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Lori Deutsch, a graduate of Prescott College, is currently the Executive Director of Youth Count, Prescott Valley. Ms. Deutsch was also the Program Manager of Yavapai County Community Health Services in Prescott, Arizona.  Gerry Garvey began her position as Program Director at Open Inn, Turning Point in June 2007 after serving as the HIV/AIDS Program Manager for Yavapai County
Community Health Services. She has over 25 years experience in Health and Human services as an administrator and a local and international activist with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. For 15 years, Ms. Garvey directed Health Clinics in Boston and San Diego. She also opened and directed shelters and community education programs, including opening a shelter for runaway youth on Cape Cod and opening and/or directing three Rape Crisis/ Domestic violence shelter programs in Massachusetts. She holds a Masters of Science in Management from Lesley College. She has lived and worked in the Prescott area for the last 6 years and is a member of the Board of Directors of People Who Care, and The United Ways/ Yavapai Foundations Community Impact Advisory Council.
 Maggie Garvey Margaret "Maggie" Garvey was raised in a progressive home on beautiful Cape Cod Massachusetts. From a young age she committed herself to creating social change. In high school, she led her peers to advocate for, design, and finally build a 1.5 million dollar teen center in her hometown. While in college, she was a founding member of the Colleges of the Fenway Alliance, an LGBTQ advocacy group that represented 7 major Boston Colleges in the Fenway area during the equal marriage debates. Her degree is from Simmons College is in Political Science with a focus on Community Organizing. In 2006, Maggie moved to Prescott, AZ, to join AmeriCorps VISTA, and finished a year of service with Youth Count and Generations United of Yavapai County. Following her year of service, she stepped into the first coordinator position for the Yavapai County VISTA Project, and since then, the program has grown from 5 national service members to over 40 members. Today she is proud to lead an active and engaged team of VISTA members fighting poverty in rural Arizona.  Abigail Jensen is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. She was first admitted to the practice of law in the State of Washington in 1982 and has been a member of the bar in Arizona since 1998. Abby is one of the founding members of the PAWS Board of Directors.  David Stringer, a graduate of George Washington University and the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has practiced law for over 20 years, and prior to this served as Senate Intern in the Office of United States Senator Ernest Gruening (D. AK). He is currently member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association and an advisory member of the Choice Hotel International Owner's Council. He has owned a home in Prescott since 2004 and is active in business and civic affairs.  Patricia Brockert is a retired court reporter and life-long resident of Arizona. She has volunteered with the Assistance League of Yuma revamping their thrift shop, and Operation Schoolbell providing clothes for needy school children. She has also been an active volunteer at PAWS since 2008. Patricia comes in every Monday to do laundry, cleaning, and some meal providing. She was also one of the key event planners for the First Annual PAWS Winter Fundraiser. Patricia will continue to focus on fundraising efforts for the shelter through her new position on the PAWS board. Marilyn Rivenburg,retired in Prescott in 2005. She was an elementary school teacher in Scottsdale for 30 yrs. She graduated from ASU with a BA and Masters degree in Elementary Education. Her husband, Neil was a Regional Vice President for MacMillan McGraw Hil Publishing and is now in real estate in Prescott. They have one daughter, Brittany, 25, who also resides in Prescott and is an aestetician. Marilyn is an avid golfer and also works for People Who Care and the Life Connections, Pregnancy Referral Center. |
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