Presenter+Bios

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Kathy Lyda ||

Carol Raymond || Kathy Lyda serves Administrator and Health Promotion faculty for E.A. Young Academy in North Richland Hills, TX. Kathy comes from serving as President of the Camenae Group, Inc. a strategic health promotion and education organization. Kathy has developed and implemented multiple continuing education initiatives, award-winning health education curriculums, and models that have been adopted by local independent school districts, voluntary agencies, and the University of North Texas.
 * Kathy Lyda, M.S. **

In recognition of her work, Ms. Lyda has received the American Cancer Society A Caring Spirit Award, the American Cancer Society Exemplary Service Award, Americaid Community Care – Outstanding Associate Award, the MD Anderson Cancer Network – Tarrant County President’s Award, The Meadows Foundation Best New Project Award for STEPs to Tobacco Control, and the University of North Texas Outstanding Achievement in Health Promotion Award.

Prior to founding the Camenae Group, Inc. Kathy was responsible for the management of the Health Promotion Dept. of Americaid, serving more than 23,000 members. Kathy was employed by MD Anderson Cancer Network – Tarrant County where she was the Education Manager for cancer survivors and caregivers, boards, vendors, and voluntary agencies. Prior to her experience with MD Anderson, Ms. Lyda worked for Harris Methodist Health Plan as their Cancer Education Specialist and Continuing Medical Education Coordinator. Other experiences include serving as the Program Director for the American Heart Association and performing in the role of Substance Abuse Counselor at Schick Shadel Hospital in Fort Worth.

Kathy has been married to Lance, her best friend and fellow TCU Horned Frog for 20 years. Together they have two daughters, Avery and Lindy, one rescue dog and another dog of questionable origin, one turtle, six fish (this number may vary depending on how hungry the turtle is), five chickens and zero roosters.

When not pulling her hair out, Kathy loves to teach Sunday School, go geocaching, coach her Destination Imagination team, spend time with her family and drink sweet tea. Not in that order.

**Carol Raymond, MEd ** Carol Raymond currently serves as the STEM instructor, musical ensemble co-facilitator and summer program coordinator at EA Young Academy. Recently named the 2012 Texas Association of Gifted and Talented Teacher of the Gifted for the Piney Woods/Prairie Area, Carol Raymond has served as a gifted and talented specialist, classroom teacher, elementary music specialist, and private music instructor. Her degrees in music performance (BM), elementary music education (BME) and gifted education (MEd) provide a unique blend of expertise in the development of E.A. Young’s curricular and fine arts elements. Prior to coming to Young, she authored numerous differentiated math and science units and created the social/emotional curriculum for Hardin Simmons University’s summer gifted program, “Threshold.” Her passion area is implementing methods to meet the social and emotional needs of her students through challenging and appropriate academic pursuits.

Professionally, Carol serves on the American Mensa Gifted Youth Committee and as the publications chairperson for the Research Division of TAGT. She frequently presents at TAGT conferences in areas of parent education, social/emotional needs of the gifted and curriculum differentiation. She is currently pursuing additional training in cognitive assessment specifically for gifted individuals with Dr. Linda Silverman at the Gifted Development Center in Denver, CO.

While completing her graduate degree, Mrs. Raymond received the Mensa Education Foundation Scholarship as well as the NAGC A. Henry Passow Teacher Scholarship. Carol also serves as a SENG Model Parent Group (SMPG) Facilitator and recently carried out a nationwide research study regarding the effectiveness of the SMPG model with findings published on the SENG website (www.sengifted.org).

Carol loves spending time with her three talented step-daughters and husband, Mike. She plays oboe and keyboard in her church orchestra and assists with the youth choir. Carol has been involved with creative problem solving organizations for over twenty years and currently manages a high school Destination ImagiNation team.