Owner of Carolyn E. Cooper Communications, Carolyn has worked in the computer industry since 1979 and joined her first online community in 1981. In her diverse career, she was assistant editor for Electronic
Rig Stats, the first online database tracking offshore oil rigs,  wrote three books on electronic topics, including Electronic Bulletin Board Systems for Franklin Watts, a division of Groliers and was Web
Editor for Harcourt Brace Professional Publishing. With a background in advertising and marketing, Carolyn has moved between the increasing intersecting areas of marketing, computer science and design, alternating work for large corporations, non-profits, small businesses and running her own entrepreneurial efforts including a small press publishing house, yarn shop and a web development and marketing firm. She established her first online community in 1995 and has continued to study the changes and impact of electronic connection in business and society. Carolyn loves helping entrepreneurs and small business owners take advantage of the  opportunities the new technology offers.  Carolyn will be the instructor for Intermediate Web Marketing, Analytics and Adwords and WordPress 101 Introduction & WordPress 102.

Bill Thomas launched his first business and hired his first employees when he was fourteen years old.  Since then, he has owned and operated several very successful businesses, and some that were not so very successful.  Each was a great learning opportunity.  His most successful venture was 37 years as a general contractor and custom home builder.  He also served four terms as Mayor of Sequim.

Bill is currently a partner in Susan Parr Travel, Inc., operates his own consulting company High Touch Employees, and is a founding partner in The Possibility Development Group, a leadership adventure forum for young business men and women.

Bill is an incurable capitalist and a crusader for small business.  He believes that business is supposed to be fun, not work, and the hours we spend in our places of business should be filled with joy and, of course, lots of profit.

Bill is the instructor for the Search for Wow! Bringing Innovation to Your Business and Words That Make You Rich.  He will be traveling with his consulting firm Winter Term but return in the Spring with more exciting classes to offer.

Mark Bowman

Mark is the Vice President and Senior Loan Officer for the North Olympic Peninsula, WA region of  Enterprise Cascadia, a non-profit affiliate of ShoreBank Corporation of Chicago, IL.  He has been with EC for three years providing loans to small business owners and consulting with non-profits.  EC promotes conservation based development in coastal communities in Oregon and Washington and is headquartered in Ilwaco, WA.  Mark spent the previous five years as a small business owner in the tourism industry in Port Angeles, WA.  Mark will be teaching  Business Financial Tools this Winter.   He teaches other financial management courses periodically through the PCEI.