bill cumming
In 1964, he helped found a Ford Foundation Project, which became a pilot for Upward Bound. He spent thirteen years as an adjunct member of the faculty in the College of Education at the University of Maine, helping found the University’s Aspirations Four School Project. He was a key partner in the New Horizons Academy and developed Trustee Effectiveness Training – a series of workshops that allows individuals and Boards to understand their roles in for-profit, public and non-profit organizations – for what is now Key Bank nationally.
He was a founding trustee of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, elected twice to the Maine School Union #47 Board of Directors and served as its Chair for three years. His work has included the development, management and support of programs in economically distressed areas of Houston, Cleveland, Grand Rapids and Newark.
bill is the creator of “Motivation, What Works,” “The Power Within” and “What Every Person Can Do,” “Inspired Teaching” and “Inspired Leadership” courses, all of which encourage loving-kindness, ownership, responsibility and teamwork. These programs have been delivered in hundreds of school systems, Job Corps programs, non-profit organizations, corporations, individuals and the Maine State Prison System as part of the New Horizons Academy. He is known for his ability to work and be with people in such a way that they are honored, acknowledged and valued as human beings; he attempts to ask the most important questions no matter how difficult they may seem.
bill is a fifty-year coaching veteran. He has been a coach, consultant and trainer to CEOs and the executive teams of health care delivery organizations, businesses, school systems and non-profit organizations ranging in size from the Fortune Fifty to start ups. He is also a coach’s coach to some of the most successful people in the field. His work focuses on creating inspired environments where individuals take responsibility for their lives and the organizations for which they work. He is Director of The Boothby Institute. His Ted talk will tell you more than any of the above: TED talk released: 2 July, 2012:
Current clients include the 158th Fighter Squadron, USAF, Burlington Vermont; Houston, TX, YMCA.
Background
A World That Works for Everyone; www.beaworldthatworksforeveryone.com
1979-Present
The Boothby Institute, Director
Access the Power Within, CEO
Policy Institute for Public Education, Executive Committee
New Horizons Academy, Co-Founder
Founder, Center for Responsible Education, University of Maine’s Four School Aspirations Project; Developed the course Motivating the Unmotivatable, working with over 4000 teachers and critical case studies; Lecturer in Education, University of Maine College of Education. Orono, Maine.
1978-1979
Community Affairs Officer, Cleveland Trust (now Key Bank). Developed Trustee Effectiveness Training. Helped design Cleveland Trust’s Community Reinvestment Strategy. Managed corporate contributions. Cleveland, Ohio.
1976-1979
Consultant to the AHS Foundation, managing grant applications, due diligence and follow-up. Cleveland, Ohio.
1971-1975
Director of Development, Hawken School. Assistant to the Headmaster, teacher of English & theatre. Cleveland, Ohio.
1969-1971
Executive Director, Northeast District YMCA; managed all areas of program and fund development. Presque Isle, Maine.
1968-1969
Teacher, English, Camden & Rockland, Maine.
1964-1968
Co-Founder, Ford Foundation School, Sedalia, NC, a pilot program for Upward Bound. Helped write original grant, managed all student activities and community service, taught English.
1968-1969
University of Maine, Graduate School of Education, Educational Psychology
1964-1968
Kenyon College, A.B., Theatre, English Boards (Corporate, Non-Profit, Public)
- Pause Place, Director, London, c/o Katie Abbott, 2015-Present
- Maine Children’s Alliance, Maine, 2006-2018, Board of Directors, Chairman, 2015-2018
- Dwelling Place, Grand Rapids, MI, 1996-1999, Secretary; Chair, Development Committee
- Maine School Union # 47, Bath, ME, 1983-1989, Chair, 1987-89
- Gilmour Academy, Gates Mills, Ohio, 1976-1979, Chair, Development Committee
- Cleveland Urban Learning Community, 1974-1978
- Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, 1972-1978, Founding Trustee
References
- Brigadier General (Retired) Steven S. Lambrecht, Vermont National Guard, USAF, Burlington, VT.
- Dr. Mike Cormier, Superintendent of Schools, retired, Wilton, Maine
- Travis Simon, CLU®, ChFC®, RICP®, Founder, Copper Wire Consulting, LLC
- Ed Carlson, President, E. B. Carlson Marketing Company, West Boylston, MA
- Arianne Podojil, State Farm Insurance, Sales Leader, Louisville, KY, 40245
To reach bill in Maine: 1-207-801-9224; 9 Des Isle Avenue Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
grace m. smith
grace m. smith is the Creative Director of The Boothby Institute. She is also co-founder, member of The Council and Functionality Designer of A World That Works for Everyone. Additionally, grace is the creator of Particle Prism Photography© – Access Miracle.
The following video was produced of her work for Be A World That Works for Everyone ©
~ We Live in A Miracle ~
The creator of Heart of the Moon© (Xīng-Yuè Nèi-Xīn©) Consciousness Practices (星月内心 意识训练©) her own system of working with people’s overall-well-being, she teaches regularly, both locally and internationally. She has been practicing meditation, working with energy, well-being, optimal physical condition and consciousness for 35 years. She is a long-time practitioner of Chen Taijiquan.
She spends much of her time out in the woods of Maine exploring the natural world around her. Drawn to light in all its many facets, the cascades of dewdrops in the dappled soft light of the pine forests, moonbeams dancing across forest floors, the brilliance of the sun as it refracts light in the sky into billions upon billions of tiny rainbows. “Living in a miraculous world of light, each moment new, filled with possibility for camera to meet light, capturing a unique moment to share the miracle in which we live” ~ grace. When not out playing in sunbeams, forests and waterways she spends her time focused on A World That Works for Everyone.
