PRESIDENT:  Lyman Spencer was elected as President in 2011.  He previously served as Vice President, Acting President, from 2009 to 2011; Secretary from 2008 to 2009; and is the current Chair of the Bylaws Advisory Committee and Chair of the Policy and Procedures Advisory Committee.  He was Certified as a Hanna Somatic Educator in 2008 and lives and practices in Novato, California.

 

 

                                    VICE PRESIDENT:  Office is currently vacant.

 

SECRETARY:   Ken Bridgeman was appointed to the Board of Directors as secretary in April 2010. During his first year he served on the Website Advisory Committee which helped to bring the new AHSE website to fruition. He currently serves on the Membership Advisory Committee. Ken became a Certified Hanna Somatic Educator in 2003. After joining the AHSE as a student member in 2001, he has maintained his Certified Membership since 2003. He currently lives and works in San Francisco CA.

 

 

 

TREASURER:   Richard Eshelman was appointed as acting AHSE treasurer in 2009 and has been the acting treasurer since that time. I was officially elected as treasurer this year (2011). I am a Certified Hanna Somatic Educator (NI Wave 6).  I practice in Ithaca NY. Wherever I travel, you’ll find me teaching 1 on 1, spreading the “good news” about Hanna Somatics.

 

 

 

 AT LARGE #1:  Gabriel Posner was certified as a Hanna Somatic Educator in 2009. He joined the AHSE Board of Directors in 2011.  While on the Board Gabriel has chaired the SomaTimes committee.  Currently, he lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

 

 

 

DIRECTOR AT LARGE #2:  John Loupos has been a member of the AHSE Board of Directos since 2010.  John has sat on or chaired a number of committees during his tenure on the Board.  A martial arts teaching professional since 1968, John earned his certification as a Somatic Educator in 2007.  Currently he operates his Somatics practice at The Pain and Mobility Clinic, located at Jade Forest Kung Fu/TaiChi in Cohasset, Ma. 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR AT LARGE #3:  Laura M. Gates has served on the board since 2010, and on the "Listening Place Committee" during 2010. She was certified in 2007 as a Hanna Somatic Educator by Novato Institute, and as a Clinical Somatic Educator by Somatic Systems Institute. She currently lives and works in NYC, NY, and also teaches regularly in Huntsville, AL, other US locations and Europe. 

 

 

 

DESIGNATED DIRECTOR:   Eleanor Criswell-Hanna, Ed. D., is designated by the AHSE ByLaws as the sole designated director and shall function as liaison with the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training.