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Robert “Bob” Aucone is a civics education curriculum designer who taught more than 6,000 high school students and mentored over 60 teachers during his 32-year teaching career. Since the 1990s, Bob’s passion has been to bring dynamic online learning into traditional classrooms nationwide.
Bob created Chief Justice, the first of three FFD Forums, in 1991 while teaching at Novato High School (NHS) in California. The program was adopted by Army JROTC in 2002, and has been used annually ever since in approximately 1,700 high schools, reaching an estimated 5 million students.
While at NHS, Bob also served 26 years as Chair of the Technology Department and was honored as Teacher of the Year in 1997. An integral part of Novato Unified School District’s (NUSD) 5-year project, “Teaching Technology Across the Curriculum,” and its “A+ for Kids” $7.5 million project,” Bob built computer labs and brought whiteboard technology into classrooms. As a Mentor Teacher for NUSD, he also led workshops to instruct teachers on how to learn and apply technology across the high school curriculum. In 2001, Bob was awarded the national Pitirim Sorokin Award for Exceptional Leadership.
A native of Beverly, MA, Bob received his BS in Education from Salem State University, with post-graduate studies at Sonoma State University and Dominican University. He divides his time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Shreveport, LA.
Evangeline Welch brings more than three decades of professional communications experience to FFD, with a focus on mission-driven organizations. A self-employed communication consultant since 1988, she co-founded Intuitive Leaps Creative with Jo Anne Smith in 2003, and served as marketing director for The Narrative Enneagram from 2005-2020.
She began her career as a newspaper reporter, and served as the editor and art director of San Francisco Business magazine, Shreveport magazine and Coho-US, a national magazine of the Cohousing Association of the United States. Her clients have included Apple, Hitachi, Levi Strauss, Microsoft, Pepsi, Visa, Esalen Institute, International Association of Business Communicators and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.
Evangeline is passionate about meaningful collaboration, powerful presence and authentic self-expression. In 1997, Evangeline founded a transformational art process that evokes deep play called Paint Dancing. She presents workshops on the Enneagram, creativity, expressive arts and intuitive body wisdom. She is a Certified Relational Presence Facilitator and Speaking Circles® Facilitator. She works online and in Shreveport, LA.
Logan Greenhaw is co-founder of Trail Mix Creative, a full-service website design and development agency. Logan loves all things related to technology, code, analytics and strategy. While he currently is in grad school studying religion and philosophy, he commits his time to learning the latest trends in technology. He is the geek behind the computer that makes the buttons click and the websites work, and has knowledge and experience working with WordPress.
Logan also loves the outdoors and organizations that help protect the environment. He is passionate about storytelling and helping others tell their own story in a unique way.
Seth David Radwell, author of American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation, is an internationally-known business executive and thought leader in consumer marketing.
Prior to devoting his full-time to writing American Schism, a 2022 International Book Awards winner, Seth served as CEO of The Proactiv Company, the leading skincare brand for acne. He previously served as President & Chief Revenue Officer of Guthy-Renker and President of e-Scholastic the digital arm of the global children’s publishing and education conglomerate. In earlier roles he was President of Bookspan/Bertelsmann.
Seth holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. from Columbia University. He splits his time between Los Angeles, New York and Paris. Learn more at https://sethdavidradwell.com/.
Eric Atwood brings more than 25 years of communications experience to FFD. His professional career has included speech and presentation coaching, executive coaching, communication skills training, communication consulting, marketing communications and corporate communications.
A certified Speaking Circles® Facilitator and Relational Presence® Facilitator, Eric is the founder and CEO of The Speakers Studio, offering coaching, training, workshops and Speaking Circles®.
He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He has lived in seven countries and traveled to more than 50, bringing a deep understanding and appreciation of people and cultures to his work and his life. He is also the author of the book New Thinking New Being: Moving From “The Daily Grind” to a More Meaningful, Deeply Fulfilling Life.
Jason Foster is a Music Composer, Video Producer and UX designer who cares deeply about connecting with others and their stories. A moment with him will most likely lead to conversations about passions, dreams and life goals.
You can find Jason anywhere in the world working with a variety of different artists, record labels, for-profit and non-profit organizations. His work takes him on stages performing in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and performing for millions of viewers for TV shows like Late Night, Jimmy Kimmel, Saturday Night Live, Ellen Degeneres, the Tonight Show, and many others.
Jason has led projects and worked on teams to produce albums, concerts and live filmed recordings. He spends a lot of time behind the scenes as a consultant helping artists and organizations reach their highest potential. Connect with him at JasonPlaysMusic.com.
Jo Anne Smith started Public Presence Consulting more than 30 years ago to help individuals and nonprofits expand their public presence online, in person and in print. In 2003, she and Evangeline Welch co-founded Intuitive Leaps Creative to enjoy the pleasure and practical benefits of working together.
Jo Anne also spent five years as associate producer on award-winning educational videos and multimedia projects for such clients as Addison-Wesley Publishing and the National Science Foundation. She brings extensive expertise and experience designing websites and also provides content editing for individuals and organizations, a skill she developed as a long-time freelancer for McGraw-Hill Publishing.
An accomplished speaker, storyteller and Certified Speaking Circles® Facilitator, Jo Anne has facilitated popular public speaking and personal storytelling workshops, and produced and directed storytelling showcases, seminars and other events. Her professional experience also includes serving as the executive director of Speaking Circles International, a grief and suicide prevention counselor, and meditation teacher.
Jo Anne works in the San Francisco Bay Area and the ethers of the Internet.