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On the eve of the 90th meeting of the Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education and the American School Health Association conference, and as the Director of Cairn Guidance, I'm thrilled to announce that we have two new team members! It's been 10 years since the start of my school health consulting business. During that time, we've worked with over 135 clients, including public health, education, community based organizations and businesses that range from the Read ▸ about Cairn Guidance is Growing!!

We are getting busier this fall as Jess signs a contract with the Clinton Foundation to again be the Content Lead/Speaker Manager for the Clinton Health Matters Initiative in Palm Springs CA, January of 2016. We are headed to Maryland early November to facilitate a training of trainers for a Skills-based Health Education Classroom TOT for a cadre of strong health educators from 4 counties in Maryland. Jess will be facilitating the Systems Thinking Systems Changing simulation in Missouri in Read ▸ about Exciting Projects Coming Up!

“Cadre: A group of professionals, like educators, brought together to train other professionals.” Beach at Camp Westwind, location of an annual HKLB Cadre retreat. When I reminisce of my fondest Read ▸ about Building Exemplary Cadres

The past two years, I have served as the content lead for the Clinton Health Matters Conference, a conference attached to the Humana Challenge in Palm Springs CA. This experience was incomparable to other contracts I've had. Working with organizations, business and individuals making huge investments in the health and wellbeing of Americans was inspiring, exhilarating and incredibly powerful. Read ▸ about Stay-cation; Holiday 2015

2014 was a unique year for Cairn Guidance. It was the first complete year of work after the Director's bicycle trip across the United States the summer of 2013. Jess came back rejuvenated and ready to continue building a business she launched in 2006. After taking 6 months off and minimally sustaining the work, she dove back into it in 2014 and Cairn Guidance had a great year! Read ▸ about It’s a New Year!

In January of 2013, I met a man named Harris Schwartzberg who was asked to speak on the mental health panel at Clinton Foundation's Health Matters conference in Palm Springs. I was the content lead for the event, which meant I supported and helped guide/manage panelists to share their story, passion and commitments that would collectively result in promoting the health and well-being of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Panels included topics around Living Healthy, Health Transformation and Read ▸ about Addressing Mental Health in High School

Cairn Guidance Consulting is continuously growing. As a part of this continued growth, we have begun hiring a support team.  With that being said, I am very proud to welcome Charisse Poynter, the newest member to Cairn Guidance’s team! As the new Executive Assistant for Cairn Read ▸ about Introducing… Charisse Poynter!

It is confirmed! I will be the keynote for the second day of the Southern Obesity Summit on October 6-7, 2014, in Louisville Kentucky. I had my own call to action during my 4197 mile solo bicycle trip across the country during the summer of 2013. I successfully implemented a 23- year goal and included in this keynote address, I will share what I did to accomplish that goal. I will talk about key lessons learned on my journey and how those lessons relate to working on obesity in schools and Read ▸ about Southern Obesity Summit- Keynote!