Who are the active members of M.E.M.?
Board of Directors
Carol Garr
Co-Founder, Board President, Senior Visiting Priestess (Tucson units), member of the AZ Dept. Of Correction's Religious Advisory Committee
Eclectic Wicca 3rd degree. Ordained.
Religious: High Priestess of Silver Midnight Coven, Co-priestess of RainbowCircle (1992-1995), 7 years coordinator of Tucson Area Wiccan/Pagan Network (TAWN) , AZ Dept of Corrections Religious Advisory Committee since 1998, Visiting priestess since 7/1998. Mother Earth Ministries was born from the latter activity.
Mundane: B.A. from U of Arizona, in social psychology
Don Davis
Co-Founder, Board Member
Druid Ovate, Eclectic Wicca 3rd degree. Ordained.
Religious: Founder and Facilitator, Solitary Practitioner Information Network (SPIN) The Open Circle; affiliated with Sonoran Sunrise Grove - ADF; coven cook, Silver Midnight Coven; TAWN: Previous Webmaster and Communications Officer, repeatedly Fall Fest Coordinator.
Mundane: Broadcast/Audio Engineer with a minor in Social Services. "I am, therefore I network!"
Ashleen O'Gaea
Co-Founder, Board Secretary, Senior Correspondence Priestess
Adventure Wicca, 3rd degree. Ordained
Religious: Co-founder of Adventure Tradition Wicca, and was the HPs of Campsight Coven which dissolved amicably after 13 years. Active in the local neo-Pagan community (TAWN Board Member through Sept. 02); presents workshops on various aspects of Wicca at Pagan gatherings. Author of The Family Wicca Book, (currently out of print); Raising Witches: Teaching the Wiccan Faith to Children (Career Press, 2002) and In the Service of Life: a Wiccan Perspective on Death (Kensington 2003), and two volumes of Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Samhain to Ostara and Celebrating the Seasons of Life: Beltane to Mabon (New Page, 2004).
Patrick Campion
Board Treasurer
Eclectic Wiccan. His personal beliefs are primarily concerned with balance, both in secular life and in religion.
Religious: Patrick is on the Board of Directors for both the Tucson Area Wiccan/Pagan Network (TAWN) and for Mother Earth Ministries (MEM). He is the Membership Facilitator for TAWN and the Treasurer for MEM. His biggest hot buttons are religious tolerance and recycling. He feels any sane person must realize how quickly and how badly we are hurting our Mother Earth, and thinks that the Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Restore mantra is the best strategy to help heal Her.
Mundane: Patrick is an auditor working for the State of Arizona, and is currently working on his MBA. He and his wife Deborah live in a 1927 house that they have equipped with solar water heating and with photo-voltaic electric power generation.
Volunteers
Beverly Taylor-Barton
Visiting Priestess (Florence & Eyman Complexes, CCA/FCC Hawaiian & Alaskan Contracts)
Eclectic Wicca, 3rd degree. Ordained
Religious: Founding HPs of The Trefoil Grove (2003-present). Current TAWN member. First Wiccan/Pagan Clergy member approved to facilitate pagan services for the Alaskan Department of Corrections. Founding member on staff at the Geocities Group "Wiccan Circle of Friends" (1997 to present). Managing staff of the MSN Members Only Group "The Storm Cauldron" 1997 to present).
Mundane: Retired Barber of 20 Years and currently working in the field of Restorative Justice.
