-Moms Scrub Toilets? and Ten Windmills and How to Joust Them: A Scholar-Mom's Guide to Overcoming Common Obstacles, coming soon.