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About our Presenters
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Senior Program Director: Creator of the organ program at Providence Everett Medical Center. Kathy has been a
registered nurse in Everett since
1976, with sixteen of those years as a head nurse / nurse manager. An
adventurous sort, she drives race cars so watch out for her at
the Evergreen Speedway! Kathy also teaches IV therapy at the Everett
Community College School of Nursing and has won many awards for
excellence in nursing. Kathy was a Nurseweek Magazine "Nursing
Excellence in Community Service Award" finalist in 2002 &
2006, for
her efforts in educating youth about the consequences of their lifestyle
choices. Inspired to make
healthy choices in her younger years by a pathologist who brought lungs
damaged by tobacco smoke in to her school, Kathy quit smoking. She
founded and developed the innovative
reality-based signature teaching method
used today and started the Links
Organ Program at Providence Everett
Medical Center in 1989. That program evolved in to the program used
today, The Real Inside Story (TRIS). Kathy has been very
active in the Puget Sound Chapter Intravenous Nurses Society and
contributes to the community as a volunteer in many arenas. She is the
Senior Program Director and joined the Choice & Consequence organization
in September of 2003 to expand her efforts to a statewide level. Her
vision and sincere desire to educate youth make her a sought after
public speaker. Kathy
lives in Arlington with her husband and sons. BACK
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Colleen
McElroy-Williams, MS, RN Colleen grew up in Edmonds, Washington, attending both Edmonds Junior and Senior High Schools. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of
Alaska, Anchorage in 1991, exactly 20 years after she flunked out of
Edmonds High School. Low self-esteem coupled with drug and alcohol abuse
led to some difficult times in her teen life. She got word that she had passed her nurse's
licensing examination the day before she flew to attend her 20 year
Edmonds High School reunion! At 42 years old, when most people were
retiring from the military, Colleen was sworn in to the United States
Air Force. She served her four years as a psychiatric nurse at Wilford
Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Her last year in
service was spent earning her Master of Science in Community Health
Administration and Health Promotion. She held National Board
Certification as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse for 10 years and is certified as a
Health Promotion Director by the Cooper Institute of Dallas, TX. Colleen returned to live in the Seattle area in 1999.
She worked as the Health Promotion
Coordinator for Naval Station Everett until quitting to found this
organization after she was diagnosed with lung disease in October of
2002. She serves as a health educator and is the Executive Director for Choice &
Consequence, a nonprofit corporation.
Colleen has a husband, two children and two grandchildren along with a
host of other family members that live in the area. A strong belief in using her past indiscretions
to help others illustrates the 'silver lining in every cloud' theme reflected in the company logo
she created. Her unusual life experiences and sense of humor
make her a sought after motivational speaker and health educator. Colleen
is currently on the Snohomish Health District Tobacco Prevention &
Control Advisory Board. BACK TO TOP Marylou
Hoidal, Volunteer Assistant Marylou Hoidal was born July 2, 1930 and graduated from the Marysville High School class of 1948. She worked for the Marysville globe, was a checker for the old B & M grocery store, and worked for the Volunteers of America until she retired. Married in 1951, Marylou raised five children and divorced in 1983. She has 10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. "Raising children was a most gratifying project, followed only by working with Choice & Consequence as an assistant to my daughter". Retirement has not slowed her down. This former Strawberry Festival Queen travels as an assistant to Colleen Williams across the state and loves working with young people. BACK TO TOP
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