A question that I am often asked is whether there is funding available for your hypnotherapy treatment through the NHS. Even though some hypnotherapists are registered NHS providers, currently hypnotherapy is not usually available through the NHS.
If you were to ask your general practitioner to recommend a hypnotherapist, they may suggest using a hypnotherapist approved by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, a body accountable to Parliament to regulate standards of professional practice. Hypnotherapists who are registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council are recognised by the Professional Standards Authority as meeting the UK standards of patient safety and service quality. So you will get a recommendation from your general practitioner but funding your hypnotherapy treatment will still need to be paid by you.
If you are seeking general therapy in Cardiff (but not hypnotherapy) from your general practitioner, they are likely to place you on a waiting list. You may be seen by the Primary Mental Health Support Service, administrated by the Cardiff and Vale Action for Mental Health. If you are under 18 years of age, you will be placed on a waiting list and be referred to the CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service). In some cases you may be able to refer yourself to the above – chat to your GP for further advice.
There are a growing number of health insurance companies offering private health cash plans that will reimburse part or all of the costs of hypnotherapy treatments not funded by the NHS, or by private health insurance policies. These private health cash plans can be funded by your employer or purchased individually by you for yourself and members of your family. Each company offering private health cash plans will have varying levels of coverage for which they will reimburse your costs over an annual period.
The following Private Health Cash Plan providers recognise hypnotherapists registered with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, of which I am a registered member (please click the link in the website footer).
(Disclaimer – the following listed health cash plan provider companies are correct at the time of writing this article, summarised from the CNHC, last updated April 2018. These companies may change their policies without notice to the public or to the CNHC. Please contact the individual company to verify that the condition in which you are claiming reimbursement is accepted prior to starting your hypnotherapy treatment. No refunds for your hypnotherapy treatment will be given where there are any disputes about reimbursement between you and your health cash plan provider company).
Medicash – provide health cash plans for individuals and businesses, covering 50% of your treatment costs up to a set limit per year, depending on the health cash plan.
The Health Insurance Group – a broker that will find the best health cash plan for you or your business.
Pure Benefits – provide corporate health cash plans through Medicash (https://www.purebenefits.co.uk/product/health-cash-plan/ – Password needed to enter site).
Westfield Health – provide reimbursement for a limited number of corporate health cash plans.
Health Shield – provide reimbursement on specified corporate paid plans.
Elect – working with Health Shield, Elect provide reimbursement for hypnotherapy on their health cash plans.
Paycare – provide reimbursement for hypnotherapy on all of their health cash plans, up to an annual limit of £150 depending on the level of coverage.
Other health cash plan companies – there are other companies that list hypnotherapy as a treatment available for reimbursement on their health cash plans. These include PMI Health group and SMP Healthcare. Other companies may not list hypnotherapy as a therapy available for reimbursement, but may consider it on a case by case basis when an application is made. To be eligible for reimbursement for hypnotherapy, your condition must usually be at an acute stage and referred by your GP or company medical representative.
Funding for your hypnotherapy treatment: what conditions can be treated?
As mentioned above, a referral from your GP or company medical representative will usually ensure that your hypnotherapy treatment is considered medically necessary and eligible for reimbursement. A diagnosis would usually indicate that you are suffering from stress, anxiety or depression in some way and it is affecting your personal quality of life and/or ability to work.
Some of the conditions that I have previously treated include anxiety, stress, depression, insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety following an accident, panic attacks, smoking cessation, anger management, relationship issues and substance abuse (addictions). But other conditions may be accepted depending on the strong case that you make for your treatment with your GP and health cash plan company.
Your GP's approval will be easier if they know that your hypnotherapist is a member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council.
Make your application and receive your formal notification that part or all of your hypnotherapy treatment can be reimbursed through your health cash plan. Then contact me using the Contact Form stating that part or all of your treatment is eligible for reimbursement.
A formal receipt including any of your reference numbers can be given at the end of each consultation or at the end of your hypnotherapy course of treatment. Please specify if you would like a paper copy or email copy of your receipt.
You would send each receipt to your health cash plan company and they would reimburse the cost up to a certain amount within an annual period. Processing time of each receipt can vary between each health cash plan company.
For more information about funding for your hypnotherapy treatment using private health cash plans contact Richard J D'Souza Hypnotherapy Cardiff.


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and love you for who you are.
generous and joyful . . .
Of course, I'm touched (dabbing away tears) that she chose this for me, but I could also see that these attributes can easily be affixed to anyone who chooses to live in love; I know so many of them. Yet I don't pause nearly enough to give thanks for, pray for, those who have taken the time to know me, who have loved me during ugly times, who have been generous and joyful, who have shared their wisdom. All blessings.
Writer Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar, helps me understand why it's hard to acknowledge blessings in our midst. We've believed that we are inherently sinful—original sin—and the world around us, our very culture, does little to disabuse us from that teaching. However, Rohr says that we have ignored the truth of "original blessing." From Genesis forward to Jesus, we can see the very heart and image of God. Yes, sin is more than evident, but we find inherent goodness everywhere, and the light of that goodness is overwhelming.
I want to be like Ruby and name the blessings that surround me. I want to stop looking for the small imperfections or magnifying the embedded original-sin-misdeeds of those who offend me. I want to turn down the harmful noise and cast my lot with the blessing people—there you are, strong and wise at church and in my neighborhood and family. Blessed be all of you.
This is a great posting, Jo. I think about this subject a lot, running adoptions for a cat rescue group. Every week, I have to deal with my anger at the callousness of people who have abandoned, neglected and outright mistreated these animals. But then ---- invariably and out of nowhere it sometimes seems --- along comes somebody wonderful who sits down, looks at the cats and says, "Tell me their stories." And takes one home to love, protect and cherish just from the goodness of his or her heart. These are the people I meet every week, and they are my quiet heroes. I'll now start calling them "blessings."
Eileen, thank you for this contribution. May we all help each other see the blessings around us -- and spread them!


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As the NBA restart in Orlando nears, big man DeMarcus Cousins is still without a team and continues to be one of the more intriguing options available as a substitute player.
With a rash of positive tests around the league — including in the facilities of Milwaukee and the LA Clippers — and players continuing to opt out, speculation was ramping up that Cousins could be signing with a team soon. The four-time All-Star generated more buzz when he fired off a cryptic tweet on Monday.
"Another Boogie Bomb…" Cousins wrote.
Another Boogie Bomb …
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) July 6, 2020
The replies on the tweet were filled with teams petitioning for Cousins to come to their team. However, it turns out it was just a tease for his new comedy special on Amazon — Boogie's Comedy Slam.
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DeMarcus Cousins Weighing His Options
The Lakers parted ways with Cousins in February, waiving the four-time all-star to make room for Markieff Morris. Cousins did not play a game for the Lakers before his release and had been rehabbing from a torn ACL he suffered this summer. He was hoping to make his return during the season, but much was still uncertain and the Lakers chose instead to add a player that would make an immediate impact in Morris.
When healthy, Cousins was a walking double-double, averaging 21.2 points and 10.9 rebounds for his career. He also has career averages of 3.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game and shoots just around 33 percent from 3-point range.
Cousins could still be an asset for a team, but he's weighing his options with the possibility of rehabbing further to prevent another devastating injury after having his career blown off course.
"Cousins, he and his agent, Jeff Schwartz—I'm told they're going to be very careful about where they might commit," ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski said on Get Up (h/t Bleacher Report). "There's teams interested, but they're going to have to find the right situation for him to come back now, because if they can give him another six months of rehab and preparation for next season, wouldn't rule him out with a team this year, but it's got to be the right team, right situation or he just waits until a training camp next year with a new team."
Shams Charania previously reported that Boogie would sit out for the season last month, but if a previously untapped opportunity arose due to a roster spot opening up, Cousins could change his mind.
Sources: Multiple teams have expressed interest in DeMarcus Cousins but have been told the four-time All-Star will sit out the resumed season and continue rehab for full return in 2020-21.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 23, 2020
The "transaction window" ended on June 30, but teams can still sign substitute players until Aug. 14.
DeMarcus Cousins Made Impact on Lakers, Despite Not Playing
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While Cousins did not get on the court in purple and gold, he still made an impact on the team with his veteran presence.
"DeMarcus has been here rehabbing and been a great member of this team behind the scenes that nobody gets to see because the only thing he can do is be a good teammate and travel, and show up to every game and have a good attitude," Lakers guard Alex Caruso told Kyle Goon earlier this season. "And he's done that and been one of the best teammates as far as just keeping everybody's energy high and not too low."
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Culturally sensitive through exposure across five continents and living in the U.S. and various countries in Latin America, Philippe Bellande is considered by many of his peers and clients to be a "bridge-builder" with a unique ability to bring separate entities together to consensus, a skill he practiced in both the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.
After taking on early retirement in 2007, from 25 years of top management positions at Mars Latin America, Philippe moved to Texas and built the house of his dreams. But pretty soon, he realized that retirement was not for him and he founded a Management Consulting Firm to lead a global project for his former employer. He also consulted for Nonprofit Entities and For Profit businesses in the development of long-term strategies aligned with their goals, vision, mission and values. The Rotary Club of Intercontinental Houston and Temple Beth Torah of Humble, Texas, were among his most successful clients.
In 2016, Philippe decided to enter the Beverage Business and moved to South Florida to start a Wine Import and Distribution company with his son. The move brought him closer to three of his six grand kids who live in Miami. Looking for ways to give back to the local community, he joined the University of Miami School of Business Mentorship Program as a mentor for MBA students and became a Senior Consultant with the National Executive Service Corps.
A native of Haiti, Philippe has a BBA from the University of Puerto Rico and an MBA equivalency from Columbia University. He is fluent is five languages, lives in Aventura.
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Paula has spent her career working in Corporate Communications, including 30 years with FedEx in various roles.
She began her career at the FedEx World Headquarters in Memphis on a team that launched one of the nation's first corporate satellite broadcast networks. She then helped launch communications for the FedEx Latin America division in Miami, Florida, and created its first multi-lingual Employee Communications program.
Other roles included leading communications at the FedEx National Hub in Indianapolis and working in public relations and crisis communications. Paula currently works as a consultant assisting clients in media, storytelling, social and crisis communications support.
Paula is a graduate of the University of Florida and a proud Gator and Miami Dolphins fan.
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Arturo Carbonell is a market development and value chain executive with expertise in pricing, supply chain, business process re-engineering, and program management. His experience includes driving sustainable revenue growth, introducing pricing strategy, policy and procedures, streamlining supply chain operations, improving commercial finance processes and systems with Fortune Global 200 companies and multinational manufacturers.
At DHL Express, Arturo led cross-functional teams to develop and implement commercial strategy initiatives, pricing processes, and systems to support a $ 2.1 Billion business across 45 countries. At UPS Americas Region, he directed revenue management and was responsible for regional sourcing strategy and operations in Mexico, Latin America, and Caribbean countries. As General Manager with a conglomerate of cement factories and coal mines, Arturo led international procurement of capital equipment, industrial parts and materials, managed Portland cement distributors, and launched multi-modal transportation and export operations of steam coal.
Arturo has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Pontifical Xavierian University and an MBA from Florida International University. He resides in South Florida with his wife and daughter.
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David's most recent role was as Senior Vice President at Better World Advertising (BWA) in San Francisco. He has managed social marketing campaigns for the FDA, CDC, local health departments, and dozens of community-based organizations. Some areas of expertise include tobacco cessation/prevention, HIV/AIDS, obesity prevention, substance abuse, and working with indigenous and immigrant populations.
David has extensive volunteer experience in the areas of HIV, the environment, foster care, homelessness, substance use, and LGBT issues. Prior to joining BWA, David established BluSkye Group, a strategic marketing and design studio, and worked as the Communications Director for the San Diego Repertory Theatre. He holds a B.A. in History from San Diego State University and an MBA in Marketing from National University in San Diego. David is proud to co-parent a high school daughter with his husband.
Frank Cupido, Senior Consultant
Frank joined Executive Service Corps- South Florida after a near 40-year career in the telecommunications industry. Frank began his career with Northern Telecom where he led the financial support for Northern Telecom's Japan subsidiary and helped secure a $500 million contract with the national Japanese telecom carrier, NTT. Frank was based in Tokyo for two years where he supported Northern Telecom's other Asian markets in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Beijing.
Frank held finance and business development roles with Hughes Network Systems where he built relationships with Asian wireless telecom carriers in the Philippines, China and with a startup carrier based in western Ukraine. After Hughes, Frank joined Bechtel Telecommunications where, as the account director for the AT&T Wireless account, he helped build it into one of Bechtel's largest customers.
Frank has greatly enjoyed his experience working with nonprofits. While based in Nashville, Frank was the Treasurer for the St. Bernard's School for Exceptional Children. Frank recently moved to Palm Beach County and has joined the Board for the Speak Up for Kids organization, which supports Florida's Guardian Ad Litem program. He looks forward to applying his experience in financial management, marketing, Project management, and training to ESC-SoFL's clients.
Frank attended Culver Military Academy. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service: Georgetown University, and an MBA Finance: University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He resides with his wife Nancy in Boca Raton.
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Hanna Fink is a results/team oriented executive with extensive nonprofit sector experience in problem solving and leading and managing people, programs, and facilities in highly complex and diversified organizations. Ms. Fink has spent the past 25 years working in the South Florida community for a national health and social service organization. Having invigorated the volunteer base, she orchestrated one of the largest walk-a-thons in the U.S. along with being responsible for planned giving, major gifts, and numerous special events,. Ms Fink's ability to lead and manage while developing relationships with key stakeholders in the community has been critical to her success.
Previously Ms. Fink was the Executive in a multi disciplined full service Community Center serving 7,500 individuals and a local development corporation in an historic neighborhood. She recently completed a comprehensive course through the Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA) earning the designation of Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)®, The SCSA is an international organization that has trained more than 30,000 professionals to meet the changing needs of a growing senior population. Currently involved in the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs, serving as an advocate for seniors and populations who are unable to advocate for themselves.
M.S.W. Wurzweiler School of Social Work-Yeshiva University, New York, and an M.B.A. from Pace University, New York.
Massey Ghatavi, Senior Consultant
Massey Ghatavi has had a distinguished career as a management consultant and business strategist in industries ranging from aerospace to health care to construction. The central focus of his work has been to assist clients in meeting their growth objectives through the adaptation and utilization of strategic business & modern management methods, operation optimization processes, business process reengineering, and advanced technologies.
In addition to the company he founded, Business Transformation International (BTI), Mr. Ghatavi has held executive-level positions with companies such as PMS&K (KPMG), Ernst & Young, Rolls Royce UK, and Canadair. He has also led engagements as a volunteer for the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) in Eastern Europe, including in the Ukraine and Georgia.
Mr. Ghatavi holds a degree in Engineering from Northeast London Polytechnic and an MBA/DMS in General management from Danbury Management Center, United Kingdom. Massey resides in Toronto, CA, but spends a good part of each year on the west coast of Florida.
Salomon Gheller, Senior Consultant
Salomon Gheller is an experienced executive manager with over 40 years experience in the telecommunications and petroleum industries. He was a founding partner and CEO of a unified messaging start-up company ,after holding senior executive positions in different vertically integrated business and then as planning, strategy and technologies consultant. He has proven success in Telecomm, IT, strategic planning, management and governance, business process analysis and alignment, outsourcing relations He has the ability to provide strategic direction and guidelines to help organizations meet strategic goals.
Mr. Gheller is bilingual (English and Spanish). He holds a Msc , and ME in computer science and systems engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and a BS in EE from Universidad Central Venezuela
Mark Gorman, Senior Consultant, Board Member
Mark Gorman is an expert in not-for-profit accounting with over 35 years' experience as an auditor, consultant, and financial executive. He has served as the Director of Finance and CFO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the San Francisco Opera, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County. He also has served as a board member for community based organizations, committees within the accounting profession, and governmental commissions. As a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee, he participated in the deliberation and drafting of Audit Guides, Statements of Position (SOP's) and other authoritative literature that form the basis of current not-for-profit accounting and financial reporting rules.
Mr. Gorman was an adjunct Professor of Accounting and Economics at the University of Vermont, Vermont State College, and Sonoma State University. In addition to university instruction, he has taught seminars in not-for-profit accounting and other subjects for the AICPA, Foundation for Accounting Education, and CPE Corporation. He has made presentations at AICPA national conventions and other conferences and professional forums. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Accountancy and Philanthropy Monthly.
B.A. Franconia College, M.S. Accounting Long Island University
Barbara Gray, Senior Consultant
Barbara Gray has over 25 years of senior management experience in healthcare at the local, regional, and national levels. Her work has included operations management, organization development, and start-up/turnaround success. She has served as Senior VP at Caring Foundations, VP of Hospice Operations for Vitas Healthcare, and COO of Dimension Health, among other companies.
Barbara has steered organizations to be responsive to community needs. She has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver outcomes that include high customer and employee satisfaction, improved revenue, increased operational and administrative effectiveness, enhanced compliance with regulations, and strict adherence to sound and ethical business practices. Working with both for-profits and nonprofit organizations, Ms. Gray has built cohesive, productive teams by reinforcing corporate values and standards, establishing goals, and implementing plans to reach them.
Barbara's consulting practice has focused on strategic planning, compliance program assessment, operations review and improvement, and pre-merger due diligence/post-transaction integration.
Ms. Gray obtained her BA from the University of Florida, an MA in College Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Compliance from George Washington University.
Tom Hurwich, Senior Consultant
Tom worked more than 33 years in finance at Abbott and AbbVie, and was named as AbbVie's first Vice President and Corporate Controller. In that role he established AbbVie's external accounting and reporting, internal control and financial planning functions as well the global customs area. His oversight of the financial planning function included short term and long range financial planning as well as the financial analysis, due diligence and integration of several acquisitions. He was key member of the team that led the financial separation of AbbVie from Abbott including implementation of the SAP Enterprise system and establishment of accounting transactional shared service centers.
Prior to AbbVie, Tom spent over 29 years at Abbott in various financial management positions. He led the audit organization that included Financial, Information Technology and Sales/Marketing Compliance audit functions. Before that, Tom was the Division Vice President, Diagnostics Division; a global division operating in over 60 countries. Tom managed the global finance function for the Diagnostics Division which included financial planning and reporting. While there, as part of the senior management team for the Division, his duties included developing and implementing a strategic plan that significantly improved the profitability and cash flow of the Diagnostics Division.
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Tom graduated from Indiana University with a BA in Accounting and obtained his MBA from Northwestern (Kellogg School) in Finance.
Melanie Hillenbrand, Senior Consultant, Board Member
Melanie Hillenbrand has a passion for helping organizations build the capacity of leaders to drive success. She brings strong skills in Leadership Development, Succession Planning, Talent Acquisition, Executive Coaching, Team Building, Organization Development, and Career Development. Before leading her own consulting firm focused on executive development, Melanie held senior-level leadership and organizational development positions at Mercer HR, one of the world's premier HR consulting firms; KPMG, one of the Big Four Accounting Firms; and Bellevue Hospital, the oldest and largest public hospital in the country. She also served at CNA Insurance and with the BlueCross/Blue Shield Association. In addition, Melanie has received recognition for two major innovative initiatives judged as "best-in-class." The first was the development of a Business School for over 600 partners and managers to help them develop leading-edge skills in consulting to their Health and Life Science business sector. The other was the creation of a Global Career Development program for the 15,000 consultants of an international HR consulting firm.
Melanie has a strong track record of building teams that get results, notably successfully managing a national interdisciplinary team of over 100 professionals tasked with realigning a 12,000 person organization. Melanie has particular expertise in functional start-ups and turnarounds, in one case enhancing employee satisfaction by over 200% while increasing product offerings and reducing costs by over 30%. She has also been a pioneer and facilitator of 360-degree feedback systems and assessment tools such as MBTI, DISc and several other well-known tools. Ms. Hillenbrand obtained a BA from Boston University and an MBA from DePaul University.
Alan Karo, Senior Consultant
Alan Karo is an innovative marketing and advertising executive with an extensive background in strategic development, brand marketing and creative communications.Alan has held senior management positions for in-house marketing divisions within manufacturing and retailing corporations that include Calvin Klein, Draper's & Damon's, LILL Studio and Limited Brands, particularly Victoria's Secret. In 2005, he was named one of Advertising Age magazine's "Marketing 50" for the roll-out of discount specialty retailer Steve & Barry's University Sportswear.
Alan has also done extensive pro-bono work for non-profit organizations that include After School Matters, Dining Out For Life, Inspiration Corporation, Partnership for a Drug-Free America and The Taproot Foundation.
Alan spent his early career in media planning/buying in ad agencies, working for NYC shops that included Bozell & Jacobs, Doyle Dane Bernbach and Wells Rich Greene. His experience expanded to include research, account planning and account management, leading to the founding of his own $40 million Chicago-based ad agency which was ultimately acquired by global agency NW Ayer.
Alan graduated from Duke University, with a double major in Political Science and Dramatic Arts/Literature. He also attended The New School in NYC, working toward a MA in Media Communications.
Gila Kimmelman, Senior Consultant
Gila Kimmelman currently serves as the leader for radiology strategic relationships and strategy. She joined Envision in February of 2017 to lead the integration effort of a large radiology service company that positioned envision into the largest US based radiology service company.
Prior to joining Envision, Gila has had a variety of senior hospital based leadership roles at local facilities that included: Jackson Health System, HCA East Florida Division & Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Ms. Kimmelmanis a graduate of Tulane University (BSM) and received her Masters in Hospital Administration (MHA) & Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Florida. She is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Trina Jones "TJ" Marquez, Senior Consultant
Trina Jones "TJ" Marquez joins the ESC-SoFL consulting team with years of experience working in technology, change management, operations, auxiliary services and logistics. She began her career as a technologist and advanced into Director of Technology, Chief Technology Officer and Associate Vice President of Technology and Operations roles in the telecommunication, law enforcement, K-12 and higher education sectors. A results-oriented and transformational leader, TJ is known for building systems, leading cross-functional teams, improving efficiency, streamlining processes, and enhancing the customer/client experience. She's served on, chaired and co-chaired countless functional and search committees. TJ was also a board member for Monroe Community College and Sojourner House Foundation Boards in Rochester, New York. Ms. Jones Marquez was a mentor for the Rochester Business Journal Women's Leadership Summit and a recipient of their "Forty Under Forty" Leader Award.
Originally from upstate New York, after relocating to South Florida and taking some time off, TJ became a Licensed Realtor. She serves on the Keller Williams Realty Culture Committee and volunteers on projects such as Kids Cancer Foundation, Forgotten Soldiers Outreach and Wounded Veterans Relief Fund.
Ms. Jones Marquez holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology, M.S. Degree in Business & Management from Roberts Wesleyan College, and an Ed.D. in Executive Leadership from St. John Fisher College.
Shellie Morrison, Senior Consultant
Shellie Morrison is an advertising and marketing professional with over 35 years of experience working with numerous business categories on a local, regional and national level. As owner of the Shelmor Group, a full-service award-winning advertising agency, she led the firm to over $3 million in billings. She specializes in creating marketing plans and integrated advertising campaigns designed to meet client goals, objectives and budgets. Her expertise is in working with various media from original creative concepts to completion and placement, including direct response, outdoor, print, public relations and broadcast.She is especially proficient at helping clients increase revenue, brand awareness and customer retention. Along with numerous hands-on creative abilities, she is also known for strong communication, organization, sales and management skills.
BA from the University of South Florida in Mass Communications, with specialization in Advertising.
Kathy Octavio, Senior Consultant, Board Member
Kathy Octavio is an experienced, multi-faceted CIO and executive manager with over 35 years experience in the oil and gas industry. She was a founding partner and CIO of a successful oil and gas start-up company after holding senior executive positions in different vertically integrated business units and then in corporate headquarters in a major international oil and gas company. She started her career in its Research and Technical Development affiliate.She has proven success in IT, strategic planning, management and governance, business process analysis and alignment, outsourcing relation design and assuring IT service levels. She also has the ability to provide strategic direction and guidelines, leveraging IT so it becomes a fully client-oriented function contributing to meeting the organization's strategic goals.
Ms. Octavio is bilingual (English and Spanish). She holds a PhD in Environmental Systems and a MSc in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. and a BA in Physics from Clark University.
Bindu Rammohan, Senior Consultant, Advisory Committee Member
Bindu Rammohan comes to NESC with several years of experience in Marketing and Operations. She started her career as a market researcher and held roles of increasing responsibility in Marketing, Product Management, Operations and Strategy in various industries including consumer products, telecommunications, publishing and insurance. A results-driven executive, Bindu has worked as a liaison across various business units managing multi million dollar technology initiatives.Her expertise includes working with shared resources, problem solving, streamlining processes and program management. She has a track record for formulating successful strategies, building virtual and productive teams, leading change initiatives, using creativity to maximize resources and impact and building relationships across functional and business entities.
Since moving to South Florida, she has been a consultant and has completed assignments for the healthcare industry, professional associations and non – profit organizations. She is involved with both the Women's Fund and the United Way chapter of Miami – Dade.
Bindu holds undergrad and graduate degrees from the University of Delhi, India. She is an active member of the South Florida Chapter of the Project Management Institute.
Bruce Rasey, Senior Consultant
Bruce Rasey recently retired and relocated to South Florida after 42 years working in a variety of roles in the human service field. His work includes 35 years in senior and executive positions in both nonprofit and government organizations. Bruce held the role of Executive Director for three different non-profit human service organizations in the Chicago area.
During his tenure in nonprofit management, Bruce oversaw a diverse array of human service programs designed for children, youth and adults. In addition to leading organizations, he has served as adjunct faculty with three universities in northern Illinois. Bruce holds a Master's degree in Community Mental Health from Northern Illinois university and a certificate in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Howard Rothchild, Senior Consultant Emeritus
Howard Rothchild is a marketing/advertising executive with over 44 years of successful advertising agency experiences, with active participation in top agency management and account supervision, and direct responsibilities in the specific disciplines of marketing, advertising, public relations and sales promotion.Mr. Rothchild served two years in the US Army as a primary instructor in psychological warfare. He then became a major part of the "Mad Men" advertising world, working at the partnership and above levels, with agencies in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Miami. His personal marketing/advertising client collaborations included one of the country's largest cellular retail chains (Let's Talk Cellular – 241 stores); a large national retail chain(Sears); France's largest toy manufacturer (Majorette); the 36th President of the United States (Jimmy Carter). His clients also included the State of Georgia Departments of Tourism and Commerce and Mako Marine, the industry originator of offshore fishing boats. He has done PR work for the U.S. Maritime Association and marketing for the No. 1 world tennis player at the time (Ivan Lendl)
In addition, he served as an adjunct instructor in Marketing and Advertising for potential young ad executives at the School of Business at the Universities of Pittsburgh, Georgia State, Florida International and Phoenix. Along the way, he co-founded the Big Brothers chapter and Rolling Hills Country Club in Pittsburgh and the Florida Advertising Golf Association in Miami. Presently, as a volunteer with the National Executive Service Corps – South Florida, he is helping nonprofits to re-energize their agency's workings and providing them with fresh insight drawn from his long career.
Graduate: University of Vermont (B.S.) and the University of Pittsburgh (M. Lit).
Tim Thomas, Senior Consultant
Tim Thomas has over 25 years of business development, sales, and marketing experience within the senior living and healthcare industries. He has worked for State funding boards, publicly traded companies, nonprofits, treatment programs, and manufacturing. Tim's experience also includes hospice, assisted living, urgent care, adult and geriatric medicine, behavioral healthcare, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). Tim has served in several leadership roles at the department director and regional director levels.
Mr. Thomas' academic background includes an Associates of Applied Science, a Bachelor of Health Science from Kent State University, graduate course work in Health Care Administration from Cleveland State University, and a Certificate in Executive Health Administration from Case Western Reserve University. He has served on several boards, including the NE Ohio Employee Assistance Association, The Buckhead Business Association, The Noble Heroes Foundation, and, as a Trustee, for The Chamber of Commerce of The Palm Beaches.
Carolyn A. Tonge, Senior Consultant
Carolyn A. Tonge is a transformational leader in public and independent higher education, experienced in developing and managing people and programs in large and small colleges and universities. She has spent 37 of the past 42 years in full-time administrative and part-time instructional roles. A five year hiatus from university positions took her into account management in advertising. Her work on IBM accounts (Corporate, Arts, and Personal Computer) involved her with clients in Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.Her volunteer services include a variety of training and leadership assignments in her church and service with local and regional YMCAs and with her alma mater. She served as the chair of the Board of Advisors of the Mt. Vernon (NY) YMCA and as a board member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester, NY. For the past 18 years she has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Nyack College, as well as the trustee designated to the Board of Advisors of the College's Seminary in Puerto Rico (STPR).
B.A. in English/Bible from Nyack College; M.A. in Spanish/Education from The City College, CUNY; and Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Florida International University. Member of the class of 2005 of The Chair Academy for Leadership and Development.
Jim Vitkus, Senior Consultant
Jim Vitkus joined the NESC-South Florida team with 25 years of strategic planning, product management, project management, and start-up experience. Jim is a strategic thinker, a client service expert, a revenue guru and a highly respected marketing strategist who has built a solid reputation on hard work, honesty and innovation.
A technology maven who is highly skilled at conceptualizing, developing and implementing out of the box creative solutions, Jim developed and implemented B2B and B2B2C sales and marketing campaigns for Varilux and many other major brands in the healthcare marketplace throughout his career. Assuming the role of VP and CMOin early 2000, he provided "hands on" direction and input for the design and successful implementation of VisionWeb.com, a start up e-commerce application for thevision care industry. While in senior management roles at Jobson Medical Information and Advanstar Communications, he directed, designed and implemented dozens upon dozens of multimedia campaigns and services designed for branding, product and service promotion, database marketing, web design, continuing education, e-commerce and social media. Jim also served as Board Marketing Chair for the National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) from 2009 to 2011.
BA (cum laude) from Carthage College- Kenosha, WI majoring in Business Administration and Marketing with a Philosophy minor.
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Bulletin of Christian Persecution Oct. 30 – Nov. 30, 2012
Nov 30 2012 | by Bill Warner
October 30,2012 – November 30, 2012
The St. Gevorg church in Aleppo's Armenian-populated district of Nor Kyugh was set ablaze on Monday, reported Tert.am, quoting a representative of the local Armenian prelacy.
Speaking to the online paper, the spokesman, Zhirayr Reisian, confirmed that the church had become a target of rebels and that it had almost been reduced to ashes. Reisian also said that the Mesrobian Armenian school adjacent to the church has been seriously damaged, too.
Yesterday Muslim Salafis assaulted Christians after Sunday mass, angry that Christians from neighboring villages who have no churches attend mass in the village of Tala. The pastor of St Georges Church Father Cheroubim Chehab could not go out of church for hours after mass.
Eyewitnesses reported that as Christians left the church, they found a huge mob of mostly young Salafi Muslims waiting for them, armed with batons. The assault lead to 5 Copts being hospitalized after suffering broken limbs, and the torching of two cars which transported the congregation from the other villages.
An elderly man, the last Christian who was in the centre of Homs, was killed after the civilian population was evacuated due to widespread fighting.
Pakistan (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A Christian Pastor arrested under blasphemy in Sanghla Hill town in Punjab province of Pakistan on October 13, 2012, was denied bail in a court hearing on October 30, 2012.
Uzbekistan increases charges against church leader in Kazakhstan jail.
Suspected Muslim extremists hurled a grenade onto the roof of the Utawala Interdenominational Church, killing a police chaplain and injuring at least 11 others. The church, which is located inside a police compound in Garissa, serves police officers stationed at the compound as well as their families.
Egypt (h/t to JihadWatch)
About a hundred of Muslim extremists wielding sticks and rods seized land near the S. Mina Church in the centre of Cairo. With police standing idly by, the Islamists occupied the parcel of land for more than a day and put up a sign bearing the words 'Al-Rahma Mosque'.
The rape and murder of Pakistan's Christian children by Raymond Ibrahim.
Syria (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
The historic Arabic Evangelical Church of Aleppo, in the Jdeideh district (the old town), was mined with explosives and blown up "by armed men, for pure sectarian hatred."
Iranian Christian Reza Jebbari faces imminent deportation from Sweden, despite the possibility that his return to Iran could lead to his imprisonment or death. Jebbari is a former Muslim who converted to Christianity during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2010.
Dozens of Christian worship places have been destroyed by Islamic extremists in Tanzania and church leaders are fleeing its heavily Muslim island of Zanzibar, as the persecution of Christians spreads throughout East Africa.
A Pakistani Christian policeman has received death threats for helping a Christian girl accused of blasphemy.
Nigeria (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has expressed fears for Christians in northern Nigeria after a family was killed in Kaduna State this week. Gunmen opened fire on the home of Yakubu Kayit in Madauchi-Zonkwa. There were reportedly five family members in the house when the gunmen set it ablaze, killing everyone inside.
Somalia (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Islamic extremists from Somalia's rebel Al-Shabaab militants behead a Christian in Somalia's coastal city of Barawa, accusing him of being a spy and leaving Islam, Christian and Muslim witnesses said.
Christians in Syria remained in the crossfire Sunday, November 18, as rebels captured up to 30 percent of the heavily Islamic nation. Amid the chaos, up to 50,000 mainly Christian refugees are without aid because they are afraid to register themselves with the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, added Voordewind, speaking from Lebanon.
November 19, 2 012
Sudan (h/t to thereligionofpeace )
The Sudanese government has stepped up bombing of its own non-Arab civilians in Christian areas of Sudan's South Kordofan state the past month, killing a 1-year-old baby and wounding others.
Since South Sudan split from Sudan in a referendum last year, ethnic Nuba peoples in Sudan's South Kordofan state believe the government's goal of squashing Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLA-N) rebels carries an increasingly evident goal of ridding the area of non-Arab peoples and Christianity.
As politicians wrangle ahead of an early December deadline over the still-disputed status of the oil-rich region of Abyei, straddling the border of Sudan and South Sudan, local church leaders appeal for help in the face of a potential humanitarian crisis. While arguments over nationality drag on, thousands of people face near-starvation in villages devastated by the conflict – particularly since May 2011 when a combination of northern militias, led by tanks and 5,000 Sudanese Army troops, destroyed roughly 90 percent of Abyei town.
British Christian legislators expressed concern Monday, November 19, about the "serious and growing persecution and discrimination" of Iranian Christians and said at least dozens of believers remain detained amid a crackdown on Christian converts in Iran.
A bomb exploded near a Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo and scores of people were injured and many were killed, the exact number is not known. The bomb damaged the Al Kalima school and the Syrian French Hospital, as well as a nursing home. This is the third attack in four weeks in the New Assyrian Quarter in Aleppo.
A rumour that a Christian man blasphemed against Islam has sparked a riot in the northern Nigeria town of Bichi, police have said. Residents said four people were killed and shops were looted.
Egypt (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Time was running out Thursday, November 22, for an abducted Christian Eritrean man in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after his kidnappers told him to pay $25,000 or face "organ harvesting" and be killed, he and Christian rights activists said.
Indonesia (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A mob numbering in the hundreds and grouped under the banner of the Islamic Organizations Communication Forum (FKOI) descended on two churches in West Sumatra. Those in the crowd threatened to use force to stop the Christian congregations from building additional structures in their compounds. More HERE.
Mali (h/t to JihadWatch)
Three Congolese citizens were arrested in Timbuktu after refusing to listen to an Islamic sermon because they are Catholic, a local government official told AFP. "They were thrown into one of the Islamists' prisons in Timbuktu," he said.
Nigeria (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Two suicide attacks on a church in an army barracks in the northern Nigerian town of Jaji on Sunday left eleven people dead and 30 injured, the army said. More HERE.
An Egyptian court sentenced in absentia seven Egyptian Christians to death for making and showing a film on Mohammed's life.
Phillipines (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Police is searching for two motorcycle gunmen who shot a Christian student and his Muslim girlfriend shortly after they stepped out of a motel in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. Police said the attack had killed the 21-year old man while his girlfriend remains in serious condition.
Uzbekistan continues to fine and raid people meeting to discuss their faith and pray together. In Tashkent Region a Protestant was fined 100 times the minimum monthly wage for allegedly illegally distributing religious literature, and books including Bibles and New Testaments were been ordered to be destroyed,
Jailed Iranian pastor Behnam Irani is facing serious health problems and may not survive the remaining five years of his prison term on "trumped-up charges" of "crimes against national security."
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The monument includes a large, regular stone circle situated on Emblance Downs overlooking the valley of the De Lank River. The stone circle survives as a ring of 14 stones; ten are upright and four recumbent, with at least three pits denoting missing stones. The entire circle is bisected by a field bank. The stone circle has a diameter of approximately 24.8m and the upright stones are placed approximately 3.7m apart. The tallest stone is 1.1m high. Originally the ring contained at least 22 stones. Further archaeological remains in the vicinity are the subject of separate schedulings. The field wall is excluded from the scheduling but the ground beneath is included.
Bodmin Moor, the largest of the Cornish granite uplands, has long been recognised to have exceptional preservation of archaeological remains. The Moor has been the subject of detailed archaeological survey and is one of the best recorded upland landscapes in England. The extensive relict landscapes of prehistoric, medieval and post-medieval date provide direct evidence for human exploitation of the Moor from the earliest prehistoric period onwards. The well-preserved and often visible relationship between settlement sites, field systems, ceremonial and funerary monuments as well as later industrial remains provides significant insights into successive changes in the pattern of land use through time. Stone circles are prehistoric monuments comprising one or more circles of upright or recumbent stones. The circle of stones may be surrounded by earthwork features such as enclosing banks and ditches. Single upright stones may be found within the circle or outside it and avenues of stones radiating out from the circle occur at some sites. Burial cairns may also be found close to and on occasion within the circle. Stone circles are found throughout England, although they are concentrated in western areas, with particular clusters in upland areas such as Bodmin and Dartmoor in the south-west and the Lake District and the rest of Cumbria in the north-west. This distribution may be more a reflection of present survival rather than an original pattern. Where excavated they have been found to date from the Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age (c.2400-1000 BC). It is clear that they were designed and laid out carefully, frequently exhibiting very regularly spaced stones, the heights of which also appear to have been of some importance. We do not fully understand the uses for which these monuments were originally constructed but it is clear that they had considerable ritual importance for the societies that used them. In many instances excavation has indicated that they provided a focus for burials and rituals that accompanied interment of the dead. Some circles appear to have had a calendrical function, helping mark the passage of time and seasons, this being indicated by the careful alignment of stones to mark important solar or lunar events such as sunrise or sunset at midsummer or midwinter. At other sites the spacing of individual circles throughout the landscape has led to a suggestion that each one provided some form of tribal gathering point for a specific social group. Of the 150 or so stone circles identified in England sixteen are located on Bodmin Moor. Despite the removal of some of the stones and the erection of a field wall the large regular stone circle 560m north east of Leaze survives comparatively well and will contain archaeological and environmental evidence relating to its construction, function, longevity, ritual and funerary practices, social and territorial significance and overall landscape context.