SCOPE - Speaker Bios

Speaker Biographies

JulieBeth Lamb

JulieBeth Lamb and her husband Rex live in rural Oakdale, CA and have been homeschooling their five children since 1993. Their youngest graduates in June 2013 and they are enjoying helping their daughter home school their grandson. She is also a 4H Citizenship leader, a doula, and Christ-centered childbirth educator. Contact her atCowgirl4Ever@clearwire.net or find her at www.facebook.com/LambpenHomeschoolMinistries.

The Goulding Family

Will Goulding is the father of 6 children and lives in San Jose, CA with his family. He has worked for a small advertising company as a Program Manager for the past 16 years. He has been working with his 4 older kids to help them start their own businesses and explore business ideas for the past 3 1/2 years. He loves to see each of his children developing and exploring their own passions and desires, as well as working with them on their strengths, as well as encouraging them in areas where they can grow. He has a passion to see young people learning good work ethics and skills that will carry them into the future, as well as seeing these young people using their skills to benefit their community and their churches.

Dr. Leanne Liddicoat, OD

Dr. Liddicoat graduated from UC Berkeley with her doctorate in optometry and began private practice in 1998, treating vision problems and eye disease, as well as providing vision therapy to remediate and improve vision function and efficiency. She has also become board certified in developmental optometry and visual therapy/rehabilitation. She works with patients of all ages, but has a particular fondness for serving the pediatric population both in clinic as well as through off-site vision screenings, involvement in FEAT, and providing ongoing workshops for parents, teachers and other professionals that work with children. She has been living and working in the Roseville area for the past 12 years. Her five year old twin daughters actively keep her “Mom perspective” in play as well!

Holly Britton

Holly Britton graduated from UC Davis in 1992 where she gave her life to Jesus Christ and met her soul mate, Zach. Her introduction to homeschooling came through a babysitter when their kids were toddlers. Unsure, but determined, she plunged headlong into a dedicated career as a home educator. After 15 years of teaching, Holly finds joy in sharing her discoveries and experiences with other homeschooling families. She currently resides in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas with her husband, kids, and a myriad of animals. Holly’s book, The Planned Approach, is scheduled for release in fall of 2013.

Mary Schofield

Mary and husband Paul began homeschooling in 1986. Their children graduated, married, moved into their own homes, got decent jobs, and are doing fine out in “the real world” despite the fears of homeschool naysayers. Mary wrote The High School Handbook, a guide to home educating junior and senior high school students, based on years of experience, research, and prayer. She speaks at home education conventions throughout the United States, encouraging parents to seek God’s unique plan for their families. Mary has been enjoying her “retirement” from active homeschooling by continuing to serve on the Board of Directors for the Christian Home Educators Association of California and by remaining active in legal and legislative issues surrounding private and home education, family freedoms, and parental rights. She also found time to go back to school, get a law degree, and become an attorney with her own practice in Cameron Park, California. She serves “of counsel” with the Home School Legal Defense Association. However, her favorite activity these days is playing with her grandchildren.

Steve Walker

Steve Walker is an experienced homeschooling father and pastor. He and his wife (Wendy) have graduated one adopted daughter (who recently gave them their second grandchild) and are currently homeschooling their three older boys and two adopted younger children, a daughter from China and a son from Uganda. Though Steve enjoys many hobbies, including the piano and running, his greatest delights are serving in ministry and spending time with his wife and his children.

Jennifer Pepito

Jennifer Pepito is the homeschooling mom to seven children and joyful wife to Scott. She is a contributor to the book, Homeschool Methods and has articles published in magazines such as: The Old Schoolhouse, Home Educating Family, and Homeschool Enrichment. Her family served on the mission field in Mexico and continue to enjoy taking family mission trips to help their friends at the Alcanzando La Vision orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. Jennifer enjoys encouraging women to run the race of life with endurance as they fulfill their calling to love the husband and children God has blessed them with.

Deborah Wuehler

Deborah Wuehler is the Senior Editor of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and the Homeschool Minute. She is wife to Richard, and mom to three homeschool graduates as well as five still at home from preschool to high school. Her desire is to encourage homeschool families to seek the Lord in all they do, and keep their children home where they belong.
www.TOSmagazine.com.

Don Roberts with Bible Couriers International

Don Roberts is President and founder of Bible Couriers International. He was born-again in the 70’s and has been serving along with his wife, Marion, full-time as a Bible courier since 1982. They have been on numerous Bible courier missions to restricted countries such as Vietnam, China, Cuba, the Soviet Bloc., Central America and Southeast Asia. Over the years the Lord has taught them numerous lessons about: Christians living victoriously under persecution, challenges of full-time ministry, couples working together in ministry, and what are the needs and opportunities for today’s Christians in tomorrow’s restricted world.

Bible Couriers International has been an exhibitor at numerous church leadership and home educators’ conferences throughout California and Oregon. Mr. Roberts has conducted numerous seminars at CHEFA, CHEA, SCOPE, and Valley Home Educators Convention of Modesto. Don and Marion Roberts have been banquet speakers and workshop leaders at Biola University’s mission conferences; workshop leaders at C.L.A.S.S in Sacramento, Bay Area Sunday School (B.A.S.S.) in Castro Valley, and several others.

Nathan Pierce with Family Protection Ministries

Nathan was homeschooled kindergarten through high school and received a B.A. in Political Studies from The Master’s College in Santa Clarita, California. Early on, while homeschooling through high school, he decided he wanted to cut firewood for a living. God had other plans. A back injury led Nathan to realize God’s call on his life to pursue a college degree and a career in politics. Nathan now works full-time for Family Protection Ministries where he began as an intern in 2002. He is the legislative liaison for private homeschooling and speaks at conferences to both homeschool parents and teens. He and his wife Betsy were married in 2004 and have four children. They are involved in their church, and homeschool their own children. Nathan has worked full-time to protect private homeschooling in California since 2004.

Gail Efting

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