Events

Rachael Jacques serves as the Director of Development and Programming for the Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health. Rachael has worked many years in the area of health education, working to identify gaps in care and to provide supportive services. She is passionate about providing equal access to child and adolescent mental health services in Minnesota.

Bridgette Springer is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. She is also the granddaughter of Rotarian Paul Mork. She was deployed as a TEFL Teacher in Machala, Ecuador for a year and three months, before COVID-19 forced her early return. Before joining the Peace Corps, Bridgette worked at Feed My Starving Children for nearly 3.5 months. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with minors in Hispanic Studies and Management from College of Saint Benedict.

VIRTUAL MEETING

Jodi Reeb is a mixed-media, fine artist in Minneapolis; abstract art, original fine art for sale such as modern Encaustic paintings, wall art installations, sculptural art, contemporary art, landscape art, and wall art sculpture. She also teaches Encaustic workshops using R&F Paints as a Core Artist and acrylic painting and printmaking classes in her North Loop Minneapolis studio and is a GOLDEN Artist Educator (GAEP). "I love collaborating to create custom abstract art, original wall sculpture, painted acrylic wall art, corporate art and commercial art installations for public healthcare hospital and clinics, hotels and hospitality, corporate offices and private spaces," says Reeb. Primarily working on commission, she enjoys collaborating with clients to create artwork that leads her to the next step in the progression of her process and development while complementing an existing space. The focus of Reeb's artwork has always been about the magnificence and beauty of nature and finding inspiration from nature’s extraordinary colors & light. As she explores this idea, she has been intrigued with nature’s ever-changing seasons.

Jodi Reed will take us on a virtual studio tour and talk about her process of creating.

VIRTUAL MEETING

Dorsey "Dee" Howard is a mentor, motivational speaker, and storyteller whose single-minded goal is to change minds and save lives. In his first book, "One Way - Short Stories About Left Turns," Dorsey shares about the consequences of a life that is full of left turns. While several of the stories are fictional, many are based on actual events that happened in his life. Dorsey is passionate about helping kids examine their lives and see the destructive choices they may be making.  His personal experience gives him unique credibility and an understanding of how to present his message in a captivating way. The book gives kids the tools to begin making right turns before it's too late.

VIRTUAL MEETING

Helene Johnson's career has focused on continuing and professional education in corporate, public, and nonprofit settings. She retired after 38 years as Executive Director of a small nonprofit which provided educational programs for local government decisionmakers, staff, and advisory commission members in Minnesota - as well as their collaborators. She has been a resident of Golden Valley since 1989, and began her volunteer involvement here in 2004 as co-facilitator for the Golden Valley visioning process supported by Rotary. She continued as a member of the Envision Connection Project Board, a Bridge Builder, and a founding board member of the Golden Valley Community Foundation, where she still serves. Helene started Global Golden Valley in 2012 as a way to highlight, celebrate, and connect those from different cultures in our city with other interested individuals. She has traveled extensively in various capacities (study abroad, sister city exchanges, and country to country partnerships, spouse of a group travel agent, lifelong learner) and believes strongly in the benefits of taking advantage of what the world has to offer, far away and in our own city!