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MACROBIOTICS IN THE UNITED STATES: An Assessment of Services and Activities 

 

Resident Counselors and Cooks in Each Area

Study Area Resident Counselors Resident Cooks

Asheville, NC

Michael Rossoff, Lino Stanchich, Warren & Marquita Wepman.

Warren & Marquita Wepman, Jane Quincannon, Heather Webb.

Austin, TX  

None

Fran Moody, Amy Ramm, Morgan Jones, Jill Kivikko, Ann Slezewick

Bergen-Essex Counties, NJ

Elaine Nussbaum

Karen Weinstock, Shoshana Aviner, Gina Racas-Gold

Berkshires Area, MA

Charles Millman (KI), John Kozinski (KI), Jeremy Higa, Ed Esko

Carrie Wolf (KI), Bettina Zumbdick (KI), Susan Higa

Boston, MA Warren Kramer, Karin Stephan, Michio Kushi, Marc Van Cauwenbergh

Warren Kramer, Evelyn Harboun

Charleston, SC None Roxanne Koteles
Charlotte, SC None Libby Prim
Chicago, IL Linda Theders

Linda Theders,Carole Banner

Chico-Oroville, CA David Briscoe Dr Robert Ruggles
Cincinnati-Dayton, OH None Ruth Hughes
Cleveland-Akron, OH

Robert Carr, Francois Roland, Janet Vitt

Robert Carr, Francois Roland, Janet Vitt

Columbia, SC

None

None

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Margaret Dawson, Ami Amagna

Margaret Lawson

Denver-Boulder, CO

Sanford Greenberg, Carolyn Dino

Carolyn Dino, Jeanette Roger, Joanne Saltzman

Detroit, MI

Rose Parker, Bonnie Breidenbach

Valerie Wilson

District of Columbia

Heike Albers

Juliette Tahar

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

None

Grace Thomas, Sally Weil

Hartford, CT

Dr Robert Silverstein

Bonnie Kramer, Sharon Reed, Jane Giorgini

Indianapolis, IN

Mary O' Farrell

Mary O' Farrell

Las Vegas, NV

None

None

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

Katherine Manning

Katherine Manning, Nadine Barner, Laura Garrett, Ann Gentry

Marin County, CA

Patricia Murray, Meredith McCarty, (see East Bay & Peninsula)

Patricia Murray, Meredith McCarty, (see East Bay & Peninsula)

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Sandy Pukel

Gayle Stolove, Zeli Melhuish, Luis Molina (Spanish)

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

Gabrielle Kushi, Christine Stevens

Gabrielle Kushi, Christine Stevens 

Nashville, TN

Virginia Harper, Gabrielle Middelstaedt

Virginia Harper, Gabrielle Middelstaedt

New Orleans, LA

Phyllis Parun, Ann Spalding

Phyllis Parun

New York, NY

Andre Beaman, Kezia Snyder, Shizuko Yamamoto, Sue Krieger, Barbara Mende, Jane Steinberg, Etia Tal

Jan Snyder, Diane Grotke, Roni Shapiro, Gloria Von Sperling

Oklahoma City, OK

Phyllis Libby

Phyllis Libby

Omaha, NE

Melinda Kaizer, Verne Verona

Melinda Kaizer

Orlando, FL

Patrick McCarty

Rocky Price, Ceri Mauerman, Krista Berman, Vashon Sarkisian, Beverly Owens, Jeff Barrett, Carlos Ablenado, Saul Goodman

Philadelphia, PA

Phillip Jannettta, Deborah Barr, Peggy Shaw, Rosemary Traill, Geraldine Walker

Heather Boyd, Peggy Shaw, Rosemary Traill. Geraldine Walker, Judy Waxman, Marilyn Waxman

Portland, ME

None

Lisa Silverman, Jane Quintal

Portland, OR

Linda King

Linda King

Salt Lake City, UT

Ruth Ann Benson, Sylvia Gray

Lois Sprunt, Sylvia Gray

San Diego, CA

Mina Dobic, Dr Gordon Saxe

Nida Mansour, Sahada Mansour

San Francisco & Peninsula, CA

None (See East Bay & Marin County)

Patrick Becker (see East Bay & Marin County)

San Francisco East Bay, CA

Kaare Bursell, Bill Near, Kerry Loeb, Michelle Nemer, (See Peninsula & Marin County)

Michael Bauce, Michelle Nemer (See Peninsular & Marin County)

Santa Fe-Taos, NM

Celeste Skardis, Sylko Dorsett

Sucia Little, Elizabeth Jacobson, Lindsay Rice, Sylko Dorsett

Sarasota, FL

None

Lynn Brusky

Seattle-Everett, WA

None

Karen Martin

St Louis, MO

None

Betty Berger

Tucson, AZ

None

Alice Blistein

Wichita, KS

None

Elizabeth Masters (not now)

 

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This work was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number U48/CCU409664-09 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

   

Macrobiotics Research Project: 

A 2-year grant sponsored by Centers of Disease Control; October 2000 to September 2002

University of South Carolina, Prevention Research Center-Special Interest Project, School of Public Health

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