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Advisory Board

Jim Adams

Jim Adams is a retired sales and marketing senior executive with an extensive career in the women's apparel trade.  He was recognized as a distinguished business leader by the Who's Who Business Registry in 1994/1995.

Jim is a founding member of Marathon Education Partners, and currently serves as a Board Trustee.  He also serves as co-chair of Holy Family Parish Pastoral Council, and is a recent appointee to the parish's Board of Directors.  He is on the advisory board of Vivace Voices, a local for profit entertainment company.

 Jim and his wife Vicki have 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren, and currently make their home in Vancouver, WA.

Vicki Adams

Vicki Adams is a retired sales and marketing executive. Her impressive resume includes a number of years as a buyer of women's apparel for a major retail department store corporation. Her career includes several years in residential real estate sales prior to owning and operating a successful upscale women's apparel store in Ridgefield, CT . She relocated to the Portland/Vancouver area with her husband, and retired in 2004 after working several years as a regional sales representative for a major soft toy manufacturer.

John DeHaas

John DeHaas has been with Vivace Voices Ltd. and The Fireside Carolers since the beginning. John wears many hats for the company. He is the Production Coordinator, as well as handling a lot of the sales, promotion and advertising duties. One of our more important jobs during the Holiday Season and perhaps Mr. DeHaas' favorite job is that of Santa Claus. John is available to clients as Santa alone or with the carolers in our Santa Package. As a member of the Board of Directors, John has been and continues to be the go to guy. Mr. DeHaas holds a BS in Psychology and a Minor in Criminal Justice. As a former Deputy Sheriff, he currently works for and manages a Security Company in the Gresham area. In John's spare time he is a Minister who performs wedding ceremonies, so if nuptials are in the air, you may contact him through Vivace Voices, Ltd. By the way, Santa is also willing to marry you if you want to get married in November or December. www.myNWwedding.com

P. Griffith Lindell, C.B.C. (Certified Business Communicator)

For more than 25 years, Mr. Lindell (Griff) has served as a senior level marketing strategist and leader to established, reorganizing and emerging companies. He has developed a unique process to assist the executive team in articulating their purpose, goals, core values and strategy. The results are an energized, cohesive team that can clearly communicate where the firm is going and how each person plays a role in implementing strategy.

His senior-level management experiences has lead to insights he developed for his published materials, Pocket Guide to Customer-centric Thinking, Pocket Guide to Overcoming Your Impediments to Success; Pocket Guide to Behavioral Diversity in the Workplace: A New Perspective; and a blog Thoughts on Leadership.

 Griff continues to facilitate workshops focused on Customer-centric Thinking helping companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 launch new products and position and message them for successful differentiation.

 Griff Lindell - Semi-retired Management Consulting; Speaker; business Coach, Author and Trainer. www.LibertyKidz.org

Chrisse Roccaro (Actress, Musician & Director)

Ms. Roccaro will be seen in Portland Center Stage upcoming production of Guys and Dolls.   Chrisse has recently returned from Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, where she appeared as 'Fr. Schneider' in Cabaret.  Prior to that, she sang with The Fireside Carolers and directed Vivace Voice's Where In the World Is Santa?  She has performed as Alto Soloist with the Cannon Beach Chorus in Haydn's Paukenmesse and  Vivaldi's Gloria.  Chrisse's career as a singer, character actress and radio, television and film actor (SAG, AFTRA, AEA) has spanned more than 30 years in Portland and New York.  Other recent credits include 'Saulina/Sally' in Old Money at Profile Theatre Co.; 'Monica Murray' in By the Bog of Cats at CoHo Productions; and as 'Mother' in Da at Lakewood Theatre.  She was presented with a 2003 Drammy Award for 'Outstanding Achievement by an Actress in a Supporting Role' for her performance as 'Madame Arcati' in Lakewood Theatre Co.'s production of Blithe Spirit.  Other recent appearances have included  'Judy/Ginger' in Ruthless at Astoria's River Theatre; 'Louise' in Promise, a new chamber opera; 'Hannah' in Spitfire Grill; and Narrator for the Oregon Symphony's Youth Concert series.  She is a noted cabaret artist, interpreting such composers as Gershwin, Sondheim, Coward, Porter and Weill in shows at New York's 'Don't Tell Mama' Cabaret Club and Portland's Old Church.  A Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from Marylhurst College was followed by study in Salzburg, Austria and New York. Chrisse adds private vocal instruction, directing, musical directing, conducting, arranging, and 10 years of teaching and performing improvisation to her list of credits. She has directed for The Portland Civic Theatre Guild; The Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach, OR; The River Theatre in Astoria, OR; and The Opera Workshop at Lewis & Clark College. She was musical director for the St. Mary's Academy Theater Department from 1994 - 2000 and 2004; and has musical directed for Key Productions (premier of "Can't Say I Do"; Portland Community College, Clackamas Community College, Central Catholic High School, Clackamas Community Theatre, Five Oaks Middle School and Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon.  She conducted Lewis & Clark College's women's chorus, Vox Angelis, in 2002. Chrisse is the President of The Portland Civic Theatre Guild; The Portland Local of AFTRA; and has been a volunteer facilitator at The Dougy Center For Grieving Children since 1997. Full bio at www.roccaro.info.