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Program Director & Well-Being Instructor
D. Maurie Lung, LMFT
(St. Petersburg, FL)

Maurie Lung, one of the nation's leaders in adventure-based therapy, is a licensed marriage family therapist, practicing in the Tampa Bay area. She is on the board of directors of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) and a well-known presenter and facilitator in youth and human development. As an adventure-based therapist, she has facilitated programs in therapeutic, educational, and recreational settings. Additionally, she has directed outdoor programs, developed comprehensive curricula, and provided national training for non-profit programs in many arenas.

Maurie integrates her knowledge of recreation, experiential education and psychology to oversee and provide services with a diverse client population. She is adept at creating opportunities for self-discovery and life-changing experiences for all of her participants in both, indoor and outdoor, settings.

Maurie Lung is currently a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology and holds an M.A. in counseling psychology and a B.S. in Park and Recreation Management. She truly loves the outdoors and adventure and is most at home when backpacking or running, which she has done in all 50 states.

Maurie is very excited to oversee all of the programs and activities of Womynfest At Sea 2007.

Activities Director & Well-Being Instructor
Terry Nail, CEO
(Santa Cruz, CA)

Terry Nail, CEO and founder of Children Are Our Future,  integrates a wealth of experience in adventure-based learning, leadership and organizational development in her work with people from diverse backgrounds within schools, non-profit organizations and corporations throughout the    U.S. and internationally. She began her career in wilderness therapy and leadership working with an organization called C. W Hog, Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group, established in 1981 to provide recreational opportunities for people of all abilities. Her work with this

group and the philosophy of the "Common Adventure" principle, where all participants share in the planning, decision-making, expense and execution of the adventure continues to influence and inspire her work with youth, adults and communities.

She has participated in several transformational "journeys of service" including a 400 mile canoe trip on the Yukon River in Alaska, in collaboration with several members of the Athabaskan villages and the Penobscot tribe from Maine. Her participation in an international Multi-cultural 8,000 mile run from above the artic circle in Alaska to Santa Fe, New Mexico helped to mark the 500-year recognition and survival of Indigenous peoples throughout the world. This run was a ceremony in the tradition of spiritual running to carry a message from village to village that "All life is sacred" and that we must take care of each other and the earth for future generations.

Terry has also traveled over 15,000 miles on a bicycle, including a solo 8,000 cross-country journey for a national youth advocacy project, meeting with the President, representatives, U.S. senators, governors, mayors and community leaders of over 24 states and 150 communities. She is CEO and founder of Children Are Our Future, a positive youth development organization with a focus on Leadership and Community Transformation for children, youth, and the adults in their lives.

Her work focuses on strength-based experiential curriculum and facilitated programs emphasizing participatory processes, performance, and teamwork in corporate and educational environments. Topics include: transformational leadership, communication, health & wellness, conflict resolution, cultural relevance/competence, collaborative group processes, group facilitation, and various youth provider staff development programs.

She is currently a candidate for a PhD in Leadership. Her doctoral studies began with several intensive international community studies and service projects with the Mayan people and their villages including a 40-mile trek through the backcountry of western Guatemala and climbing the highest peak in Central America.

Terry is a Wilderness First Responder with extensive experience backpacking, river rafting, and rock-climbing. She is also a WLT instructor with BAWT. Her vision is to share her gifts of service, enthusiasm, and joy in her work with youth and adults. She inspires and motivates people by providing creative and challenging opportunities for them to discover and share their gifts and talents to make a difference in their lives, families and in the communities they live.

Dance Instructor
Grace Greenberg, M.S., M.A.
(Delray Beach, FL)

Gotta Go, Gotta Dance. That's Grace. You'll know her by her dancing style and how she makes her partners look great to the beat of popular music. Proactive in the lesbian community since the late 70's, she has been teaching dance on the community college level and in the lesbian and gay community for over twenty years Come enjoy this high energy instructor and learn a few new sequences or add on to your existing repertoire.

As a physical educator in the San Diego Community College District for 15 years, she incorporated the  craze of  the 70's,

the hustle, into the ballroom dance curriculum, and it was a great hit. From then on, she branched out and taught in San Diego and San Francisco's gay country-western establishments and at the Metronome Ballroom.

Currently living in Palm Beach County, Florida, Grace still gives private group lessons and can be seen enjoying the dance scene there, too. Currently, Grace has been an instructor in a College of Business and Management for the past six years. She earned her Master's of Science in Physical Education, and Master's of Arts in Business: Human Behavior.

You will have a ball with this enthusiastic lady!

Health Instructor
Mariposa, Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist
(Santa Cruz, CA)

Marilyn 'Mariposa' Bernstein is a Licensed Acupuncturist and herbalist in practice since 1988. She is an Associate
Professor at Five Branches University Santa Cruz, CA and has given workshops or been on staff at many women's music festivals. Her workshops include experiential activities and laughter :)

Other interests include dance, comedy, improv and gentle outdoor activities.

 

Instructor
Kim Phillips-Knope, MSW

Kim Phillips-Knope, MSW is an educator, athlete, artist, and social justice activist from Ann Arbor, Michigan.  She has extensive experience with program development and facilitation and is grateful to have worked with diverse communities throughout the country. 

Influenced by the works of Edward Weston and other landscape photographers, Kim has explored many facets of photography—from developing prints in both color and black & white, to building her own pinhole cameras.  She is an avid amateur photographer who brings a sense of ease and

lightheartedness to her workshops, creating an environment where both skilled and novice participants feel safe to explore.

Kim currently works for a health care organization in Massachusetts and has founded her own consulting business, Educare Consulting, which supports the needs of the social work, public health and educational communities.

Instructor
Leigh Ann Phillips-Knope

Leigh Ann Phillips-Knope, RYT is a Yoga instructor, community-based educator, holistic healer and social justice activist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. A dedicated practitioner of Yoga for the last decade, she has been honored to teach within a diversity of communities—including integrated medicine centers, universities, schools, community centers, women's retreats and non-profit organizations.

Through her classes, Leigh Ann creates a sacred environment and shares her love of Yoga with passion, creativity, joy and play.  Her holistic teaching style combines the art of organic inquiry with the science of alignment, with a focus on the breath and inner exploration. Leigh Ann's nourishing yet challenging classes are moving meditations to music.  She has been influenced by several internationally renowned Yoga instructors, including Donna Farhi and the Vanda Scaravelli approach.

Through her classes, Leigh Ann creates a sacred environment and shares her love of Yoga with passion, creativity, joy and play.  Her holistic teaching style combines the art of organic inquiry with the science of alignment, with a focus on the breath and inner exploration. Leigh Ann's nourishing yet challenging classes are moving meditations to music.  She has been influenced by several internationally renowned Yoga instructors, including Donna Farhi and the Vanda Scaravelli approach.

Improv Instructor & Comedienne
Karen Ripley
(El Cerrito, CA)

Karen was the "in-house"improv teacher at Harvey Milk Institute in San Francisco for over 8 years. She has been teaching improvisation to children and adults for over 20 years at colleges, camps, festivals, and adult education centers. She has offered improvisation workshops at:

• Thunder Road in Oakland, Ca a drug and alcohol facility
• Adult Children of Alcoholics of Alameda County, Ca
• Girls Inc. at risk teens San Leandro, Ca
• Lyric, San Francisco, Ca a teen drop in center
• The R. Y. S. E.  Project, SF, Ca at risk pregnant teens Berkeley Mental Health Berkeley, Ca
• Pacific Center, Berkeley, Ca
• Countless women's festival throughout the country

Comedienne & Guest Health Presenter
Jennie McNulty
(W. Hollywood, CA)

Jennie McNulty is a professional comedian and personal trainer with a Master of Science degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. She is one of the fitness experts used on the NBC show "Starting Over."

In addition to headlining at comedy clubs all over the country, Jennie spent part of the summer performing for the US Troops in Iraq. "I'm trying to find some shows in Siberia for mid-winter now... seriously, those were some of the most rewarding shows I have ever done."

Jennie also performs regularly for Olivia Cruises and Resorts, and with several improv groups and co-starred with Rolonda Watts in the NoHo theater presentation of "The Cart."

How does a fitness expert stay in shape? By walking, strength training and, for the last 5 years Jennie has been a member of a women's professional tackle football team, The California Quake.

Musician & Guest Well-Being Presenter
Julie Clark, Award-Winning Songwriter
(Norfolk, VA)

YOU'LL KNOW IT IN AN INSTANT.
Whatever it is that gives certain singer/songwriters real promise and broad appeal, Julie Clark has it.

It's her voice that wins you first... surprisingly vulnerable, sincere and somehow comforting. A captivating sound that leads you willingly into her memorable, acoustic pop/rock songs.

Clark's award-winning songwriting matches the quality of her voice - clear, direct and full of emotion. Her lyrics paint vivid images of love and lust, heartbreak and obsession, secret yearnings, and the struggle between temptation and commitment.

Since the self-release of her radio-friendly debut CD "Feel Free", Clark has quickly been gaining the attention of critics as an artist to watch. In May of 2004, she won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Competition, joining a list of winners that includes Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin. Also in 2004, she was awarded First Place in the Great American Song Contest, Folk/Acoustic category and has twice received honors in The John Lennon International Songwriting Competition.

Julie's music goes straight from her heart to yours, its beauty only matched by the beautiful person that she is.

"Pop music that kisses; but doesn't tell."