 Lynn Kurth, President
Lynn has a Master’s degree in Water Resource Management and has been an environmental
consultant for 26 years. The projects Lynn manages
focus on ensuring compliance with EPA’s water quality
protection programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act
and the Clean Water Act. Her experience includes developing
permits to control wastewater discharges from municipal
and industrial facilities and conducting compliance
audits to determine whether regulated entities are
meeting federal requirements to prevent water pollution.
Lynn has also managed large civil engineering construction
projects which include infrastructure design, water
quality protection, and oversight of construction activities.
This experience affords Lynn a broad-based understanding of water contamination, treatment,
and protection.
Lynn has been very successful during her career marketing and obtaining over
$30 million in contract work with federal, state, and local entities. The
most rewarding part of Lynn’s work, aside from working towards protecting
our planet, is mentoring junior environmental scientists and engineers and
encouraging them to follow their heart, and make a difference through the
career path they have chosen.
Lynn actively pursues balance of mind, body, spirit in her life. Her professional
work certainly challenges the mind. To feed the body, Lynn enjoys pilates,
yoga, dance, and biking. She fills her spiritual piece through involvement
in the Anam Cara Womyn’s Group and her connection with friends and family.
Lynn has always been active in her community, and has participated in political
and local campaigns for change since she was a teen. As an example, Lynn
was instrumental in organizing and implementing the first, very high profile,
recycling effort on the Mall in Washington DC during July 4th events. That
effort continues today. More recently, Lynn has founded the Women’s Community
Action Network (WeCAN) to bring people together to decide on community projects
to which they wish to donate time and money as a group. Lynn is active in
neighborhood groups and has lent her expertise in facilitating group meetings
to bringing neighbors together to initiate a dialog about neighborhood issues and solutions. Lynn is also a Certified Emergency Response
Trainee as a first responder in the event of an emergency in the community.
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Valerie Colbourn, Treasurer |
|  Connie Diaz, Secretary
Connie Diaz has lived in Austin for more than 35 years. Connie’s career history
includes professional modeling, land development/environmental
protection, and business management. In the early 80s
she worked for Espey Huston & Associates a local land development firm. She co-owned and managed The Posse
East, a local institution, for 10 years. She managed
a local law firm, Roller and Allensworth, for several
years and currently is Office Service Manager at Baker
Botts law firm in downtown Austin. She also owned her
own business as a massage therapist for 12 years and
stayed involved in the holistic health industry through
continuing education courses.
Connie has supported
WeCAN’s efforts to identify restaurants that will provide
food for the Keep Austin Fed project. She has been
involved in fundraising for United Way for the last
seven years through her company, and has been recognized
for her efforts. Connie is also supporting ACE - A
Community for Education. ACE works to ensure all children
build a strong foundation in reading, empowers parents
to be partners in their child's education, and inspires
tutors to a lifetime of service.
Connie is proud of
her family and enjoys being an instrumental part of
her grandchildren’s lives. She enjoys travel, scuba diving, reading, and making gourmet meals for
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 Michelle Burns, Founder
Michelle Burns is the president and founder of Anam Cara foundation. Michelle
received her Bachelors of Science from the University of Maryland in the
field of Nursing and worked in hospitals all over the world in the United
States Army and in civilian environment. She also received a Bachelors
of Science in Alternative Medicine from Everglades University in Florida.
Throughout her career, she has focused on helping others and teaching as a form
of healing and empowerment. After a severe trauma in
her adult life, Michelle began searching out support
to help her heal from the changes in her life. Through
first hand experience, she discovered the power of
women to support each other through challenges and
growth. The seed was laid for the creation of the Anam
Cara Foundation.
Michelle currently owns her own business, Advanced Holistic Healing Arts, which
provides health consultation and guidance for those seeking to achieve the
best health possible, regardless of injury or illnesses. She is also a speaker,
author, consultant and trainer for those looking to enhance their abilities
to share information through workshops, classes and training.
Michelle is a past president of AGLCC (Austin Gay/Lesbian Chamber of Commerce)
and has worked with other nonprofit organizations,
including Waterloo Counseling Center, Austin Integrative
Health Coalition, and Wright Wellness Center and an
Advisory Board member for Academy of Health Professions—Austin. |
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Past Board Members
Michelle Burns, past President
Sherry Scott, past Treasurer
Angela Brescia, past Secretary
Niki Doering, member
Stephanie Lowe, member
Jennifer Berg, member
Theresa Clatto, member |
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