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Joy Rose, Executive Director, Motherhood Foundation
E-Mail: motherhoodfoundation@gmail.com
Phone: 207.504.3001
Address: PO Box 210 Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706
www.musuemofmotherhood.org
Bio: Joy is President and Founder of Mamapalooza Inc. a company by women, promoting mothers for social, cultural and economic benefit. Inspired by her experiences as a wife and mother in the arts, Joy is dedicated to championing opportunities for Mom-Artists, Educators and Entrepreneurs. She works tirelessly with women, and volunteers around the country co-creating events and programming, changing the way women's voices are heard in the media, education and performing arts, impacting the culture of modern mothers and their families. Joy holds a BFA, has been awarded the key to the city of Seneca Falls, home of the Suffragette movement and has appeared on CNN, NPR, Good Morning America, American Voices, The Wall Street Journal and PEOPLE Magazine to name a few. She is a featured speaker at Women's Events and Conferences and has appeared at The Women's Media Center, ARM Conference, MPLZCC and What Women Want Expo. Her writing has appeared in The Mom Egg, The Lohasian and online at FWW. Joy is also the founder and lead singer for the Mom Rock band, Housewives On Prozac, and serves as Executive Director of The Motherhood Foundation, where work progresses towards the building of The Museum Of Motherhood.
Dr. Andrea O'Reilly, Museum of Motherhood Academic Committee Chair
Founder, Director of The Association for Research on Mothering
E-Mail: aoreilly@yorku.ca
Phone: 416-736-2100 x60366
Address: 726 Atkinson, York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON, Canada, M3J 1P3
Dr. Andrea O'Reilly is founder and director of The Association for Research on Mothering, (ARM). Founded in 1998, ARM is the first feminist research association on the topic of mothering-motherhood and has more than 500 members worldwide. As well, Dr. O'Reilly is founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, the first, and still only, scholarly journal on motherhood and associate professor of Women's Studies, York
Univesity, Toronto, Canada. Both ARM and its journal are recognized worldwide as the leading research centre/journal on Motherhood. In 2005 she launched Demeter Press, the first feminist press on motherhood; Demeter Press has published four books and has another ten planned or in production. In 1991 she designed Canada's first university course on Motherhood. Lastly, she is founder and director of “Mother Outlaws,” a feminist mother group, which is now established in cities around the world.O'Reilly's achievements have attracted significant media attention; she has been interviewed widely on the topic of motherhood including appearances on “The Agenda,” “More to Life,” “Planet Parent,” “Canadian Living Television,” “Chatelaine Magazine,” “Sex TV,” “The Star,” “The National Post,” “The Globe and Mail,” and “CBC Radio.”
Andrea O'Reilly, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University is co-editor/editor of twelve books on Motherhood: Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns (Second Story Press, 1998), Mothers and Daughters: Connection, Empowerment and Transformation (Rowman and Littlefield, 2000), Mothers and Sons: Feminism, Masculinity and the Struggle to Raise our Sons (Routledge Press 2001), From Motherhood to Mothering: The Legacy of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born (SUNY, 2004), Mother Outlaws: Theories and Practices of Empowered Mothering (Women's Press, 2004), Mother Matters: Mothering as Discourse and Practice (ARM Press, 2004), Motherhood: Power and Oppression (Women's Press, 2005), You Can Get There From Here: 25 Years of Bridging Courses for Women at York University (School of Women's Studies, York University, 2006), Maternal Theory: Essential Readings (Demeter Press, 2007) and Feminist Mothering (forthcoming, SUNY 2008). Her forthcoming books include From Personal to Political: Towards a New Theory of Maternal Narrative. With Silvia Caporale-Bizzini. (In Press), Susquehanna University Press, 2009, Maternal Texts/Textual Mothers: Motherhood in 20th and 21st Century Women’s Literature. With Elizabeth Podnieks. (Forthcoming, Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2008) and Motherhood at the 21st Century: Policy, Experience, Identity, Agency. She is currently completing the 20th Anniversary of Sara Ruddick’s Maternal Thinking and writing a monograph on being a mother in the academe.
Recently, Andrea O’Reilly was invited to serve as General Editor for the first-ever Encyclopedia of Mothering. The three volume (700 entries) encyclopedia will be published by Sage Press, (2010).
O'Reilly is author of Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart, (SUNY, 2004) and Rocking the Cradle: Thoughts on Motherhood, Feminism, and the Possibility of Empowered Mothering (Demeter Press, 2006).
Lynn Kuechle, Fundraising and Grant Administration (Acting Treasurer)
E-Mail: lynn.kuechle@mnsu.edu
Phone: 507-625-1964
Address: 65 North Hill Drive Mankato, MN 56001
Bio: Lynn Kuechle became interested in being involved in Mamapalooza Festivals during research for her thesis in Speech Communication, which focused on the unattainable social norms of motherhood. She received her MA from the University of Minnesota, Mankato in May 2007 and is currently a full time faculty member at the University in the Speech Communication department. Lynn has been involved in non-profit management in the past. She was the director of Wellspring Faith in Action, a faith based program that matched volunteers with senior citizens in the community who helped with non-medical tasks to allow seniors to continue to live independently. Through this experience she has worked with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as well as State, and Federal Health and Human Services funding. She has been trained in the holistic approach to grant writing through the Grant Institute. She is the mother of two, a daughter Taylor and son Ryan.
Gillian Crane, Secretary
Cara-Leigh Battaglia Grant Writing & Community Laison, Museum of Motherhood Committee
E-Mail: clbattaglia@hotmail.com
Phone: 315.568.9754 or 315.651.5947
Address: 3010 Garden St Ext
Seneca Falls NY 13148
Cara-Leigh is a recognized writer/editor, teacher, CEO and business consultant specializing in non-profit organizations and for-profit corporations in transition. She has been a founding member of Geneva Area ATHENA Awards steering committee and Founding Chair of its Nomination, Selection & Protocol Subcommittee, and a founding member of the N.Y. HEPCATS (Higher Education Professional Communicators Action Team). She has been named to Cambridge Who’s Who Among Business Executives & Professionals, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, American Biographical Institute: 500 Leaders of Influence, 6th ed.; 2,000 Notable American Women, 8th ed.; and Outstanding Young Women of America. She holds both M.S. and B.A. degrees and serves on a variety of boards and committees. She holds membership in the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and is a licensed insurance agent/broker. She is currently Executive Director of Geneva BID. She runs a community service program, is a certified teacher of meditation/relaxation, a foster mother, and makes fine silver and vintage bead jewelry. She has mentored young men and women.
Lynn Barbuto, Events Fundraising, Museum of Motherhood Committee
President, LB Productions
E-Mail:lbproductions@rochester.rr.com
Phone: 315.539.9142
Address: 110 Elm St Geneva, NY 14456
Lynn Barbuto is a talented performer and promoter of theatrical events and music fests. She is the president of LB Productions and acts a an agent for rock & roll, jazz and eclectic music as well as being the author of children's books. She serves as Mamapalooza Coordinator for Northern New York, pioneered the 'Mom Of The Year' award and is an integral part of the community of Seneca Falls, NY - Future home of the Museum Of Motherhood.
Camille Failla Murphy, Advisor MFI & Museum Committee
Westchester County Office for Women
E-Mail: cfm2@westchestergov.com
Phone: (914) 995-5972
Address: 112 East Post Rd, Room 110 B White Plains, NY 10601
Bio: Camille is recognized as a national leader in the movement to improve the status of women. In 1980, as President of the Women's Task Force, she founded New York State's first County Government agency dedicated to servicing women and families. For the past 25 years, Ms. Murphy has been the Director of the Westchester County Office for Women has created policies, coalitions and programs to address issues ranging from sexual harassment to health care; child care to elder abuse; and domestic violence to welfare. Camille is also the National Director of the Women Research and Education Fund. She is an invaluable resource and mentor.
Jennifer Edwards, Chairperson
E-Mail: jenedintruth@yahoo.com
Phone: 718-622-5181
MFI - PO Box 210 Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706
www.motherhoodfoundation.org or www.jened.com
Bio: Jennifer Edwards is the founder of JEN/ed productions: an alternative to gen(eral) ed(ucation) and the creator of 'Relaxation on the GO', both projects focus on self-education and stress reduction for everyday living. She holds a BFA and an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a certified yoga and meditation teacher. As a performing artist, writer and facilitator of awareness and relaxation workshops, Jen works with many populations including: expectant moms, teens, individuals living with illness, women's groups, healthcare workers, and business professionals.
Special Thanks to Terry Platz, ProBono Legal and Bob Bickford for their tireless commitment and time to getting this project launched.
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