The Teen Talking Circle Project

staff . board . advisors

staff
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 including the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; the Musee Reatu; and Harborview Medical Center permanent art collection.

Linda travels widely teaching TTC Facilitator Trainings and speaking on behalf of the organization. She leads women's retreats and mixed gender retreats, and is on the board of advisors and is a certified facilitator with the Compassionate Listening Project.
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genevieve smeeth, administrative director, co-facilitator, co-trainer

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

Eric is a long-time seat-of-the-pants social philosopher and student of life. He gets to say he holds a self-designated degree (BA) in Social Philosophy from the Evergreen State College, as Evergreen does not designate majors. He also holds an MUS (Master of Urban Studies) from Portland State University. Eric has advanced training in the practice of Compassionate Listening and is Treasurer of the Board for Teen Talking Circles, as well as being a facilitator of teen guy's groups in his hometown of Bainbridge Island, WA. Eric also runs the workshops for TTC and is our in-house chef for workshops and trainings. He is currently at work on a book tentatively titled, It's Tough Being a Feminist Sexist Pig, and other confessions of a postmodern beatnik (and remember, he said it first, do not accept any imitation!)

current TTC facilitators on Bainbridge Island:

Linda Wolf
Genevieve Wolf Smeeth
Georgia Cammann
Alicia Barringer

Cathy Keene, (pre-teen group)
Kim Burke, (pre-teen group)

guys group facilitators on Bainbridge Island:

Eric Kuhner
Darren Ekman

board of directors

Jonathan Frieman, president
Georgia Cammann, VP
Brooke Grossberg, member
Eric Kuhner, Treasurer/Secretary
Lindsay Wagner, member

Linda Wolf: Ex-officio member
Board Consultant: Jeff Leinaweaver

board of advisors

Sharla Musabih, Founder: United Hope UAE www.unitedhopeuae.org
Jean Kilbourne,MF.D - Recent Past President of TTC Board of Directors
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