Scot Bergeron became an advocate for a local barter and trade system after studying economics. Scot has a BS degree in Occupational Safety. He has been employed over the years as a fully certified flight instructor, ski instructor, SCUBA instructor, and crew for a private yacht in Europe and crew on a research vessel in the Caribbean. He is has been a professional musician for over twenty years and performed throughout North America and Europe.

In the last five years he has uncovered information that was never presented in the public school system, college or his travels. He feels this information is paramount for everyone to understand. In addition to serving on the GLCC steering committee, Scot also sits on the board of directors of the Columbia Gorge Earth Center, and works diligently to educate the public about local, national and global economics, the workings of the Federal Reserve System, the World Bank, and the IMF. He is currently researching constitutional law, the Bill of Rights and the effects of the newly enacted Homeland Security Act and Patriot Acts I & II on those rights and the Constitution. Scot considers himself a true American patriot and supports and believes in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Bruce Bolme moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1966. He has training in TQM
[Total Quality Management] and NLP [Neuro-linguistic Programming]. As a licensed engineer he has worked as an energy conservation and renewable energy consultant and until his retirement in 2004, for the Corps of Engineers as Chief Engineer at The Dalles -
John Day Project.

He is Treasurer of the Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, On the Boards of Washington Gorge Action Programs and Gorge Grown Food Network, active with the Horizons community building project in Klickitat County Washington, and on the steering committee of the Gorge Local Currency Cooperative.

deanna became intrigued by the local currency idea about five years prior to this group's commencement. reading something somewhere now forgotten but for the concept, she thought it to be a fantastic idea to pursue. more recently she found herself researching alternative models of economics to tie together some key points in her 02002 bachelor's thesis at marylhurst university. local currency can be an important component to self-sufficient community building, and she jumped at the chance to help coax the gorge community in that direction. Curriculum Vitae

Check back soon to learn more about Zoe Campbell!

I grew up in America's National Parks with a powerful love of Mother Nature and a strong vision of a world in balance. My degree in Fine Arts unfolded into work with small children, a family child care business, while my own children were growing up. We were and are homeschoolers: community learners. My experiences with small children expanded into an interest in Astrology, which is a language, a tool for self awareness. Understanding our inner workings is helpful in working with others, especially those only beginning on the verbal adventures of life, which is a circle back to a powerful love of Mother Nature and a strong vision of a world in balance. My interest in peace, justice, ecology and spiritual issues stems from that vision and a faith that calls for my response to the world issues of my lifetime. My interest in Local Currency was sparked at a Bioneers conference several years ago. It was and is a stunning concept for a world desperately out of balance. (Bioneers are an international group of those pioneering people at the leading edge of solutions all over the planet for social change, thru biomimicry and healing. We call it Revolution from the Heart of Nature.) Resumé

Hope remains while the company is true. J.R.R.Tolkien

Theresa North, B.A., M.A., is an ESL instructor at Columbia Gorge Community College.  She has been teaching for over 16 years in Texas, California, and Oregon.  One of her great passions is books; she owned and operated a bookstore in Madras, Oregon before moving to Hood River.  Theresa and her husband homeschool their two children.  She has studied permaculture design and created the EnviroHouse Tour, highlighting local examples of more sustainable building,  through Columbia Gorge Earth Center.  She is active in a number of local organizations and is currently part of the Hood River Sustainability Committee.

Rebecca Stonestreet earned her law degree from the University of Utah in 1987 and moved to the Gorge in 1989. She was an Oregon private investigator for 10 years, from 1992-2002. She is currently training as a mediator and facilitator. She is a volunteer mediator at Six Rivers Community Mediation Services and is on the Board of Directors of the Columbia Gorge Earth Center.

The RiverHOURS project has been an eye-opening experience for her. She feels very fortunate to be part of a community project that has teeth; a project that will actually have concrete positive results for the Gorge community. Resumé