Meet the Board of Directors for
Moon Shadow
We are a diverse group of women from across the nation
Vicki Karlan
California
Vicki is a healthcare executive with
over 25 years of experience focused
on healthcare programs and policies
that support patients.
She enjoys volunteering and spending
her free time with animal rescue organizations in and around Los Angeles.
She has fostered over 100 dogs
in the last ten years and is committed to ensuring all animals are cared for and
their habitats protected.
Why Moon Shadow?
"It's simple. We share this world with them."
Sandy Heintz
New Jersey
For 45 years, Sandy has devoted
her life to public education,
much of it in low-income, urban schools
where she championed students
who often had the odds
stacked against them.
Many of those students have since earned places at some of our country's most selective colleges and have been able
to enrich their communities
in remarkable ways.
She took children out of the city so they could experience the world firsthand:
discovering life cycles by tending plants
and collecting river water
teeming with nymphs,
witnessing the quiet magic of Winter
by documenting a single tree's changes
and the tapping of Maple trees.
Why?
Because Sandy learned early on
that wonder
is one of the most powerful teachers.
"Moon Shadow will bring these same joyful, transformative experiences to
people of all ages.
I'm thrilled to contribute to
this inspiring vision."
Hawthorne Smith
Maine
Hawthorne describes herself as
a woodland creature who often ventures
to the ocean side.
She is an artist author who
listens to the stories of the forest fairies
and relays them into books and poppets
with a deep level of care
and admiration for wildlife
(often with a bit of whimsy too)
Why Moon Shadow?
"I have deep care and respect for the choices
being made and the legacy being built.
There's an important mission here:
to protect the land and the wildlife.
To do something good."
Maryruth Monahan
Arizona
~ This area is currently under development ~
DeziRay Dawn Hoover
Texas
Why Moon Shadow?
“For me, Moon Shadow is a legacy project,
born of our hearts.
Moon Shadow slowly grew from conversations and stories told
across time and space,
with close family and friends.
Conversations of the kind pondering
the ‘what ifs’ and
the ‘if you could, what would you do?’
and the ‘wouldn’t it be cool to…’
stories shared.
Sometimes we just have to let it all percolate, dissolve and reconnect.
Then, sometimes, if we pause long enough
to allow them to gather together,
along with other bits and pieces of Life,
a moment dawns and the whole can be seen.
And with it comes the unknowing
of how to create the essence of the dream,
in order to bring what is seen, what is possible, into reality.
The heart aches
and the desire continues to grow
til a sort of peace is reached.
A calmness unfolds, and suddenly you find yourself knowing you would rather dive deep, sinking into the creation, and risk utter failure, than to succeed at just about anything else."
So come join us. You are welcome here.
Embrace this journey with us.
Let us discover together what unfolds,
what comes into being, when we choose
to connect, when we choose to replenish instead of deplete, when we choose to relate
instead of negate.
Come be together with us at Moon Shadow,
no matter where you are.
Let us rediscover what is so amazing,
so breathtaking and interconnected
about the environment we inhabit and
the essence of life woven into the very earth .. beneath our feet.