My name is Liz Meacham. I am the founder and director of the Lake Erie Institute. It’s been my dream for 20 years to start an educational institute to bring visionary environmental thought and practices to Northeast Ohio, and beyond, through community education.

My inspiration for developing programs at the Lake Erie Institute is the result of two decades of personal practice, scholarship, and teaching in the fields of environment thought and spirituality.

2017 is the inaugural year of the Lake Erie Institute! I hope that you will become a part of this emerging earth-wisdom community. I look forward to seeing you at one of our spirit stirring, life honoring programs.

To learn more, or to get involved, email me at : emeacham at lakeerieinstitute.org.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth E. Meacham, PhD

www.elizabethmeacham.com

Advisory Board

Nurete Brenner, PhD, Executive Director of Business, Ursuline College

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.B.A., University of Derby
M.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem
B.S., Bar Ilan University, Israel

Nurete’s research interests include inter-faith and inter-ethnic dialogue, management education for Millennials and the intersection of business and peace.

Dr. Brenner has taught courses in Macroeconomics, Organizational Behavior, Leadership and International Business at CWRU and at the Herzliyya Interdisciplinary Center in Israel and has facilitated Arab-Jewish dialogue groups at the Center for Educational Technology in Tel Aviv.

She is passionate about graduating thoughtful business leaders who understand holistically how business and society interconnect and that the needs of the community, the environment and future generations must be taken into account when engaging in business.

Sarah Littlefield, M.Ed

Founder and Executive Director, Townsend Learning Center

Sarah co-founded Townsend Learning Center in 1970, and continues to shape the direction of for-profit learning in Ohio and across the nation by:

Developing successful workplace literacy programs in more than 30 large and small companies throughout Northeast Ohio.

Creating ongoing programs for the Veterans Administration, Bureau of Workers Compensation, and the Rehabilitation Services Commission.
Leading workshops in workplace skills and professional development for educators and other professionals.
Designing test preparation courses offered in more than 30 schools.
Serving as co-president of the Learning Disabilities Association of Cleveland.
Continually working as a volunteer, offering literacy expertise to a number of educational organizations.
Authoring a number of articles for newspapers, magazines, and newsletters.

Sarah lives her personal motto of life-long learning through continued professional development. With a B.A. from American University and a M. Ed. from Kent State University, Sarah went on to train at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and was later trained in the Wilson Reading Technique. She is a member and presenter for the Learning Disability Association.