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Board Members
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| Renee Doyle, President | |
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Renee T. Doyle is a founder of Maple River Education Coalition, which is now EdWatch. She served as President from 1998 to 2001. Renee began a new term as President of EdWatch in July, 2004. She has been a featured speaker at rallies, conferences, and talk shows, both as guest and host. She is a former school board member from the Maple River School District. She resigned in 1998 over the forced implementation of the Profile of Learning, Minnesota's Goals 2000. Her school board resignation letter was published in newspapers across the state which sparked the movement for its repeal. Renee Doyle is an avid educational researcher of the new education system in Minnesota and across the country. She is a wife, mother and small business owner who has become a spokesperson for education activists across this state and country. |
| Julie Quist, Vice President | |
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Julie Quist has served as Vice-President
of EdWatch since its founding in 1998. She has been active as a
volunteer for EdWatch as an education researcher and analyst of the
federal Goals 2000, School-to-Work, Workforce Investment, and Baby Ed
system since 1997. She presently serves as the political director. Julie Quist served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Republican Party and as the Chairwoman of the Second Congressional District Republican Party in Minnesota from 1991 to 1997. In 1986 she was an endorsed Republican candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives. In 1987, Julie married Allen Quist, a widower with nine children. In 1998 she managed her husband's campaign for Governor. Julie and her husband, Allen, live in rural SW Minnesota. They have ten children and nineteen grandchildren. |
| Michael J. Chapman, Board of Directors | |
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Michael J. Chapman, founder of American Heritage Research, is an author, speaker, education researcher and full-time technical writer. Michael owns an extensive collection of rare books, which he uses to expose worldview bias and the censorship of America's true Christian heritage within mainstream public school curriculum. Michael has conducted extensive research for local and nationally elected representatives, provided expert testimony, and wrote the American Heritage Act, which overwhelmingly passed in the Minnesota House (see the text at his website). His research has been sited by such authors as John Stormer, Mel and Norma Gabler, Dr. David Noebel, Col. E. Ray Moore, and Professor Allen Quist. Michael has presented to staff at Focus on the Family, the Association of Christian Schools International, and the Heritage Foundation. He has been a featured speaker at many education conferences across the nation including the Education Policy Conference in St. Louis, the Council on National Policy in Washington, D.C., and Philis Schlafly's Eagle Forum Leadership Conference. Michael has also been a frequent guest on such shows as "Point of View," Phyllis Schlafly "Live," and John Loeffler's "Steel on Steel." Michael, his wife of 28 years, Joy, and their two daughters reside in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. |
| Dr. Karen Effrem, Board of Directors | |
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Dr. Karen Effrem, is a pediatrician, researcher, and conference speaker. Dr. Effrem's medical degree is from Johns Hopkins University and her pediatric training from the University of Minnesota. She has provided testimony for Congress, as well as in-depth analysis of numerous pieces of major federal education, health, and early childhood legislation for congressional staff and many organizations. Dr. Effrem serves on the boards of four national organizations: EdWatch, the Alliance for Human Research Protection, ICSPP, and the National Physicians Center. She has spoken at numerous state and national conferences. She has been interviewed by or quoted in WorldNetDaily, NewsMax, newspapers, and radio and television stations across the country. Dr. Karen Effrem and her husband, Paul, have three children and live in the Minneapolis metro area. |
| Sue Peterson, Board of Directors | |
| Peterson bio coming. | |
| Larry Pratt, Board of Directors | |
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Larry Pratt has been Executive
Director of Gun Owners of America for 25 years. GOA is a national
membership organization of 200,000 Americans dedicated to promoting
their second amendment freedom to keep and bear arms. Pratt has appeared on numerous national radio and TV programs such as NBC Morning News, CNN’s Crossfire and Larry King Live, Fox’s Hannity & Colmes and many others. He has debated Congressmen James Traficant, Jr. (D-OH), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Vice President Al Gore, among others. His columns have appeared in newspapers across the country. Pratt has held elective office in the state legislature of Virginia, serving in the House of Delegates. Pratt directs a number of other public interest organizations and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the American Institute for Cancer Research. Pratt serves as an elder in the Harvester Presbyterian Church in Springfield, VA. He is married with four children and thirteen grandchildren. |
| John Scribante, Board of Directors | |
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John Scribante served as President of EdWatch from July, 2001 to July of 2004. He is a entrepreneur who has founded several successful businesses, including Innovize, LLC, in Minneapolis, where he served as CEO. |
| David Thompson, Board of Directors | |
| Thompson bio coming. | |
| Michael D. Ostrolenk, Washington Lobbyist & Education Director | |
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Michael D. Ostrolenk has his undergraduate degree in government from West Virginia Wesleyan College. His Masters Degree is in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. He did post-graduate training in Health Psychology. Michael is a licensed psychotherapist (CA). Mr. Ostrolenk was formerly on the Board of Directors for the Health Medicine Forum and the Republican Liberty Caucus. He is a public policy consultant who works on health, education, privacy and food issues. His clients include but are not limited to; the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Citizens for Health and The Arlington Institute. He is the founder and national coordinator for the Medical Privacy Coalition. He is also the Vice President of The Center for Liberty and Community and serves as senior editor for their newspaper, The Free Liberal. He lives with his wife in the Washington, DC area. |
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