MISSION STATEMENT

 

Cheryl Welch has worked at Chapter One bookstore for over 30 years. She moved to Ketchum 34 years ago to teach at Hemingway School. After working part time at Chapter One, she never returned to teaching. She helped organize the Sun Valley Wellness Festival 11 years ago to help bring spiritual opportunities to the community as well as to promote business in Ketchum over Spring slack.

 

Nick was born in the Sun Valley Lodge in 1957 and has maintained a residence in the Wood River Valley for 50 years. He has made a living as both a professional Skier and Ice Skater traveling much of the world doing both. At the age of 12 he learned transcendental meditation. He first studies first studied yoga in collage 30 years ago. Nick has been a member, in good standing, of a twelve step group for 25 years.  He has traveled to Peru, Brazil, India and Italy to seek spiritual teachers and experience. He has been adopted into the Crow Indian Tribe and is a recognized Sundancer. He continues to adopted spiritual practice and mental growth combined with the outdoors as a way of life.  He is the Wellness Festival board of director’s Vice President, sits on the board of the SVSEF and is a past board member of the Sun Club.  Nick makes a living in real estate and is raising a teenage daughter in Sun Valley.

 

Gene is a CPA and moved to Ketchum last summer from Boise. He has spent the last twenty years in both public and private accounting as well as spending seven years as a financial advisor. Five years ago, Gene started studying energy medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is a certified massage therapist and biofeedback specialist. In addition to his interest in energy medicine, Gene likes most outdoor activities, including skiing, biking and jogging and hiking.

 

Pam Jonas is a retired Alaskan School teacher who is living full time in the Wood River Valley with her husband John. She enjoys many of the outdoor activities that the valley offers. She loves to travel and experience different cultures and connecting with people from many parts of the world.

 

 

Dolora has been involved with the festival almost since its inception.She has enjoyed the opportunity to be a presenter for several years at the SVWF and she loves the opportunity to participate in bringing such an event to the Wood River Valley.

 

Marcia Duff grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and feels her move to Sun Valley 9 years ago was going from on paradise to another. She is a photographer with her images in several galleries on Oahu. She has taught classes in Polaroid Manipulation, the photography that she shows, and she is a net worker, which is why she is on the Mountain Wellness Board. She is the Chairman of the Speakers Committee and enjoys searching for and finding the best speakers with new and innovative ideas.

 

Catherine moved to the valley 5 years ago after visiting a friend who was participating in the hands-on-hall of the Festival. She is now part owner of Chapter One Bookstore and loves to contribute her time and energy to the facilitation of the Wellness Festival each year.

 

 

Carol Waller Carol Waller is Executive Director of the Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau and has been involved with the creation and development of the Sun Valley Wellness Festival for the past 11 years.

 

The 2008 Sun Valley Wellness Festival Directors are Heather LaMonica Deckard and Ellen Gillespie of Sun Valley Events.

 

The Sun Valley Wellness Festival (“Festival”) and the www.sunvalleywellness.org website (“Website”) are educational programs of the Sun Valley Wellness Institute, Inc., an Idaho nonprofit corporation (“SVWI”). The content of the Festival presentations, exhibit hall, and workshops and the content of the Website (collectively, the “Content”) are for educational and informational purposes only. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or spiritual advice, diagnosis or treatment. SVWI does not endorse or validate the Content, the presenters, and/or programs discussed by presenters. Festival Participants and Website visitors rely on the Content at their own risk and should consult their own advisors prior to any such reliance. The Content constitutes the views, opinions, and/or beliefs of the respective presenters and not necessarily the views, opinions, and/or beliefs of SVWI, its sponsors, and/or donors. The Content is offered on an “As Is” basis with no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, and SVWI expressly disclaims any such representations and warranties to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Website, the Festival program, and/or handouts at the Festival might refer to programs and/or websites of Festival presenters. SVWI has no control over and also assumes no responsibility for the content of such programs or websites. Your participation at the Festival and/or use of the Content constitutes your acceptance of the above terms and conditions.

 

Thank you for your interest in the Festival, your support, and your understanding.