The Teen Talking Circle Project

staff . board . advisors


linda wolf, founder/ED; co-director of local programs

Linda is the founder and executive director of TTC, lead trainer, and co-author of TTC's books including Speaking and Listening From the Heart (dsistas Press, 2004); Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood (New Society Publishers, 1997); and Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century; Stories from a New Generation of Activists (New Society Publishers, 2001).

Linda graduated from the Institute of American Universities, and L'Ecole Experimental Photographic, France where she lived for five years. She also attended the Evergreen State College. Linda is a profesional photographer (www.lindawolf.net) and has received numerous grants for photographic, film,and multimedia projects over the past thirty-five years. Her work is part of permanent collections in museums, libraries, and public institutions worldwide.
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jessica star rockers, assistant director; facilitator

Star is a facilitator for the 2011/2012 Girl's Talking Circle on Bainbridge Island, personal assistant to Linda Wolf, and managing director of TTC. She got her masters degree in creative non-fiction and literary design from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers, in Washington. She is mommie to a beautiful 4 year old boy, named Liam, and is also an accomplished musician, recording artist, and author.

genevieve smeeth, lead trainer; lead facilitator

Genevieve has been part of TTC since she was 9 years old. Since 2002, she has been a co-trainer of TTC Facilitator Trainings and co-leader of Women's Sacred Circle Retreats. She was a member of the first middle school Girl’s Talking Circle on Bainbridge Island and is currently a co-facilitator of the Bainbridge Girls high school circle. Genevieve coaches soccer for Hyla Middle School and is a student herself at Seattle Central College. She is a powerful presenter and spokesperson for Teen Talking Circles.

eric kuhner, co-facilitator, co-trainer, keeper of the books

Eric Kuhner has led teen guys’ groups and mixed gender groups with Teen Talking Circles and assists with facilitator trainings. Eric has completed advanced training in Compassionate Listening and presents Compassionate Listening principles in his work with teens and adults. In addition to participating in a local men’s group, he recently led his first retreat for men and works to bring the principles of compassion and authentic communication to a wider male audience. Eric has a Masters Degree in Urban Studies and has mastered the art of shifting roles from group leader and facilitator to computer guru, writer, and cook for retreats and trainings.

jeannie patterson, development consultant

is a development consultant and grant writer for TTC and for a variety of nonprofit organizations in Minnesota and Washington, as well as owner of her own business, J. Patterson Consulting Group, LLC.

current TTC facilitators on Bainbridge Island:

Genevieve Wolf Smeeth
Alicia Barringer
Star Rockers

board of directors

Jonathan Frieman, president
Georgia Cammann, VP
Brooke Grossberg, member
Eric Kuhner, Treasurer/Secretary
Linda Wolf, ED
Lindsay Wagner: Ex-officio member
Board Consultants:
Jeff Leinaweaver
Gifford Pinchot
Elizabeth Pinchot

board of advisors

Sharla Musabih, Founder: United Hope UAE www.unitedhopeuae.org
Jean Kilbourne,MF.D - Recent Past President of TTC Board of Directors
Glenn Hampson, Founder, National Science Communication Institute
Elizabeth Pinchot, Co-founder, Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Neva Welton, MA. Psychology -- Community Organizer
Audrey Watson -- YES: A Journal for Positive Futures -
Jonathan Frieman, Esq. Founder, JoMiJo Foundation
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. - Director of Diversity, Bush School; Founder, White Privilege Conference
Rick Matteson, Contextual Conceptual Therapy
Riane Eisler, author; director, The Partnership Way
Eric Liu, author, educator; Founder of Guiding Lights Network
Carol Gilligan, author
Gifford Pinchot, Co-Founder/President, Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Juli Steffen, Pyschologist
Thomas G. Steffen, Pastor
Marion Woodman, author, Jungian psychotherapist
Jackson Katz, executive director Mentors in Violence Prevention
Dr. Christine DiStefano, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, UW; cofounder of Women & Democracy at the UW
Leah Green, Founder, Compassionate Listening Project
Starhawk, Activist, author
David Korten, author, founder People-Centered Development Forum
Joanna Newsom, singer songwriter