President of the Board
Eric F. Donaldson, Ph.D. – Virology, Research Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine- Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Donaldson is a dedicated forgiveness teacher who has taught several “Science of Forgiveness” classes in different venues, and co-taught with Dr. Dincalci, an eleven-week class, “How to Forgive When You Can’t” at Duke University in 2011.
Secretary
Avery Henderson, Ph.D. in Anthropology, Master’s of Public Health in Epidemiology, is the owner of Henderson and Associates, a motivational speaking and training business. He has over 30 years of experience teaching, training, motivational speaking, mentoring and coaching. His mission statement is “Helping to raise personal and organizational productivity and morale through positive living and working principles, emphasizing humor, play, creativity, teamwork, peaceful conflict resolution and servant leadership.” Dr. Henderson has held memberships include: National Speakers Association, Carolina Speakers Association, American Association for Therapeutic Humor, and Clowns of America International
Treasurer
Jim Dincalci, RSD, DD, MA (Psych) is the founder of the Forgiveness Foundation, Treasurer of the Board and Executive Director of the Foundation. He is a trained psychotherapist, worked as a clinical therapist in Hawaii, is an award-winning author and has taught forgiveness courses at several US colleges and universities -the last being Duke University in 2011 co-taught with Dr. Donaldson. You can find out more information about Dr. Jim at http://howtoforgivewhenyoucant.com/aboutauthor.php
Members (in alphabetical order)
Rita Shepherd Dincalci is a dedicated forgiveness advocate. She ran a large law office for seventeen years and later owned and managed a small chain of stores in Lima, Peru.
Connie Domino, MPH, BSN, RN, is a nationally acclaimed life coach, trainer, speaker and author of The Law of Forgiveness published November 2009 by Berkley Books an imprint of Penguin Books, and also the author of, Law of Attraction: Develop Irresistible Attraction. She has over twenty years of experience in business, health promotion, and wellness education. She a support group facilitator, educational counselor, and motivational speaker. At present, Connie is a clinical assistant professor in Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has been interviewed on local and national radio and television talk shows.
Mike Domino has worked as a professional IT for several companies.
Elizabeth “Liz” Gablehouse, International Development Representative at Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services for 16 years. She completed her undergraduate studies abroad at the University of Bonn in Germany and Albert Schweitzer College near Lausanne, Switzerland and began her marketing career working in various European countries and North Africa for 11 years. In the United States, she worked in the movie and recording industries in Los Angeles, and later in marketing in the securities industry. She is fluent in Spanish, French and German, and conducts business in those languages as necessary.
Jim Henderson, Ph.D., educator and administrator at Carolina Friends School, an independent school in Durham, NC Jim received fellowships to study literature and the history of religions at Columbia University (M.A.) and Duke University (Ph.D.).
More recently Jim has written and produced a musical, Ariel’s Way. Its plot is based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and its primary theme is forgiveness. See www.arielsway.com
Jeff Leary, Ph.D- Virology, was a research leader for GlaxoSmithKline and parent companies for over 25 years. He led a herpes simplex virus drug resistance research team; served as program leader for the SIRNA-Merck-GSK Therapeutics alliance and the Santaris-GSK Papillomavirus project ; and completed an NIH competitive fellowship at Yale University in 1983 in molecular biophysics, biochemistry and human genetics. Dr Leary teaches at Duke University and serves on the board of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Capitol Chapter in Raleigh and is the co-coordinator for Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters.
Renée Piere has 18 years experience in the mortgage industry and has spent the last 11 years as a REALTOR® in the Research Triangle Area of North Carolina. She is active in her community; the Past-President of the Triangle Mortgage Lenders’ Association; a recipient of the 2009 Durham Regional REALTORS® Association’s Service Award; and is currently the President of the Board of Trustees of her local church. Renée has completed the Forgiveness Workshop and is trained in forgiveness facilitation. She says that her forgiveness work changed every aspect of her life and believes forgiveness is the key to living a life fully in peace, comfort and joy.
