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Susan Carnahan,
Communications Chair and Stewardship Chair
Susan has a B.A. in History from Northwestern University and
a J.D. from UCLA. She was an attorney for Sunkist Growers
and AMD before spending 24 years at H-P, where she managed a
group of commercial attorneys. Susan is an avid
photographer, craniac, and board member of the International
Crane Foundation. She values LLF for enriching the lives and
helping advance the careers of SRC employees and their
families. She believes education is a hallmark of democracy
and a life-long endeavor.
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Marcia Chaiken,
Secretary
Dr. Marcia Chaiken earned a B.A. (with honors), in Zoology,
from Douglass College, Rutgers University; an M.A. in
Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a
Ph.d. in Sociology, from the University of California, Los
Angeles. As Director of Research, at LINC for almost 20
years, Dr. Chaiken had primary responsibility for designing
and overseeing all research projects and dissemination
products. She has developed and carried out research and
produced research-application reports and presentations for
many of the federal research agencies included in the U.S.
Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Public Health,
and the U.S. Congress. Private foundations for whom she has
developed research, reports, and presentations include the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New
York. Given key findings about the role of education in
promoting wholesome development and preventing high-risk
behavior, she is gratified to serve on the Board of
Directors of the Living Legacy Foundation.
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Linda Elden
Linda joined LLF because of her interest in higher
education. While teaching at California State University,
Los Angeles, she met many students who were from the first
generation in their families to enter college. They held
responsible jobs and even raised children while they studied
and worked. She developed a deep respect for their
discipline and dedication. Linda holds a Ph.D from the
University of California, Irvine.
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Steve Johnson, Chairman
and Educational Grants Chair
Steve has a BS in chemical engineering, and a Stanford MBA.
He worked for a number of medical technology companies in
Silicon Valley. He spent six years at the Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI) where he met his wife, Eleonore.
Together they have had a rich life of volunteering for Meals
on Wheels and Avenidas senior center in Palo Alto.
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Vince Martin,
Chairman and Fund Development Chair
Vince graduated from Stanford in Industrial Engineering and
received an MBA from Harvard. He worked for three large
conglomerates for several years before he and a friend
established their own company, acquiring a number of small
industrial products companies over a twenty year period.
Vince took a leadership role in the non-profit world in
Milwaukee WI, chairing the Boards of United Way and of the
United Performing Arts Fund. He is a Life member of the
Board of Coe College (Cedar Rapids IA) and believes that
education is the root of excellence in any endeavor.
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Wade Meyercord
Wade enjoyed a long high-tech career with IBM (as General
Manager of the San Jose operations); Memorex (as President
of the Storage Equipment Group); Read-Rite (as CEO); and
finishing the last 30 years as a consultant to high tech
companies. He served on 5 public company boards, usually on
the finance and compensation committees. He and Phyllis have
had a strong interest in aiding education, particularly for
those less fortunate.
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Judy Stratman, Fund
Development Joint Chair
Judy is a Registered Nurse with a Master’s Degree in Social
Work. Her adult work has centered around first, her family
and also issues of community need. When encountering issues
of Peace and Justice, she tirelessly accompanied dying
individuals and their families through her work with Hospice
and also advocated on behalf of homeless individuals and
families to address personal and community challenges. That
advocacy led to her founding a not-for-profit organization
aimed at preventing homelessness. Addressing the
educational needs of SRC staff and their family members will
provide her with an opportunity to advance their goals.
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Terry Stratman, Fund
Development Joint Chair
Terry received a BEE in electrical engineering from
Villanova and a law degree from Penn, after which he spent
three years in Washington D.C. working for what is now the
US Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner. While
in D.C. he and Judy met, married and had their first child.
They then moved to the Chicago area where Terry began a
40-year stint in private practice as a patent attorney, from
which he retired in 2009. After raising their family in
Naperville, IL he and Judy spent the last 16 years before
moving to SRC in Long Beach, IN where Terry did volunteer
work for various organizations. He has long considered
education as critical to effective citizenship and success
in life.
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