Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation

Donna Carol Fink, HTCP, CNHP, B.Msc, Rev., Reiki Master
Chair
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Donna is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner. She retired from thirty years of corporate insurance management to pursue her four passions in life. They are Healing Touch, Creating and Officiating at various life cycle ceremonies, gardening and writing. She has led a Women’s Circle for six years, conducted women’s retreats as well as offering classes on flower essences, essential oils and introductions to the human energy field. She believes that embracing the richness of our global cultures allows us to experience, create and celebrate moments that are a healing balm to the mind, body and Spirit.

Ann Cathcart BA, BSN, RN, HTCP, HNB-BC, LUT
Vice Chair
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Ann was certified in Healing Touch by the AHNA in 1996 and then as a holistic nurse by the AHNACC in 2002 after being an active member of the AHNA since 1986. Ann is a charter member of HTPA and has supported the mission and vision of HTWF since its inception in 1997. She founded her own company, Clear Path to Wellness, in 1994. In her private practice, she counsels patients in the areas of nutrition, spirituality, and integrative medicine assisting in their self care toward a happier, healthier, and more joyful life. Ann also has fundraising skills from her experience with Girl Scouts and other non-profit organizations. As a nurse/healer in business, Ann sees an urgent need to bring credibility of Healing Touch, the most powerful and credentialed energy modality, to the forefront of the current health care system. She is proud to be on the Board of this important Foundation to help realize the HTWF mission.

Norm Morrow
Treasurer
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Norm is a student of Healing Touch and is co-owner of Healing Touch Texas, with his wife, Bonnie.   He has a doctorate in Chemistry and is retired from the ExxonMobil Corporation and continues to consult in the field of air pollution.  He has served as the HTWF bookkeeper since 2001 and was elected to the Board and the position of Treasurer in 2010.

Karen B. Chin, RN, MS, HTCP
Secretary
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I have been a certified practitioner since 2001, currently sharing a space with a massage therapist. I coordinate workshops for HT levels 1, 2, 3 in Northeast Texas – primarily in and around Carthage, TX. Am seriously considering taking Level 6 (instructor's course) in the near future I teach RN nursing students in the clinical area for a local community college (M.S. in Critical Care Nursing) - and I expose them to a 1 hr. intro to HT :-) Am an O.R. and PACU nurse when not teaching between semesters Retired from the Air Force Reserve after 25 yrs. Am studying RJ Buckle's Clinical Aromatherapy course, leading to a CCAP (just completed a mini-research project using Teatree oil and its effects on wound healing)

Personal background: My spry 80+ yr old mother lives with me. She has a cat. Both of us are active in SooBahkDo, a form of Korean karate I love reading, learning Chinese, Sudoku puzzles, PacMan computer game (!), and board games I recently attended a 10 day silent retreat at the Vipassana Meditation Center in Kaufman, TX I'm adventuresome, enjoy traveling and learning/experiencing new things; I love the Harry Potter series, am working on expanding my "girlfriend" network, and I need to laugh more :-)

I’m honored to be a part of the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation. I truly will do my best to participate, and to lend my personality and energies toward the various tasks at hand to help spread this absolutely wonderful Gift to as many people as possible!

Rachel Rasmussen, MS, HTCP, CCA, HTAP, LMT
Parliamentarian
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Website: http://starburstrar.younglivingworld.com

Rachel received her BA in Secondary Education from Asbury College and her MS in Computer Science from the University of Delaware. She designed and developed software systems in a variety of technical and business areas while working at DuPont and Accenture. In 1990 Rachel was introduced to energy medicine and began her journey of discovery and blending of energy medicine techniques. She started her part-time holistic healing practice in 1997, relying primarily on Health Kinesiology. Rachel began her association with Healing Touch in 2003 and became a certified practitioner in 2006. She received her aromatherapy certification through ISHA and is a Healing Touch for Animals practitioner and a licensed massage therapist. Rachel expanded into full-time private practice in 2004, serving both people and animals. The focus of her private practice is on helping human and animal caregivers maintain their balance, vitality and joy.

Christine (Tina) Devoe, RN, HTCP, HTCI, HTAP
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Christine Devoe brings over 20 years of nursing experience and over 10 years as a Massage Therapist to her practice of Healing Touch. Certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner since 2000 and as an Instructor of Healing Touch Level 1 (2003), Level 2 (2007), and Level 3(2009) she holds a wide overview of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health. In 2005 she completed training for Healing Touch for Animals. As a pioneer in Integrative Medicine, Tina was a staff therapist and instructor at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Fredrick, MD. She has written coursework for the College of Southern MD in Medical Massage and Holistic Approaches to Wellness. Her classes are sponsored in homes, hospitals, colleges, and massage schools. Her vision is to empower her clients and students with a sense of wholeness and wellness in body, mind and spirit.

Lisa Mentgen-Gordon
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Lisa Mentgen-Gordon is the daughter of the Founder of the Healing Touch Program, Janet Mentgen. Lisa has been involved with the Healing Touch Program since 1993. Lisa is honored to serve as the CEO of the Healing Touch Program. Her vision is to have Healing Touch available in every home, school, and health-care facility.

Roberta Davis-Lewis
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I hold a Masters degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from CalState Los Angeles. In the teaching profession for 22 years I have held Special Education Certification in 4 areas from preschool through college. Studying under Ron Roth and Linda Smith gave me the opportunity to develop laying on of hands programs in several churches. My focus in Healing Touch is to help build a strong organization to allow any one in need to be taken care of through an accredited program.

Sharon Robbins, RN, HN-BC, CCHT, HTCP
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Sharon Robbins is Executive Director of the Healing Touch Professional Association. She is a Holistic Nurse in private practice offering Complementary and Alternative Medical therapies to her clients since 1980. She began studying energy medicine in 1992 and has been involved in Healing Touch since 1997. She became a certified Holistic Nurse and a certified HT Practitioner in 1998. Sharon was the Chair and/or Co-Chair of the HTI Business Council from 2001 to 2007 and has been a Board Member of Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation, Inc. since 2006.

Concepcion (Connie) Silva, RN, PhD, AHNC, HTCP/I
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Dr. Silva is former faculty from the University of Texas, School of Nursing in Galveston, Texas where she taught at the baccalaureate level and was guest lecturer in the Master’s program. She is certified as advanced holistic nurse from AHNA and practitioner and instructor from the Healing Touch Program in the United States. She has been a member of AHNA for more than 20 years and contributes to item writing for AHNA certification exam every five years. She is an educator, practitioner, and researcher in subtle energy modalities. She is bilingual and teaches HT levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 in México and 1, 2, and 3 in the United States. She is also a medical radiesthesist who teaches and practices the use of the pendulum for health issues.

Victoria F. Stewart, HTCP, HTACP
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Website: www.chtp.com

My path to becoming a Healing Touch Practitioner started when my brother was dying from melanoma cancer 1997. I knew there was something out there to help him make a peaceful transition… my search led me to Healing Touch. Healing Touch brought new feelings into my life that opened my eyes and opened my heart.

My first animal client was a 12 year old Australian shepherd named Mattie who was diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy. The owner, who had hoped to slow the progression of the disease, requested a Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) treatment. After the first treatment with Mattie…. the owner called me to let me know that Mattie “played like a puppy and was able to go up and down the stairs in the house and even jumped up on the bed.” She was delighted as apparently was Mattie!

I had spent 25 years in the corporate world, a cog in a machine... but now I was actually making a difference and helping people from all walks of life with their path to healing. I now have the opportunity to bring Healing Touch into the lives of everyday people.

Why had Healing Touch for Animals and Healing Touch coming into my life… was it to help our animals heal and others heal… or was it to offer me the opportunity to heal from the loss of my brother? Well it really doesn’t matter… I am here now for anyone that wishes to bring Healing Touch for Animals and Healing Touch into their life.

Bonnie Kelley Morrow, BNH, HTCP/I
Retired President
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Bonnie is a Healing Touch Certified Practitioner and Instructor. She is a charter member of both the Healing Touch Program and Healing Touch International and is currently President of the Healing Touch Worldwide Foundation, Inc. Bonnie retired from Exxon Chemical Company to establish her private Healing Touch practice. Bonnie is CEO of Healing Touch Texas, a corporation which provides training throughout southeast Texas. Her vision and passion is to have Healing Touch available throughout the world.