New LLL Board Elected
Patricia Ingalls
LifeLong Learning’s newly elected Board of Directors begins its one-year term this month, reflecting minimal changes from last year’s board. The online election in May revealed unanimous approval of the proposed slate, according to Paul Polk, LLL president.
The 2023-24 board members are:
Paul Polk, President
Doug Jameson, Vice President
Cathy Martell, Secretary
Jeff Edwards, Treasurer
Cathy Lindstrom, Director of Speaker Series
Jill Burnham, Co-Director of Volunteers
Pam O’Shea, Co-Director of Volunteers
Phil Korzilius, Director at Large
Sue Roth, Director of Trips
Marianne Boechler, Director of Classes
Jeff Young, Director of Outreach and Lobby
Tim Pisarski, Director of Marketing and Communications
Live Your Dreams Through Perseverance
Bill Nee
In this month’s TED Talk, record-setting long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad, writes and thinks deeply about motivation.
In the pitch-black night, stung by box jellyfish, choking on salt water, fighting open-ocean currents, singing to herself, hallucinating … Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: An extreme, 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida, at age 64.
Hear her story of resolving obstacles in her 53-hour swim of reaching for the horizon. She states that we can face our dreams and achieve them, if we plan, launch an initiative, move forward, and find a way.
To view her persevering 15-minute TED Talk, go to TED.com, click “watch” in the header, then “TED Talks,” then in “Search talks” input “Never, ever give up,” scroll a little lower, and click on the talk you selected. Live your dreams.