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News Releases
Sept. 25, 2003
Antioch Welcomes Board of Visitors Members
Seattle — Antioch University Seattle recently welcomed six new
members to its Board of Visitors (BOV). The BOV assists the university
in community relations and fund-raising efforts. New members are:
- Anil Coumar is the director of Hall Health Mental Health
Clinic at the University of Washington, which provides mental health
counseling and medication assessment and management to UW students,
faculty and staff as well as the general public. A licensed psychotherapist,
Coumar obtained his master’s degree in psychology from Antioch
University Seattle in 1994 and received the 2003 Distinguished Alumni
Award.
- Mel Crawford is a shareholder in the law firm of MacDonald
Hoague & Bayless. He represents people in employment, personal
injury and civil rights litigation. Crawford obtained his bachelor's
degree in liberal arts from Antioch in 1990.
- Thyra DeHaven is a market manager for the Student Banking
Division of U.S. Bank. She's been in the higher education financial
aid field for 17 years. At U.S. Bank, she works closely with higher
education institutions in Washington and Idaho. DeHaven graduated
from Antioch's B.A. in Liberal Studies Program in December 2000.
- Dawn Mason is a former state representative from Southeast
Seattle. She served for two terms as the ranking member of the House
Higher Education Committee. Her support for access to post-high-school
education resulted in K-20 technology infrastructure to assure education
flowed to students in all parts of Washington at public, private and
proprietary schools. Mason earned her master's degree in education
from Antioch University Seattle in 2002.
- Claudia Kauffman-RedMorningStar, a member of the Nez Perce
Tribe, is the intergovernmental affairs liaison for the Muckleshoot
Indian Tribe. This position requires interfacing with local, county,
state and federal agencies and officials. Kauffman also co-founded
the grassroots organization Native Action Network and sits on the
King County Cultural Development Authority, the Minority Executive
Directors Coalition of King County, and the American Indian Women's
Service of Seattle.
- Ray A Williams is a member of the Swinomish Tribe. In 1990,
he attended the first Western Hemisphere Indigenous Conference in
Quito, Ecuador and began a dialogue with indigenous peoples to form
statements regarding the 500-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus
landing in America. Williams has travelled throughout the Western
hemisphere developing stronger relationships with indigenous peoples.
In 1992, he accepted an invitation to the Earth Summit in Brazil.
His work has taken him to Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Bolivia.
Through this work, he and his wife received the 1993 Pax Christi International
Cardinal Alfrink Peace Award.
About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find individualized, innovative programs with a commitment to academic excellence, community service and social justice. AUS is located in downtown Seattle and is one of six campuses of Antioch University, founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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