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New SHADE Board Members Announced

SHADE is excited to welcome John Antonishak, Jeff Bedard and James Norton to the Board of Directors.

Board of Directors Bios

John Antonishak

John Antonishak is an international organizational and professional development consultant working with federal and state agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and businesses. As a educator and consultant, Antonishak brings more than 25 years of experience to his clients.

During the last several years, he as had the distinction of working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SunWise Program to assist with developing and implementing their educational and professional development program on sun safety in support of the goals of EPA to sustain state and local efforts. He has conducted SunWise training, presented at national conferences, and has provided conference support.

Prior to becoming a consultant, he built an accomplished career with Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland. During his tenure, he succeeded as a classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, and district administrator for professional development and instructional technology.

His experience as an educator served as an invaluable link to his consulting career and international work on professional development theories and democratic teaching principles for educators in former Soviet bloc countries in Europe and Central Asia.

Antonishak has presented at numerous conferences and conducted seminars and workshops on professional development, curriculum, instruction, and technology integration at the National School Board Association, National Staff Development Council (NSDC), the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, the International Reading Association, International Technology Education Association, and others. He has served on the NSDC technical assistance team for the book, Assessing Impact, Evaluating Staff Development.

He received his undergraduate degree in education from the University of Maryland and his master’s degree certification in professional development and educational technology from Johns Hopkins University.

He is a member and past officer of several professional associations. He is a United States Navy veteran and served his country during the Vietnam Era.

Jeff Bedard

Mr. Bedard attended Grinnell College from 1979-1981 and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Minor in Health Economics. He began his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1984 with Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. He spent ten years with Stiefel and held the positions of Territory manager, Regional Sales Trainer, Regional Sales Manager, and National Accounts Manager.

After leaving Stiefel, Mr. Bedard joined Herald Pharmacal, Inc a start up company in the skin care industry. He was a key executive and equity partner in the organization. During his time at Herald, Mr. Bedard developed and implemented a business model that enabled corporate revenues to grow from under $2,000,000 to over $21,000,000 within the first 18 months. Due to this explosive growth, Allergan, Inc acquired Herald Pharmacal in August of 1995. This acquisition resulted in a substantial return on investment for Herald shareholders.

In January 1996, Mr. Bedard joined a group of investors and founded Rejuvena Corporation. This company is involved in the development and management of Rejuvena Medical Cosmetic Centers. Rejuvena Skin Therapy products are distributed by dispensing physicians throughout the United States. Mr. Bedard was instrumental in developing a business model that allowed multi-specialty physician groups (dermatology, plastic surgery, ob/gyn, and ophthalmology) to operate through limited liability corporation (LLC.) medical skin care centers. These centers became integral parts of the physician’s practice and allowed the doctor to participate in a larger portion of the patient’s cosmetic treatment.

In 1996, Mr. Bedard also created Bedard Medical Consulting. His expertise helped start-up to mid-size companies in their Marketing and Sales Planning, Media and Public Relations, Business Development, and Capital Asset acquisition. Some of his clients included Murad, Inc., Bioglan Pharma, Inc., Premium Pharmaceuticals LTD., Cosmetic Therapeutics, Inc., Zenith Medical, Inc., and Med-Derm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

In December 2000, Mr. Bedard founded Crown Laboratories, Inc. Crown is a vertically integrated pharmaceutical manufacturer focused on dermatology and oncology. Crown markets its products through Del Ray Dermatologicals, Med-Derm Pharmaceuticals, and Rejuvena Skin Therapy. Crown also performs contract manufacturing and product development for the pharmaceutical industry.

Sue Gorham

Sue Gorham has over 25 years of experience in management and consulting. A successful executive in Britain, Sue turned her sights to the non-profit world when she arrived in America 15 years ago. She has served in the role as founding executive director of the Make-A-Wish Foundation International and executive director of the ALS Foundation.

In 2002, Sue Gorham and Shonda Schilling, who had recently been diagnosed with melanoma, discovered the need to educate this generation about sun safety. Together they founded the SHADE Foundation and Gorham took on the task of Executive Director. The goal was to deliver a clear message of sun safety and in the four and a half years since conception, the Foundation has raised and spent $2.7 million on programs, helped fund over one hundred shade covers over school playgrounds and has instructed over 100,000 children across the country in sun safety.

A native of the UK, Gorham attended Sydenham Girls College, Southwark Business College, London. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales & Marketing (UK) and a graduate of Arizona State University Non-Profit Management Institute.

Since officially becoming an American citizen, Gorham's main goal is legislation for compulsory education for K – 8 grades and the reduction in the incidence of skin cancer. She is a member of the National Coalition for Sun Safety and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. Gorham co-authored a white paper with Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Shade Skin Cancer Prevention Initiative. She is a member of Arizona's Governor's Task Force for Children, the Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Coalition and is the recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's Helios Leadership Award. Sue currently resides in Scottsdale with her husband and daughter.

James Norton

James Norton is an Executive with the Fortune 100 Company General Dynamics Inc. As Director of Government Relations he is responsible for formulating and implementing strategies on behalf General Dynamics while working with both the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. Government.

James formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). James was a member of the Federal Governments Senior Executive Service (SES), and a member of the senior executive staff of Secretary Michael Chertoff.

James was responsible for direct communications and liaison to Capitol Hill on behalf of the Bush Administration and Secretary Chertoff. He was in frequent personal contact with U.S. House of Representatives Leadership, Appropriations and Authorization committees on budget, legislation, testimony, briefings, hearings, policy issues and Congressional delegations. James also provided leadership and supervision for the forty (40) support members of the congressional legislative affairs office of Homeland Security.

James established effective bipartisan relationships with Homeland Security’s numerous House oversight Chairman and Ranking members such as:

House Homeland Security Committee
Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Ranking Member Peter King (R-NY)
House Appropriations Committee
Chairman David Price (D-NC)
Ranking member Hal Rogers(R-KY)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN)
Ranking member John Mica(R-FL)

Prior to being appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary, James was Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and DHS Management Directorate for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. James was also deployed to the gulf region following Hurricane Katrina / Rita as the Lead for DHS Legislative Affairs. He Conducted Senators Frist / Reid and Congressman King / Davis Congressional media visits to Gulf region

Before joining Homeland Security James was Special Assistant to Governor Christine Todd Whitman in the Office of United States Environmental Protection Administrator (USEPA). In this role he coordinated both Domestic and International communications for both media and political events on behalf of USEPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. James also arranged joint media events and interviews with district Congressional Offices and local elected officials while on travel with the Administrator.

James was Political Field Director at the Massachusetts Republican Party where he recruited and advised state and local candidates on coordination of media and political outreach.

James also led the campaign of Massachusetts State Senator Jo Ann Sprague as her Congressional Campaign Manager for the Massachusetts 9th Congressional district special election.
James Norton has a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Salve Regina University. Newport, Rhode Island.