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TELOS Instructor Biographies
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Voluntarily provided TELOS instructor biographies are included here. If you are a TELOS instructor, please Contact Us<\/span><\/a> to add, update, or remove your information or photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Irene<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Irene Pasternack<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u><\/em> \u2013 since Summer 2015
Courses taught in TELOS program
Rediscovering Joyful Movement
Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method
<\/u>Feldenkrais:  Moving with Ease
Better Balance:  It’s a learnable skill<\/span>
Effortless Walking<\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>Comfortable Feet
Journey to the Floor and Back<\/del><\/span>
Don’t Make Me Laugh
Improve Your Posture with the Feldenkrais Method
Improving Eyesight Naturally
<\/del><\/span>Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement
The Closet in your Skeleton
<\/span>Walking on Uneven Grounds and Stairs<\/span>
<\/span><\/em>Educational background
<\/u><\/em>M.A in Applied Behavioral Science from Whitworth\/LIOS  1983
BA in Biology, Princeton University, 1979
<\/u><\/em>Professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Irene has been a Feldenkrais practitioner since 2008.  She is also a dance teacher, and owner of Move Beyond Limits in Bellevue.  Her first careers were working with at risk youth and technical writing.
Personal interests
<\/u><\/em>As well as Feldenkrais, she teaches dancing, roller-skating, and hula hooping. She has lived in Washington since Mt. St. Helen\u2019s blew, and has two grown children.
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Ray Pfortner<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

scientist, educator, citizen participation specialist, and photographer.
Experience related to course topics if different from Professional experience:
<\/u><\/em>Ray\u2019s primary interest is in cultivating new talent and empowering artists to do more business with their art. He leads visual artist workshops to China, Canada, Cuba and Europe as well as across the Northwest. He also frequently curates group shows of his students\u2019 work.
Special Achievements and Honors:
<\/u><\/em>Bellevue College Foundation
\u2022Margin of Excellence Award, 2008, for teaching accomplishments
North American Nature Photography Association
\u2022Recognition Award, 2006, for making a difference with his photography
\u2022Russ Kinne Grant, 2006, for giving freely of his expertise
\u2022Fellow Award, 2003, for his career contributions to nature photography
Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust
\u2022Emma Award, 2003, for a decade of contributions to Island conservation
Personal interests:
<\/u><\/em>A native of New York City, Ray now lives on Vashon-Maury Island off Seattle.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Miha<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Miha Sarani<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u> \u2013 since Fall 2016
Courses taught in TELOS program
<\/u><\/em>\nRenaissance Art
\nBaroque Art
\nNeoclassical and the Birth of American Art
\nIntroduction to Acrylics
\nIntroduction to Acrylics II
\nRealism and the Birth of Modern Art 
\nModern Art
\nFun with Art
\nContemporary Art
<\/em>\nEducational background
<\/u>Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Painting + Drawing, with minor in Art History, University of Washington. 2013 \u2013 2015
San Jose State University 2012 \u2013 2012
Mission College   2009 \u2013 2012
Gimnazija Moste, Ljubljana, Slovenija 1993 \u2013 1996
Professional experience
<\/u>Art Instructor, Bellevue College,  May 2016 \u2013 Present
Grants Project Assistant, Artist Trust, October 2014 \u2013 October 2015 Greater Seattle Area
Internship, de Young Museum, San Francisco  2012
Assistant Curator, Gallery Attendant, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California 2011 \u2013 2012
Experience related to course topics if different from Professional experience
<\/u>Miha Sarani\u2019s work has been shown at fine art museums and galleries, featured in art journals and on music album covers – and his larger paintings are on permanent display at the University of Washington. His work can be seen at www.mihasarani.com<\/a>
Special Achievements and Honors
<\/u>Kathryn Hinckley-Martin Scholarship in Art   2013
Student speaker at the UW School of Art + Art History + Design Graduation, June 2015
Served as one of the jurors for the Naramore Art Show 2016, organized by the Seattle Public Schools and displayed at the Seattle Art Museum.
My Favorite Things artist presenter at Seattle Art Museum (August, 2016)
Personal interests and background
<\/u>Miha was born and raised in Slovenia and speaks five languages with varying degrees of proficiency.
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Eric Stathers<\/strong><\/em>Educational background:
<\/u><\/em>Eric Stathers received his M.B.A. and B.Sc. in Agriculture from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the Stanford University Executive Management Program.\n
Professional experience:
<\/u><\/em>Eric worked as a business software and consulting executive with Microsoft in Seattle, Oracle\/PeopleSoft in Silicon Valley, several software startups, and as an agronomist in Canada.
Experience related to course topics if different from Professional experience:
<\/u><\/em>In retirement, Eric has published eight family history books.
Personal interests:
<\/u><\/em>Eric grew up in British Columbia but has lived in the US for over 30 years. He has two children and one grandchild. Eric has enjoyed meeting interesting people in Telos Memoir, Creative Writing, and other classes. His first love is family and sharing family history and his hope is that he can share some of his experience in self-publishing family history with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Paul<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Paul Schmid<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u> \u2013 since 2018
Courses taught in TELOS program
<\/u><\/em>\nMaster Your Mac
\nCreate!\u2026On Your iPad
\nHave More Fun with Your iPhone
\nEnjoy Shakespeare
<\/em>\nMotto
<\/u>Joy through Learning Together
\nMotivation
<\/u>What if Shakespeare had an iPhone?
\nHe\u2019d teach at Bellevue College. For Telos! Of course.
\nWell since Shakespeare\u2019s not here, and since he couldn\u2019t possibly have had an iPhone, Paul Schmid teaches classes on the iPhone, the iPad, the Mac and Shakespeare.
\nBackground and Experience
<\/u>After 6 years at the Apple store in Bellevue, where Paul trained thousands of people to do more and have more fun on their iPhones, Paul has combined his passion for teaching and technology and his lifelong love of Shakespeare to offer several classes through TELOS@BellevueCollege.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Connie<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Connie Sidles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u><\/em> \u2013 since Spring 2015
Courses taught in TELOS program<\/u><\/em>
<\/u>How Birds Live<\/span>
Birds of Ancient Egypt:  Foundations of Art and Science in the Ancient World
What Are They Up to Now? Bird Behavior through the Seasons<\/span>
Educational background
<\/u><\/em>BA, 1971, with highest honors and post graduate studies both in Egyptology, University of Chicago, 1967-1974
Professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Connie has had a varied career including work in Chicago as the Production Manager for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and the Adventure Travel Association. She then served as Executive Editor at Teleflora before starting her own consulting firm, Constance Sidles Consulting. Most recently she has been President, CEO and Founder of Constancy Press, LLC 2008-Present at Constancy Press, LLC. She is a published author of more than 600 magazine articles and eight books.
Experience related to course topics if different from professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Connie Sidles is a master birder and long-time member of the Seattle Audubon Society where she has been on the Conservation Committee and Chair of the Publications Committee.  She has written four books about nature focusing on her favorite “backyard” Montlake Fill on the UW campus. Her most recent book, is entitled Forty-Six Views of Montlake Fill<\/em>. It’s a book of poems and Sumi paintings about how to find joy in the connections we make with nature and with each other.
Special Achievements and Honors
<\/u><\/em>She was a Member, Phi Beta Kappa and winner of two Maggie Awards for best feature article writer. After an active campaign, she won a seat on the Seattle School Board<\/a>. She has been on the <\/span>Board of Directors of the Friends of Yesler Swamp and on the
Board of Trustees, Laurelhurst Community Club (environmental specialist).
Personal interests
<\/u><\/em>Since 1986, Connie goes to the Montlake Fill nearly every day to see what there is to see.  Instead of working on ancient cultures, Connie has spent her time working on current issues, especially environmental preservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Frederic<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Frederick Silber<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u><\/em> \u2013 since Fall 2015
\nCourses taught in TELOS program<\/u><\/em>
\n\nSeriously Funny : Stand-up Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
\nScience Fiction and Cinema
\nThe Broadway Musical (1900 to the present)
\nGreat American Playwrights of the 20th Century
\nThe Supreme Court:  History and Decisions
\nA Short History of Opera
\nA Short History of the U.S. Constitution
\nThe Hollywood Musical
\nShakespeare in the 21st Century
\nThe Life and Films of Alfred Hitchcock
\nThe World of Sherlock Holmes
\nInternment of Japanese-Americans during World War II 
\nThe Great Silent Screen Clowns
\nThe Life and Art of Stephen Sondheim
\nGerman Emigres\u2019 Effect on the American Film Industry
\nThe Red Scare in America
\nThe Gangster and Crime Film
\nGreat Film Music of the 20th Century
American History Hollywood Style
\nThe “New Yorker” Discussion Group
\nThe American West in Film
\nFrankenstein vs. Dracula
\nHollywood’s Greatest Year:  1939
\nSinatra:  Man, Music, Myth and Legend
\nGreat Japanese Film Directors
\nWorld War II on Film
\nBasics of Intellectual Property
\nMusical Theater in the 21st Century
<\/em>\nEducational Background
<\/span>Fordham University School of Law<\/a>, 1982 \u2013 1986; Columbia University in the City of New York<\/a>, M.A., English & Comparative Literature<\/a>, 1976 \u2013 1979; City University of New York-Brooklyn College<\/a>, B.A., Comparative Literature<\/a>, 1970 \u2013 1974<\/span>
<\/em>Professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Frederic is an attorney and educator, with more than thirty years of experience in the music and entertainment industries, as an industry executive, lawyer, author and lecturer. He has worked for many of the major music companies in New York, as well as at Microsoft and the Experience Music Project in Seattle.
Experience related to course topicss if different from professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Fred has been attending the theatre since he was was young and has viewed staged productions of over a thousand plays and musicals.  He is also an avid collector of CDs and videos of past productions.
Personal interests
<\/u><\/em>Born and raised in New York City, he has made the Pacific Northwest his home for the past twenty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Cynthia<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

  <\/em><\/strong>Cynthia Smith<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching for TELOS<\/u><\/em> – since 2008
Courses taught in TELOS program
<\/u>\n\nEgyptian Voices from the Past \u2013- The Middle Kingdom
\nEgyptian Voices from the Past — The New Kingdom
\nTemples, Tombs and Tut
\nEgyptian Voices from the Past: The Late Period to Cleopatra
\nEgyptian Voices from the Past: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
\nEgyptian Voices from the Past: Highlights of Ancient Egypt
\nEgyptian Voices from the Past: The Queens and Women of Ancient Egypt
\nAncient Egypt: The Old Kingdom
\n<\/em>\nEducational background
<\/u><\/em>MBA, Pepperdine, Malibu, California; MA Egyptian Archaeology University College London, England
Experience related to course topics if different from professional experience
<\/u><\/em>Cynthia has  participated in excavations in Southern California. She has been a member of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Docent Council since 1993 and is currently the Vice President of the Northwest Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
Special Achievements and Honors
<\/u><\/em>She was a member of the Pacific Science Center Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs exhibit Advisory Board (2011 \u2013 2012).
Personal Interests
<\/u><\/em>She has a passion for Egyptology. Her expertise is in New Kingdom tomb stelae (grave stones). LACMA\u2019s Egyptian collection allowed her to indulge her passion and share it with the public. Now, she enjoys tutoring elementary school students in their projects on Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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