Our Team
Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D.
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board
Fr. Spitzer is co-founder of Healing the Culture, and founder and president of Magis Institute and Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership. He served as President of Gonzaga University from 1998-2009. Fr. Spitzer has as spoken to thousands of audiences, and has done ethics consulting for over 300 organizations, including Boeing, Caterpillar, Toyota, Costco, the British Prime Minister's Cabinet, the leadership of Costa Rica, Protestant and Catholic leadership in Northern Ireland, and the Orthodox Church in Russia. The mission of Healing the Culture is based on the principles in Fr. Spitzer's books, Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues, and Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues.
Camille Pauley, M.A.
Co-founder, President, and Vice-Chair of the Board
Mrs. Pauley is the founder of Being With© and Compatior Institute©. In 1993, she co-founded the Center for Life Principles and served as its Director until 2003. She was Director of Education for Human Life of Washington from 1993 to 2003. Mrs. Pauley has trained hundreds of speakers for the pro-life movement, spoken for thousands of audiences, designed several retreat programs for adults and teenagers, guest-hosted several radio and television programs, co-produced five video series, and published dozens of articles.
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Dirk Bartram, J.D., M.B.A.
Secretary of the Board of Directors
Mr. Bartram is a business lawyer and principal at the Seattle law firm of Henke Bartram PLLC. He has practiced law in the Seattle area since 1986. He is a speaker for Healing the Culture, and for the Center for Life Principles. Mr. Bartram is a former U.S. Army officer and recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal.
Richard G. Thrasher
Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Thrasher is the Vice-President/General Manager in charge of all business operations for the Washington and Alaska markets for Enterprise Rent A Car and Enterprise Fleet Management. Rich earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Cal Poly Pomona University in 1986. Rich has over twenty years experience in business development, marketing, management and operations. Rich and his wife Julie live in Sammamish Washington and have nine children.
Michael Pauley
Director of Communication
Mr. Pauley attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and while studying there co-founded American Collegians for Life, a national student pro-life group. Michael worked as a legislative aide and press secretary for U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, the Chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. He has worked as a political consultant for campaigns in 15 different states, ranging from state legislature to U.S. Senate. In his home state of Alaska, Michael helped draft several pro-life laws, and was instrumental in winning passage of Alaska's state constitutional amendment protecting marriage.
Lisa-Ann Oliver
Director of Administration and Activities
Mrs. Oliver is also a youth speaker for Healing the Culture. She spent 20 years as a paralegal and law office manager in Bellevue and Seattle, Washington. For four years, she was a Court Appointed Special Advocate for King County Superior Court in parenting and custody disputes. She has been an instructor of faith formation for 20 years in the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Bryan Cox
Graphic Artist and Web Designer
Mr. Cox graduated from the Art Institute with a Visual Communications degree and has spent the past five years as the Art Director of J.Logan Design in Seattle. Bryan has been a part of the Healing the Culture team from its inception, creating our logo and our first website. He serves as our contract graphic artist, and advises on special creative projects. He is also our staff consultant and trainer for graphics software.
Professional Volunteers
Mark Cerasuolo is our volunteer advisor of marketing and business development, and was director of the 2008 Healing the Culture Conference & Expo. Mark's corporate and business experience includes marketing management roles at the Leviton Manufacturing Company, Harman International, and Bose Corporation. He attended the University of Massachusetts, the University of Washington, and Salem State College.
Marie Harkins is our former Director of Communication and former office manager, and now collaborates with us on Special Projects. Marie earned her B.A. with honors in editorial journalism from the University of Washington. She has published articles in the North Seattle Times and the Mercer Island Reporter. Marie successfully battled cancer while still in college. Marie dances with the Comerford School of Irish Dance in Seattle and competed in the 2004 World Irish Dancing Championships in Belfast, placing third in her team division.