2010 Wise Council Members

Valerie Dennison, President
Valerie Dennison has 20 years experience in hospital-based information systems. As an entrepreneur, Valerie formed HealthSoft Consulting in 1998 to assist hospitals in implementing and optimizing both clinical and financial systems to meet their business needs. Her workflow analysis, system design and project implementation skills have been instrumental in successful projects in both for-profit and non-profit hospital environments.

Valerie’s interest in complementary health began with Reiki and Reconnective Healing energy work. A curiosity about essential oils and plant-based healing has now taken her into a therapeutic massage program. Her vision is to bring complementary modalities such as these into the hospital setting.

Gwen Cupples, Secretary
After 27 years in the health insurance industry and communications with a specialty of dealing with employer groups of 250 to 3,000 employees, Gwen Cupples Pospisil decided it was time to make changes in her life. She left the hustle and bustle of marketing and sales to follow her internal calling as a healer.

Gwen is a Usui and Karuna Ki Reiki Master. Instructor of Sum Faht Meditation and Life Coach. She evokes healing frequencies through sacred sound. Her mission is to assist humanity in accessing their own inner healers and in the exploration of one’s unconscious self, thereby connecting body, mind and spirit for total healing.

Shoshana Abraham, Ph.D
Shoshana Abraham, Ph.D is a teacher and writer, interpreting Biblical and other sacred texts, specializing in Hebraisms, Prophetical Writings and Kabbalah. She has shared her knowledge within universities, synagogues and churches, teaching seminars, conferences, symposiums and panels.

Shoshana has also founded Origins Counseling, practicing intuitive psychotherapy and dream interpretation. Shoshana’s vision for peace and unification as we prepare for The Golden Age is to bridge the gap between religions and to offer help in understanding the modern message within the ancient texts, advancing humanity to grow in knowledge and character. She is an also an artist, creating Mosaic, Interior Design, Feng Shui and Floral Design.

Dave Harrison
Dave Harrison has a lifetime of experience as a natural healer and counselor. He is certified as a Reconnective Healing practitioner and a Level II Reiki practitioner. Dave provides leadership for children through Big Brother and Olde Worlde Theatre Company.

Dave’s work experience includes director level positions in the transportation and sales industries. His energy and enthusiasm promote teamwork and inclusiveness in diverse work environments. Dave has also been a small business owner. His natural ability to optimize time and motion create efficiency in all he does.

Gary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman specializes in creating harmonic balance in one’s living environment. This living environment is reflected from our internal physical and surrounding energy fields to our external living spaces. He provides private healing sessions with Medical QiGong and provides on-site harmonic balancing services for his client’s living spaces.

2010 Advisory Board Members

Janice Mickle, Founder

Janice has visionary and leadership skills with 25 years of corporate sales and management experience. She offers individual and group instruction in Reiki (Energetic Healing), Medicine for the Earth, shamanic journeying, and other spiritual-guided teachings. She also provides individual healing and spiritual counseling sessions.

As a trained minister, she can perform weddings, house blessings and funerals. She is an Usui and Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, receiving her training through Circle of Life Foundation in Irvine, California and lineage through William Rand of the International Center for Reiki Training.

She has trained with Sandra Ingerman as a Medicine for the Earth teacher, and is a charter member of the Society of Shamanic Practitioners. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee and has over 25 years in corporate sales and customer service management.

Mr. Calvin Lehew

Mr. Calvin Lehew began his illustrious career as a page in the U.S. Senate in 1956. After college and exemplary military service , Mr. Lehew was a co-founder of Freeway National, Inc. a chain of drug stores in AL, GA, and FL, and soon met his goal of becoming a millionaire in his 30’s. He has since co-founded Holt & LeHew Construction Co, Harpeth Academy, Handy Hardware, Harpeth Materials, and was a co-owner of the popular Choices Restaurant in Franklin with his wife, Marilyn.

He has also served as President of Williamson County Chamber of Commerce and has served on the Board of Directors of Williamson County Bank. He was also Man of the Year for the Franklin Lions Club, and is Co-Founder of the Downtown Franklin Association and Past President of the Natchez Trace Parkway Association of MS, AL, and TN. He is an author and lecturer sought locally and nationally, and has co-starred with Robert Stack and Della Reese in a television documentary, “How to Change Your Life” which won the “Angel” award as best religious film. He has also served on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowship from 1994 to 1995.

He is the visionary owner of The Factory at Franklin that currently has over 72 tenants, including shops, restaurants and learning centers. Mr. LeHew is a community leader that provides genuine leadership, integrity and commitment to his family, community and nation, and is a strong supporter of several local charities.

Other special advisors are: Larry Howlett, CPA and Joel H. Moseley, Sr. Attorney at Law.