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<h3><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Meet Thyra Stevenson</span></h3>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thyra Stevenson is an elected City Councilor in Lewiston, Idaho, and also flies for USCG Air Station Astoria as an Aircraft Commander/Instructor Pilot of the USCG District 13 AuxAir Squadron. For over 12 years, she has served as Flotilla Commander, Nat'l Division Chief-Education, and CIO (Chief Information Officer), CG Auxiliary Association. She has received numerous awards from both the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Prior to these activities, Ms. Stevenson qualified and flew large jets as airline Captain in both cargo and passenger Part 121 operations, with type ratings on DC-3, Convair 580, Citation, DC-9, B727, and B757 aircraft.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish from Boston University; a certificate in Spanish from the University of Madrid, Spain; a Masters degree in Spanish Literature from New York University in Madrid, Spain; a Ph.D., ABD, from Univ. of Washington, in Latin American Literature.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In addition to teaching Spanish language and literature at the University of Washington, she taught Spanish in exclusive private schools in both the California Silicon Valley area and in Boston, all for a total of over eleven years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">These experiences led to specialization in educational technology and distance learning methods, which she applied during her corporate managerial years in the Field Support business unit of a large worldwide ($55B) electronics/computer manufacturer based in the San Francisco Bay area.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The strategic planning, budgeting, database design, and technology education skills deployed in her ten years in the high-tech environment became even more useful as Ms. Stevenson advanced in the aviation sector, where she introduced self-paced training module curriculums into crew training during her years as a flight officer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After growing up in Lewiston, Idaho, Ms. Stevenson returned there and transitioned into civic affairs, and was elected to serve as Lewiston City Councilor. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Regional Metropolitan Transportation Policy organization, as well as on the Board of Regional Public Transportation (RPT.) Previously, she served on the Lewiston area's Regional Airport Commission, and is now the city representative and liaison to the FAA's Northwest Mountain Region. Activities involve procuring grants and funding ranging from $2M to $300M from a wide variety of public and private entities.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The relationships Ms. Stevenson has cultivated throughout the years with highly placed and distinguished corporate executives play a big part in the success she enjoys in achieving results.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ms. Stevenson became active in California politics in the early 1970s as a GOP Precinct Captain. Her interest in representing citizens continues in Idaho, where she served as Precinct Captain, Chairman of the District 7 Legislative Committee, Chairman of the Nez Perce County Republican Central Committee, multiple times as Delegate to the State of Idaho Republican Convention, and Alternate Delegate to the 2010 National Republican Women's Convention.</span></p>
<p>She is married to Walter Greenham, retired mainframe computer engineer. Between them, they have five grown children and numerous grandchildren. She is an ordained Elder in the Spalding Nez Perce Indian Presbyterian Church, Spalding, Idaho, and continues a lifelong love of music with her membership as piper in the USCG Bagpipe Band.</p>