Bio

 

 

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        Merrily Manthey MS

Public Service

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Harborview Hospital and Medical Center. Board. Served 10 years on the Board of Trustees for
Harborview Hospital and Medical Center, a King County owned, teaching hospital with
over 50 outpatient clinics managed by the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Harborview is included in the medical school's $2 billion a year operating budget.
--Merrily helped stimulate vital research on the use of nutrients for a common and extremely
dangerous condition often occurring in trauma patients brought to the emergency room.
--She worked with the King County Council and Executive to help bring the successful appointment
of the first naturopathic physician to a US mainstream hospital board of trustees. The naturopathic
physician is presently serving a second, four-year term on the board of Harborview Medical Center.
 

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Bastyr University. Board. Served six years on the Board of Trustees of Bastyr University, an
internationally recognized university of natural health sciences, natural medicine, and applied
behavioral science. Through the initiation of the landmark King County Natural Medicine Clinic
project, she helped bring nationwide and international recognition and widespread visibility to
Bastyr. Enrollment during that time tripled as a result of many factors, most significantly, the
visibility and credibility brought because of the creation of the first integrative primary care
clinic in the US funded with public dollars. Bastyr is a fully accredited university.
 

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City of Kent, Washington. Originator and Chair of the City of Kent Natural Medicine Project.
www.kentwa.org  Merrily brought ongoing international attention and recognition to the city
of 70,000 in the suburban Seattle region.

 

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Originator of the landmark King County Natural Medicine Clinic Project

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Originator of the City of Kent's "Wellness Capital of America" project. Mayor Jim White
declared Kent's intention to host and facilitate high profile wellness awareness and action
through official proclamation.

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Served on the King County Natural Medicine Clinic Advisory Board, appointed by the
King County Executive. Helped guide the Executive through the initial startup two year "pilot project."

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Listed in "Who's Who in Health & Medicine."

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Executive Director Foundation for Excellence in Health Care www.excellenthealthcare.org

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Member, Medical Advisory Board for Mayan Medical Center, a partnership project with Rotary Clubs and
Adopt-A-Village in Guatemala

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Member of the Board of Directors, Peace River Center for Writers

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Former Member of the Board of Directors, Charlotte Chorale

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Listed in "Who's Who of American Women."

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Honored by Citizens For Health. Received the "Outstanding Health Freedom Activist Award,"
for her work on the King County Natural Medicine Clinic initiative. Citizens For Health is a powerful
national public health policy organization.

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Awarded "Distinguished Alumnus" by Green River College.

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Jefferson Award nominee for her public service in the development of the King County Natural
Medicine Clinic, Kent, Washington.

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Commissioner, City of Kent Arts Commission, four-year term; honored by Mayor Dan Kelleher
with "Merrily Manthey Day" for her service on the Commission

Professional Engagement/Fee Endeavors

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Organizational and psychological consulting to business.

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Columnist, Natural, by Design, a weekly newspaper column on relationships, health care,
stress management

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College Instructor. Developed and taught the first Stress Management course in the State
of Washington college system.

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Consultant, personal growth coach for CEOs, elite athletes, artists, writers, non-profit organizations,
individual clients, groups, and organizations. Group facilitation, team building; organizational
consulting, training, and education; and providing service as an executive management and program
consultant. Traveling to such diverse countries as Ukraine and China, Merrily is widely sought after for her
innovations and creative consultant-ships through the Institute for Executive Stress Management, Inc.

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Government relations strategist and consultant.

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Executive Director, Foundation for Excellence in Health Care, a non-profit, charitable corporation
dedicated to producing award-winning educational media and materials, programs, and consulting.

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Award-winning artist and photographer. Sought after for commissioned art, exhibits in one-woman
shows and galleries; providing unique images to advertising agencies, groups, and individuals.

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Editor, Port Charlotte Herald

Education

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Trained in Europe  with Dr. Dean G. Elefthery, MD; focus on Group Dynamics, Psychotherapy,
and Therapeutic Action Techniques.

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Trained with Bernie Siegel, MD; Will Shutz, PhD; Virginia Satir; Marty Rossman, MD; Wayne Dyer, PhD;
and numbers of other similarly renowned experts

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Master of Science Degree, Eastern Washington University

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Bachelor of Arts Degree, The Evergreen State College

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Associate of Arts, Associate in Development, Green River College

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Certified Montessori Directress, International Association of Progressive Montessorians

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National Honor Society, recipient of "Torch Award" for top academic achievement

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Traveled to 30 countries  

 

Contact Information:                             Image182.jpg (12338 bytes)

Email merrily@msn.com

 

Web links:

www.kentwa.org

www.stressmgmt.com

www.stressguru.com

www.green-river.com

www.excellenthealthcare.org

www.bastyr.edu

www.margotkidder.com

 

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