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Profiles of the University Officers and Advisory Panel

President
John Kersey is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans historical aspects of music, education and theology. For further details, see the website of the John Kersey Foundation, which includes a biography and list of publications.

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Vice-President for Development and Quality Assurance
Andrew Linley earned the Diploma in European Humanities and the Bachelor of Arts degree specialising in history, theology and music from the Open University, UK, via distance learning. His graduate studies have been in theology, leading to a licentiate in theology for ministry, a doctoral-level canonical diploma and ministerial ordination all within the Liberal Catholic tradition, as well as independent certification as a funeral minister. He has also undertaken further distance learning studies, including the Associateship of the London College of Music by dissertation and the Ludwig von Mises Institute's course in Austrian Economics.

For several years he served on the administrative staff of Middlesex University, a large and strongly international public university in the UK, and developed particular expertise in supporting students with dyslexia and other special needs. He also served on the faculties of the former College of Liturgical Arts and Free College of the Divine Spirit. He is an associate member of the College of Teachers, UK, a member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and a subscriber to the Libertarian Alliance.

Andrew Linley is a serving bishop in the Liberal Catholic tradition and a clergy member of the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church, the Society for Humanistic Potential and the Sophia Circle.

Vice-President for Public Relations and Administration
Kathleen R. Lucia has forty years of experience in management, journalism and professional research contexts. Educated at art school and then through the National Council for the Training of Journalists, she worked as chief reporter for a large newspaper group before becoming founding joint editor of a new local weekly paper and subsequently deputy group editor. Moving into specialist financial and business journalism and research, she has for the past twenty years worked on equity funds and market analysis for Standard & Poor's Fund Research and other freelance clients.

Honorary Member of Faculty
Unusually in modern academia, but less so at EAU, Arthur Mowle is a polymath, and works at a high level in several different fields. He is Director of the Liberal Catholic Institute of Studies, Australia, and Vicar of the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine (Liberal Catholic) in Perth. He holds degrees and diplomas in theology, education, nursing, health sciences, humanities and further disciplines, with many of his credentials gained via non-traditional and correspondence education. He holds doctoral degrees from California Coast University and the former Columbia Pacific University, and was a member of faculty of the latter institution. He has been a registered nurse, and is a registered teacher and registered psychotherapist influenced by the work of Assagioli. He has published work in health science in peer-reviewed journals, and in that area has been concerned with issues such as Vitamin C, and the response to AIDS.

He is past recipient of the Plato Award of the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.

Dr. Mowle's submission for the degree of Doctor of Letters at EAU was described as "exemplary" by his examiners.

Advisory Panel

Alistair Bate is a bishop in the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned a master's degree in Divinity, as well as in Celtic Shamanism with the Celtic scholars John and Caitlin Matthews and through three years of study with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is Father Superior of the Companions of the Cross and Passion. His ministry extends throughout Scotland and includes the practice of Celtic Reiki healing. He is a contributor to and editor of the forthcoming book "A Strange Vocation: Independent Bishops Tell Their Stories" (Apocryphile Press).

Noreen Cesareo is an international strategic marketer who is currently Principal of Market Accents. She has over 15 years of experience in the b2b and b2c sectors, including positions of Director of 1 Onion Ltd., Manager at American Express, Segment Manager at Barclaycard Merchant Service and Marketing Manager Global CFX at Thomas Cook Financial Services. This followed experience in her native Malta, where she also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in marketing, journalism and contemporary media studies. Noreen is available as a mentor for students in Marketing.

Dan L. Edmunds is a Pastor in the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church and a clergy member of the Society for Humanistic Potential. Fr. Dan served at the age of 16 as the youngest legislative aide in the State of Colorado. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion with minor in Sociology from the University of Florida, Master of Arts in Theology from the University of Scranton (Theta Alpha Kappa) and Doctor of Education in Pastoral Community Counseling from Argosy University. He holds the degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa from St James Theological Seminary in Florida, where he also serves as Dean of Faculty.

Founder of the International Center for Humane Psychiatry, Fr. Dan is a leading child and family existential psychotherapist specialising in drug-free treatment. He is an advocate of the autistic rights movement and a critic of the psychiatric establishment, formerly hosting his own radio program dealing with these and other issues. He is Board Certified in Sexual Abuse issues through the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and has particular expertise in traumatology. Also active in research in India, he works at the Center for Advocacy in Mental Health, Pune. He is author of the book "Children Our Treasure: Meeting our Children's Needs Outside the Bio-Psychiatric Paradigm."

Further information is at the ICHP website.

Roger Geronimo is President of Columbia Graduate Institute (formerly Columbia Pacific University). He has taught graduate finance, economics, international business, entrepreneurship, music, accounting and investments online and in class for over 35 years.

Former CFO for two major universities, Dr. Geronimo has written 3 books of which two are on economics. He was an economic consultant to the Reagan Administration and was nominated to the position of Under Secretary of the Treasury by President Reagan in 1985.

Dr. Geronimo is also in demand as a tenor and vocal coach. Further information on his life and career may be found on his personal website, http://www.rogergeronimo.com

Poet Laureate of Ansted University, Stephen Gill is a strong believer in a democratically elected world government and peace through peaceful means. Global peace and social concerns are the main areas of his interest.

Stephen Gill has authored more than twenty books, including novels, literary criticism, and collections of poems. His poetry and prose have appeared in more than four hundred and fifty publications in Canada and abroad. He writes mostly in English. Once in a while, he writes poetry in Urdu, Hindi and Panjabi languages. Some of his Urdu/Hindi poems have been set to music by two prominent singers of Pakistan in two albums "Aman - that means peace" and "Aman ki Rah - that means road  to peace". Poems in both these albums and “Aman Ke Shehzade Se” appear in his collection of poems "Jazeera".

Stephen Gill has received awards and recognitions, including three honorary doctorates; The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal; Fellowship of the Celtic Chair of the University of Ottawa; Laureate Man of Letters from United Poets Laureate International; Sahir Award of Honor from Sahir Cultural Society, Panjab, India; Plaque from the World Council of Asian Churches (Canada); Pegasus International Poetry for Peace Award (Poetry in the Arts, Inc., Texas); The Best Poet of Peace Award for the year 1993 from Roger Cable 11 (Canada).

He has been asked several times by organizations to judge their poetry competitions, and he often evaluates dissertations of English Literature for the doctoral students of universities in India. He is a freelance Ontario government-approved interpreter for the Urdu and Panjabi languages.

He is former president of Vesta Publications Ltd.; the Canadian Authors Association (the Cornwall, Ont. Branch); a national vice president of the World Federalists of Canada; the Multicultural Council of Stormont and Dundas; chief delegate to represent the World University for Canada; and the Christian Cultural Association of South Asians. At present, he is an honorary member of the Ansted University Board of Advisory Council, and a director of the Children’s Aid Society of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (Canada).

He has appeared in several prestigious national and international reference books, including "Immigrants We Read About" by George Bonavia, International Production, Ottawa; "Who's Who In Canadian Literature", Reference Press, Toronto, Canada; "Vesta's Who's Who of North American Poets", Vesta, Canada; "Ethnic & Native Canadian Literature: A Bibliography" by John Miska, University of Toronto Press; "Something About The Author", vol. 63, Gale Research, USA;  "Who's Who In Canada", Toronto University Press; and "Who's Who in Ontario", Heritage Press, B.C., Canada.

Stephen Gill "writes concisely, gracefully of commonplace things and contemporary concerns, suggesting thoughts and feelings of depth without forcing them on the reader." (The Ottawa Citizen). "What is apparent in all of Stephen Gill's work is his generous use of imagery, the substance of all poetry to allow to comprehend the shadow, form and content inseparable as always but in a contemporary, un-abstruse and most relevant fashion that remains timeless and universal" (The Pilot). "Stephen Gill expresses his thoughts and hopes for a peaceful and beautiful world." (Books); "Gill builds bridges with his books," (Daily Expositor, Canada).

For further information:
"Stephen Gill and His Works (an evaluation)" by George Hines, MA, PhD (Eng. Lit.) Introduction by Dr John Robbins, former Ambassador to the Vatican, and President of Brandon University, 1982.

Mike Kearsley is an independent management consultant, specialising in sales, marketing, business planning and research and general personal and business development. He was formerly responsible for internal marketing and business development training with Coopers & Lybrand (PWC). He was a top performing IBM salesman and manager, the Marketing Director for Bowring Marsh McLennan, international insurance brokers and Managing Director of his own business which included an IBM dealership and a mailing/business development consultancy. He has created and developed a public European management training organisation for Quotient plc and has provided business planning and training for many major companies (Hewlett Packard, KPMG, ICL, IBM, Barclays, GE Capital etc). These have included initiatives towards national accreditations - Investors in People, National Vocational Qualifications and National Training Awards. He has lectured on sales and business planning and development for the Institute of Management, the Sales Trainers Association, the Institute of Personnel and Development and the Institute of Management Consultancy. He has been a course director for such as: the London Management Centre, Management Centre Europe, the Europe Japan Centre, and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is the author of many texts and papers in the area of business development, management consultancy and learning systems. He is a developer and tutor for several Master's degree programmes in business, marketing and consultancy. He is a Court Assistant with the Worshipful Company of Marketors.  Mike has worked as a business consultant and lecturer with many organisations and professional groups throughout the world, latterly via his company Wordcom Associates.

Sultan Kermally is a widely-published author on business and economics and was from 1990-98 Senior Vice President and Director of the Economist Conferences, Europe, for The Economist Intelligence Unit. In this role he chaired conferences with the governments of Greece, Spain, Morocco, Portugal and Turkey. He was previously Director of Corporate Relations at the London Business School. He has tutored for the University of Durham Business School since 1990 and has supervised over 150 MBA dissertations there, as well as tutoring for the University of Liverpool/Laureat Online MBA and the Open University Business School MBA. He holds degrees from the Universities of St Andrews, Dundee, London and from the United States, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Peter Litman originally trained as an organist at Canterbury. Expanding on his organ performance skills he then studied choral direction under Colin Durrant and Therees Hibbard. His début as a choral conductor was in 1997 when he conducted Britten’s St Nicholas in St John’s Smith Square, London. Since then Peter has been in demand as a conductor nationally and locally. Other major venues have included St Bride’s Fleet Street, and the Mayfair Chapel London; Lancaster Town Hall; York Minster, Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals; and internationally in Zwiefalten Muenster, Zwiefalten; and Martinskirche, Pfullingen, South West Germany; Toronto, Canada; and important cultural centres in France and Belgium.

Formerly (2004-2006) Peter was Conducting Pedagogue at Roehampton University for the MA Choral Education Course. He is currently reading for a PhD with Dr Colin Durrant in Choral Education and has published papers on Choral Conducting and the dynamic interaction between choir and conductor. Peter is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Church Music of the Central School of Religion and has recently been given an honorary DMus degree by the National Conservatorio de Lima for his work in Choral Education.

William Henderson Munro is a Lay Reader in the Church of Wales. He holds degrees and diplomas in theology, education and church music, several of which were earned via distance learning, and has many years of experience in musical and other capacities within the Anglican Church. Formerly, he served with the British Army, and remains closely involved with ex-servicemen's organizations. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and has been honored with several chivalric and academic awards.

Elizabeth Scott is an Occupational Health Manager and Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner, and is managing director of All Safe O H & S, Ltd., the company she founded to provide health and safety services to small and medium-size enterprises. She was formerly Senior Occupational Health Advisor for P.M.I. Health Group for five years, and previously worked as an occupational health advisor, midwife and nurse.

She holds an M.Sc. and P.G.Dip. in Occupational Health and Safety Management from the University of Salford, a B.Med.Sci. in Specialist Community Nursing and Health Care Practice (Occupational Health) from the University of Sheffield, and a B.Sc. in Occupational Safety and Health Management from Nottingham Trent University. She qualified as an R.G.N. at Wirral School of Nursing and as an R.M. at Liverpool School of Midwifery, now part of Liverpool John Moore's University. She is a Registered Safety Practitioner and Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Eckhart Christopher Lee Sowers is a priest of the Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church and clergy member of the Society for Humanistic Potential based in Portland, Oregon, USA. He holds an Associate of Arts degree in Bible and Theology from Multnomah Bible College, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology and History from Concordia University, Portland, Oregon, and pursued graduate study in Philosophy at Portland State University.

Fr. Christopher leads All Saints and Angels Ancient Catholic Church, a small dispersed parish working with the sacraments in an interfaith and experimental context. He is author of the blog Reflexion, and is an accomplished taromancer.

Michael Walsh studied singing and organ at the College of St Nicholas at the Royal School of Church Music and later Trinity College of Music where he was awarded the prestigious Ricordi Opera Prize for conducting and two others for choir training and research. His main performing interest has always been in sacred music, and after eighteen years as Head of Music of Bishop Luffa CofE Comprehensive School and a Lay Vicar with Chichester Cathedral Choir (and more recently Portsmouth Cathedral Choir) he now divides his time between composing, acting as a freelance organist, running MusicPrint, his own music engraving and typesetting business, and most recently as Design Director of the Better Book Company. He is a member of the Religious Society of St Simon, which is affiliated to The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church and to the Society for Humanistic Potential.

Michael’s compositions cover a wide range, including two full-scale musicals for school choirs and orchestra (both of which were highly praised in the Times Educational Supplement), incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As you like it and the music for The Mysteries (in a kind of medieval/rock fusion). He is most at home in composing works for Cathedral and Parish choirs. His setting of the Preces and Responses, (published by OUP) composed in 1982 for Alan Thurlow, is now widely performed by Cathedral choirs. He has composed sixteen Mass settings and his Latin Mass of the Holy Trinity for unaccompanied double choir is now regularly sung by the choirs of Chichester, Canterbury, Portsmouth and Worcester Cathedrals. Settings of the Preces & Responses and Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for men’s voices composed for Jeremy Suter at Carlisle Cathedral are also now performed at St Paul’s, Portsmouth and Birmingham Cathedrals. His early music editions (published by Oxford University Press) of the Preces and Responses by John Reading and the Sixth Evening Service by Thomas Weelkes, together with his research into John Holmes and William Deane, have ensured him a worthy reputation as a scholar of early music and earned him a Research Fellowship of Trinity College of Music and a Doctorate in Theology (Religious Music) from Geneva Theological College.

In 1998, Portsmouth Cathedral Choir gave first performances of his Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in the Aeolian Mode and a setting of George Herbert’s poem Love bade me welcome, both of which were well received. Festal settings of Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis have also been commissioned by the chamber choir Chichester Voices during recent three years.

As a countertenor, Michael has taken part in many choral recordings and recital tours to France, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Norway and Denmark, the latter when he was assistant to Martin How for the Løgumkloster International Church Music Festival in 1986. He has made several appearances on TV and radio, including conducting Songs of Praise from Boxgrove Priory and Where Stones Speak and Sunday Half Hour on Radio 4. Some years ago, BBC TV’s South Today featured him prominently in an interview about an anthem he had composed for the annual open air St. Roche’s Day pilgrimage and service held on Trundle Hill to the north of Chichester. Michael has been invited to be Director of Music for this service for over ten years.

From 2006, Michael has been Conductor of the St. Richard Singers, a well-respected chamber choir based in Chichester, having previously conducted them from 1976-1989. For 25 years he has been Musical Director of the Chichester Amateur Operatic Society and was recently awarded life membership of the Society and a long service medal from NODA. At the start of 2005 he was invited to become Artistic Director and Conductor of the Chichester Symphony Orchestra. In past years, Michael has conducted many of the ‘Concerts from Scratch’ as part of the Chichester Festivities, Fauré’s Requiem for Kosovo in September 1999 (which raised £6,000+), the millennium Messiah in Chichester Cathedral in the BT Voices for Hospices series and has recently been invited to conduct a large-scale musical event (probably Mozart Requiem) in aid of the St Richard’s Hospital Cancer Care Unit.

In 2003, his contribution to church music was recognised by the award of an Honorary Membership of the Guild of Church Musicians (HonGCM) which he received that December at Lambeth Palace. He was also honoured to have been commissioned to compose a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for the use of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir. It was first performed on July 19th 2003 year to great acclaim.

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