Members

We created this page to introduce the members of the men’s group and to aid the members in announcing their services. Below you will find a partial list of the growing members. Please feel free to contact them about their services or their participation in the group.

From out 5th year anniversary celebration: Brad Golphenee, Steve Holt, Wayne Pignolet, Kyle Mercer, Owen Marcus, Michael Welp, David Barth, front row – David Mabelle

Owen Marcus

As one of the co-founders of the Sandpoint Men’s Group, being a part of the Men’s Group and the Sandpoint community is an honor for me.

I was born and raised in Vermont, but I headed out West as a young man. In the mid-1970s, I began practicing bodywork and Rolfing in Boulder, CO. Then I moved to start a clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, where I stayed for close to 20 years. While in Scottsdale, I used to envision living in a rural community with others who appreciated nature’s beauty. And I wanted a mellower lifestyle. So I came to Sandpoint in 1997, and formed the Men’s Group in 2005.

I continue practicing Rolfing here in Sandpoint, as I pursue other avenues of promoting holistic wellness. I’ve studied Shamanism for over 25 years, and I’ve learned how to use it to enhance the body work I do.  I feel very fortunate to live in my paradise.

These sites and blogs explain more of what I do:

208.265.8440 E-mail: marcus [at] align.org (replace “[at]” with @ and remove the spaces).

Wayne Pignolet

I am a Ohio Buckeye. (Born and raised in Cleveland Ohio) I like bikes, boats, and skiing. I am passionate about my family and stretching myself physically, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually.

Michael Welp

Michael Welp, Ph.D., is a founding partner of White Men as Full Diversity Partners®, www.wmfdp.com, a national culture change consulting firm that builds effective partnerships and inspires courageous leaders.

In 1996, he joined with his colleague Bill Proudman to pioneer ?white male only? 3.5-day learning labs after his dissertation research found that white men look exclusively to white women and men and women of color to educate them about diversity. For ten years white men from across all industries, varying in level from CEO to supervisor, have attended these in-depth learning labs. In 2000, his firm expanded with the addition of colleague Jo Ann Morris (and later Tim McNichol) to offer in-depth learning labs for mixed race and gender groups to build partnership skills together. In 2004 the firm began offering women-only learning labs on building partnership skills.

Today the four partners of WMFDP and ten associates offer a full range of consulting services to create organizational cultures of full partnership while simultaneously growing critical leadership skills.

Michael is also a co-author of WMFDP?s Field Guide Series- Diversity Partnership Tips for White Men, Diversity Partnership Tips for White Women and People of Color to Engage White Men, and Eight Critical Leadership Skills Developed through Effective Diversity Partnerships.

In addition to working with a broad range of industries throughout the U.S., he has facilitated interracial teambuilding for a dozen South African corporations. Michael also founded EqualVoice, an organization development consulting firm known for building collaborative work cultures and for its transformative approaches to conflict. (www.equalvoice.com) Michael has led in-depth executive development sessions of three to seven days in length for over 2,000 leaders.

Michael has served as Adjunct Faculty for University of St. Thomas, Capella University, College of St. Catherine, and Prescott College. He previously was a fellow with the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and also a senior staff member with Outward Bound.

Michael resides in Sandpoint, Idaho, where he loves to hike, sail, canoe, and mountain bike. He is on the board of the Bonner Country Human Rights Task Force. Michael can be reached at 208.263.6775 or welp@wmfdp.com.

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