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Ms. Garrison has nearly thirty years executive experience
in the for-profit and non-profit business environments, and
has served as a volunteer leader on boards of directors for
over fifteen years.
From 1993 to 2003, Ms. Garrison was President and
Trustee of the Forest Lawn Foundation, a private
asset-based foundation granting over $3 million annually to
more than one-hundred non-profit charitable organizations
in Southern California. Her responsibilities included the
research, development, and management of the
grant-making process.

During this period, Ms. Garrison served on boards of
directors for nationally recognized non-profit organizations
such as the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Red
Cross, Goodwill Industries of Southern California, and the
Southern California Grantmakers, a membership
association serving the philanthropic community.

From 2002 through 2005, Ms.Garrison served as a
three-term Chairman of the Board of Directors of Children's
Bureau of Southern California, a national leader in the field
of child abuse prevention and treatment, as well as foster
care placement and adoption. She successfully led the
board through a strategic-planning process and the
launching of a successful $20 million capital campaign.
She is currently serving on their Board of Trustees.

Ms. Garrison has also participated in statewide
organizations including the California Women's Foundation
and the California Family Resource Association.

Ms. Garrison moved to Ohio in the fall of 2005, and is
currently serving on the Board of Directors of Adopt
America Network in the Toledo area.

Prior to her work in philanthropy and non-profit
organizations, Ms. Garrison held an executive
management position and was also a co-founder and Vice
President of an international business in the New York City
area.

Ms Garrison holds a Master of Arts Degree in Spiritual
Psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal
Studies with emphasis in Business and Psychology. She
has received recognition from Pepperdine University with
an Honorary Doctor of Philanthropy degree, and is listed in
Who's Who of American Women.