Inspiring a Sustainable Future Through Storytelling | Rita Whitney
About Rita Whitney
Rita joined the Board in June 2010 and serves on the Mission Fulfillment Committee. She is CEO of Ravivant LLC, a Board member of United States Fencing Association (Central California Division) and Executive Director of the Stanford Fencing Association. Having grown up in New York City, Rita observed many situations where people did not have a voice, and she often tried to help be that voice. As an advocate who is concerned about cultural and economic limitations of people and groups, she is happy to be associated with Hidden Villa, a place that is sensitive to others and the environment. Rita loves the outdoors and how the Duveneck family has shared Hidden Villa with the community; she is proud to be part of a Board that works together to keep the vision of the Duvenecks alive.
Interview Transcript:
Rita Whitney
I know all of my grandmother’s stories. You know, when she grew up in Savannah, Georgia, I know all those stories, and I’ve been writing them down for my daughter, because I know I’m thinking, I’m the only person that knows those stories. My siblings never listened to those stories. And when a short time I lived in Savannah, Georgia, I see somebody and I would say, I know this person’s story, I know these things. So I’ve been writing down all those stories for her, which is part of gets me excited about this storytelling project. We look at a products about an organization and you see numbers, you say, oh, yeah, they did this. And you see all this information about the fun factor. But it doesn’t really tell you what happened. You know what happened. And so in storytelling, you’re actually hearing the story there chapters of a story. Long story. So that’s one type of story. Second Story is a snapshot of a situation. You know, Michael Hamilton, taking kids out, you know, first time as an adult taking kids out on a tour. What was that, like? You know, that’s just a snapshot of that day of experience from his own personal feelings of hidden Villa and taking these kids out on that day. And then third type is the six word story. And thinking about hidden villa, six words would be beauty is all about the environment. Yeah, that’s just six words off the top of my head. But then if there was a situation that I had gone to, if I had gone on a farm tour, or seen some of the new lambs that were just born or the new piglets, it might be piglets, and new lambs. Eat a lot. Okay, okay. That’s seven words. It’s capturing those experiences before they’re gone. You know, people, they look back, you know, they sometimes they look back on their social media about what happened when, but you know, you’re missing all the stories. People don’t necessarily capture them. They are sending these messages out, but they’re not capturing the stories for their family. Businesses are now trying to capture these stories to help with their business to go with those numbers didn’t della.org We’ll be sending out information out to the public on the website, asking people for their stories because people have stories from the CSA pickups, you know the pickups for vegetables and they have stories about you know, when their kids were in camp and they have stories about just being on the beautiful trail in the sunrise
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Rita joined the Board in June 2010 and serves on the Mission Fulfillment Committee. She is CEO of Ravivant LLC, a Board member of United States Fencing Association (Central California Division) and Executive Director of the Stanford Fencing Association. Having grown up in New York City, Rita observed many situations where people did not have a voice, and she often tried to help be that voice. As an advocate who is concerned about cultural and economic limitations of people and groups, she is happy to be associated with Hidden Villa, a place that is sensitive to others and the environment. Rita loves the outdoors and how the Duveneck family has shared Hidden Villa with the community; she is proud to be part of a Board that works together to keep the vision of the Duvenecks alive.
Alan is managing partner at Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP, (GROCO) and is a respected leader in his field. He is also the radio show host to American Dreams. Alan’s CPA firm resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves some of the most influential Venture Capitalist in the world. GROCO’s affluent CPA core competency is advising High Net Worth individual clients in tax and financial strategies. Alan is a current member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (S.I.E.P.R.) SIEPR’s goal is to improve long-term economic policy. Alan has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting and develops innovative financial strategies for business enterprises. Alan also serves on President Kim Clark’s BYU-Idaho Advancement council. (President Clark lead the Harvard Business School programs for 30 years prior to joining BYU-idaho. As a specialist in income tax, Alan frequently lectures and writes articles about tax issues for professional organizations and community groups. He also teaches accounting as a member of the adjunct faculty at Ohlone College.