Alternative Healthcare, Intuitive Counseling Education, Spirituality Studies

Board of Directors

HOLOS UNIVERSITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair of the Board: Susan Russell, L.M.S.W. PhD, ThD
Dr. Russell is an author, psychotherapist, acupuncturist, educator, researcher and founder of The Turning Point Healing Center, a multiple modality healing and education center in Marietta, GA. Susan weaves her passion for Science and Spirit into her studies, lectures, workshops, work and life. She has authored: The Seasonal Meridian Guide; a guide to enhancing your energy; Turning Points, stories of healing experiences; The Hinge Between Heaven and Earth, on mind/body systems balance; Audio meditations, The Body of Qi and Wei Qi; plus audio programs, Brain qi Gong, Living Bones, Living qi Channels. Susan received her doctorate from Holos University 2004, M.S.W from the University of Georgia 1995, B.S.W. from Georgia State University 1994, and is a graduate of the Escola Americana Do Rio De Janeiro Brazil 1971.

Vice Chair of the Board, Christine C. Bair, PhD, ThD, LPC, LMFT, RN, FAPA
The reunion of science and spirit in experienced wellness and abundant living is Dr. Bair’s passion. Professional specializations include Critical Incident and cumulative Stress Management, mind-body interactions, and focus on the role of intention and consciousness on psychophysiological processes. Christine’s degrees include a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Virginia Wesleyan College, an MA in Counseling Psychology from Regent University, and Advanced Certification in Spiritual Guidance prior to her doctoral work in Energy Medicine and Spiritual Healing completed at Holos University in 2006. She is a fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association, ordained, and an instructor with the Institute of Applied Meditation. She served as graduate level adjunct professor teaching Integration of Psychology and Christianity, and is founder of TRUE SELF. Her bioresonance research on the Heart Field was published by invitation in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. She presents at professional conferences and groups and resides in Harrisburg, PA.

Tamara Cash, PhD
Dr. Cash holds a Masters in Education and a PhD in Educational Leadership. She earned her graduate degrees at the University of Kansas. In her doctoral research, Dr. Cash studied the relationship between violence in students’ neighborhoods and students’ frequency of discipline problems in the school setting. She is a retired educator, beginning her professional career as a teacher of students with learning disabilities and completing the last 21 years as a school psychologist in K-12 public schools. After completing her Ph.D., Dr. Cash worked closely with students with emotional and discipline concerns, providing mentorship and support-group opportunities in the public school environment. Since retiring in Spring, 2009, she has worked as a member of the Holos Outreach Committee and continues to increase her knowledge of holistic healing philosophies.

Reverend Richard Fawcett
Richard has been a high school teacher for many years. He was employed for nineteen years by the National Federation of State High School Associations where he coordinated speech, drama, debate, Marching band, choir, and orchestra activities for 19,000 high schools in all fifty states. He has served ten years on the Park Hill school board. Richard is an ordained minister and has a career as a spiritual counselor. He served for six years as president of the Citizens Advisory Board for Probation and Parole in northwest Missouri where he worked with probation and parole officers, judges and community leaders to extablish programs and training opportunities of clients and supervisors. Unity Temple on the Plaza has been Richard’s spiritual home for the past ten years. He brings his many years of teaching experience and his ecumenical spiritual wisdom to the Board of Holos.

Howard Kaye, B.S.
Howard Kaye Graduated from Pennsylvania Wharton School with a B.S. in economics. He is a graduate of the Investments Bankers Association, University of Pennsylvania. He taught the Principals of Investment at Avila Colleg and Financial Planning at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center. His business career spans 40 years and includes training, hiring, management, sales, and investment banking. He has worked with firms such as EF Hutton, Merrill Lynch, and RBC Dain Rauscher.
His service on the Holos board as a financial advisor is greatly valued.

Oliver H. London, PhD
Dr. London is currently Provost and Professor at Holos University. He received his PhD from Colorado State University. He is the chair of the Center for Environmental Energy Medicine Studies. He is a graduate of and teaching assistant for the Corestar Healing Energy School- a three year training program. The focus of his career has been supporting individuals and organizations in their development. In addition, he has led strategic planning and mission-driven organizational change at several organizations including: NBC, Burger King, and the Congressional Management Foundation. His interests include: Individual differences in healing, subtle energy research design, consciousness, spiritual development, spiritual development models and systems thinking.

Dr. Ann Nunley, MFA, PhD
Dr. Nunley is president of the All Faiths Church of Spirituality and Health. She is the founding Provost of Holos University and currently serves as its Dean of Academics. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Kansas University and a Doctoral degree in Energy Medicine and Transpersonal Psychology for Greenwich University. Her transformational paintings have appeared in numerous magazines and on book covers. She develped the Integration Chart ™ and other concepts that support the Inner Counselor Process (ICP™). Her book, the Inner Counselor, functions as a modern I-Ching book of wisdom. She has presented keynotes and workshops at numerous national energy medicine and psychology conferences such as ACEP, NICABM, and ISSSEEM. She is past Co-President of ISSSEEM and served on the ISSSEEM board for many years. She is a professor at Holos and teaches several courses. She is Director of the Transformational Psychology Track.

Dr. Bob Nunley, PhD
Dr. Nunley is the founding Dean of Faculty and a professor of Holos University Graduate Seminary. He is a Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Kansas. His degrees include a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, an MS in Geography and Political Science from Marshall University, and a PhD in Geography from the University of Michigan. He is a geodemographic and computer consultant and an innovative explorer in the psychology of learning and the human potential. As a professor at Kansas University, Greenwich University, and Holos University he has served as chair for 45 doctoral dissertations. He served on the Fetzer Energy Medicine Advisory Board. He is a past Co-President and Board member of ISSSEEM. He is Co-Instructor of the Inner Counselor course and is an ordained minister of the All Faiths Church of Spirituality and Health. He is a musician and plays both folk and classical guitar.

Dr. Charlotte Shelton, MA, EDS, EdD
Dr. Shelton is President/CEO of Unity, an international movement dedicated to helping people apply positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. She was previously Chair of the Management & Marketing Division at Rockhurst University and President of WiseWork Coaching & Consulting. She is the author of Quantum Leaps: 7 Skills for Workplace Re-Creation, and coauthor of The NeXt Revolution: What Gen X Women Want at Work and How Their Boomer Bosses Can Help Them Get It and Good Business: Putting Spiritual Principles Into Practice at Work.
Charlotte was instrumental in helping Holos University Graduate Seminary make arrangements to offer its Residency Workshops on the Unity Village Campus twice and year, and in establishing library priviledges for our students at the extensive Unity Library.

Dr. Bernard O. Williams, PhD
Dr. Williams is President and CEO of Holos University and serves on its Executive Committee. He is President of the Center for Environmental Energy Medicine Studies (CEEMS) in Lawrence, Kansas. He is Chair of the Board of the International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine (ISSSEEM) and serves as editor of the ISSSEEM referred research Journal, Subtle Energies He also teaches the History of Science course at HU and Cultural and Physical Geography at the University of Kansas. His degrees include a BA in History from Kansas State University, an MA in History from the University of Kansas, and a PhD in History from the University of Kansas. Dr. Williams’ personal research efforts in the history of science have ranged from physiological and psychological investigations of mind to the earliest circuit designs for electronic digital computers. His special interests are epistemology, research methods, and the history of spiritual alchemy and physical chemistry.

Recent Graduate Representative, Dr. Suchinta Abhayaratna Wijesooriya, ThD

Dr. Abhayaratna graduated in the Spring of 2010. She and her family lived for many years in Washington D.C. Her dissertation research took her back briefly to he home country of Sri Lanka, where she worked with youth who had lost parents and family members in the tsunami using her Creative Holistic Integration process. She is now living in Nairobi, Kenya where she volunteers two days a week at a new, state-of-the-art stand alone cancer treatment center, facilitating a holistic self-care program for cancer patients and survivors under the auspices of the Faraja Cancer Support Center. She offers a four-session group workshop each month plus individual sessions. She joins the Board meetings via Skype from Nairobi. Her current work is described in her blogspot: http://www.beingenergy.blogspot.com/

Recent Graduate Representative, Dr. Faith Burris, ThD

Dr. Burris Graduated at the end of the Fall, 2010 semester and recieved her diploma at the Spring, 2011 graduation ceremony. Faith's dissertation research involved using her intuitive abilities to draw "Metaphoric Life Portraits" in order to create new perspectives and catalyze positive personal changes in participants. The results showed highly significant changes in anxiety (using the STAI) in both State and Trait anxiety. The interesting aspect was that the greater positive change was found in Trait anxiety. Faith and her husband, Mike, now operate Spirit Lodge Retreat near Hot Springs Arkansas, where persons are welcome to hold retreat workshops, family retreats, or just enjoy a quiet getaway. http://www.spiritlodgeretreat.com/