Reda Anderson, Explorer and Philanthropist
Reda Anderson is an explorer and philanthropist. She has traveled to Machu Pichu and Antarctica, crossed the Gobi Desert, and visited the Titanic in a submersible. She is the first to commit to a ride as a suborbital tourist. Reda loves to inspire children, and in particular her granddaughter, who she took down to the Titanic with her. Reda is a member of the Explorers Club, and the Society of Women Adventures. She is an avid four-wheel driver.
Robert Williscroft, Ph.D., Diver, Businessman, and Author
Dr. Robert G. Williscroft is a retired submarine officer, deep-sea and saturation diver, scientist, businessman, author of several books and hundreds of articles, and a life-long adventurer. Dr. Robert G. Williscroft served 23 years in the U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He graduated in 1969 from University of Washington in Marine Physics and Meteorology. Williscroft was the Navy’s first Poseidon Weapons Officer in nuclear submarines. He has also served as Navigator, and as Diving, Salvage & Saturation Diving Officer on both catamaran mother vessels for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle, and then as Officer in Charge of the Navy Saturation Diving School, and of the Test Operations Group out of the Submarine Development Group One in San Diego, conducting deep-ocean surveillance and data acquisition.
In NOAA Dr. Williscroft directed diving operations throughout the Pacific and Atlantic. Williscroft has taught over 3,000 individuals both basic and advanced SCUBA diving, has authored three diving books, developed the first NAUI drysuit course, developed advanced NOAA curricula for mixed gas and other specialized diving modes, and developed and taught a NAUI course on the Math and Physics of Advanced Diving. Among other activities Robert spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, 3 years in the Arctic ice pack, and a year at the Geographic South Pole. After retiring in 1985, Dr. Williscroft served as CEO of the largest editorial service in the United States, and founded a publishing company. He is a series 7 stockbroker and holds a California insurance license. Since 1999 Dr. Williscroft has been independent. He has written extensively on terrorism and related subjects. His articles appear regularly in popular online and hard-copy periodicals. His current events book, The Chicken Little Agenda: Debunking “Experts’” Lies, is in its 2nd printing. His latest book, Starman Jones: A Relativity Birthday Present, with a forward by Dr. Frank Drake, world famous director of the Carl Sagan Institute for the Study of Life in the Universe and the SETI Institute, is available at Amazon.com and bookstores.
Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres, President & Co-Founder, Global SchoolNet Foundation
Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres is Global SchoolNet's executive director, co-founder and visionary. A former classroom teacher and educator for two decades, Andres taught pre-school through university and is passionate about demonstrating the power of Internet-based collaborative learning. Ms. Andres has been champion of eLearning innovation since 1984 as a project director for various networks including the AT&T Learning Network, CORE (California Online Resources in Education) Network, and CERFnet (California Education and Research Federation). She is co-creator of the Global Schoolhouse and producer of International Schools CyberFair and the US State Department's Doors to Diplomacy program. She provides leadership at conferences and workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, South America and Africa. Ms. Andres was named one of the 25 most influential people worldwide in education technology and was invited to meet with President Bush to launch the Friendship Through Education initiative. Andres was recently awarded the International Soroptimist Making a Difference Award for advancing the status of women and children.
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