Board of Directors

Jarrett Crippen
President and Co-Founder

Jarrett Crippen was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he has been employed by the Austin Police Department as a patrol officer, detective, and instructor. He has completed numerous schools and seminars on leadership and communication skills including the West Point Leadership Academy and the public speaking seminar Say It Loud, and his talents serve him well as the face and voice of SCARE For A Cure. Jarrett and his wife Norma founded SCARE for a CURE, a non-profit organization that got its start in the Crippens' back yard. In 2007, Jarrett—a self proclaimed comic book geek—was selected as a cast member in Stan Lee’s SciFi Channel reality show, “Who Wants to be a Superhero.” He won the competition and was proclaimed the world’s next great superhero! He routinely travels to cities around the country to appear as “The Defuser,” but his favorite stops are Austin area elementary schools, Boy/Girl Scout events and church groups. Jarrett is always looking for ways to educate children about how to be heroes in their own communities.

Norma Crippen
Vice President and Co-Founder

Norma Jean Crippen is co-founder and vice president of SCARE for a CURE, and President/Founder of Liquid Red Recruiting. An executive recruiter, her 20-year career spans various industries ranging from software entertainment (video games) to finance and high tech. She spent six years at legendary game developer Origin Systems and six years at Dell Financial Services before going independent and joining Mary-Margaret Network in 2005. In 2009, Norma went independent and started Liquid Red Recruiting, a talent acquisition firm specialized in the video games industry. Norma is a member of several local art museums and enjoys supporting the local arts in Austin. SCARE was created from her passion to give back to the local community.

Susan Pratt
Secretary

Susan Pratt currently teaches sixth grade science at Cedar Valley Middle School. Susan has eleven years of classroom experience, and has sponsored several student activities including student council, science club and juggling club. She also volunteers with Destination Imagination, and the ACL Festival. She got involved with SCARE for a CURE after working with Haunted Trails at the Wild Basin for several years.

Becca Paley
Treasurer

Becca Paley, CPA, MBA, was raised in El Paso, TX. She came to Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX, and ended up staying (except for a 2-year stint in Germany, traveling Europe). She has been a public accountant for many years, and started teaching accounting courses at her alma mater a few years back. She is now pursuing a PhD in Accounting. When asked why she volunteered to serve on the SCARE board, she answered, "Why? 'Cause I love helping others - raising funds for cancer awareness 'one scare at a time' is an ambition."

Debbie Cerda
Board Member At Large

Coming soon.

Nora Evans
Board Member At Large

Nora Evans is a geographer with over 30 years experience in information systems, data analysis, and event planning. She is currently employed by the Austin Police Department as a Planner, responsible for crime statistics, mapping, and analysis. Nora's interest in theatre and haunts comes from her involvement with Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas, a technical theatre training group. Nora is both a student of the Institute as well as an assistant instructor for their Makeup course. Nora brings Board of Directors experience from several sources including a national non-profit and a major university.

Matt Pinsonneault
Board Member At Large

Matt Pinsonneault has worked in the computer software industry for about 25 years and is currently a test engineer for Nokia. He is a long-time veteran when it comes to acting in and building haunted houses, having worked on twelve haunts over the past fifteen years at Britannia Manor, Haunted Trails, and SCARE for a CURE. In his spare time he does carpentry projects and continues his never-ending quest to brew the perfect beer.

Paul Sicard
Board Member At Large

Paul Sicard is a Board member At Large of SCARE for a CURE. Paul got involved with Scare after helping with the Haunted Trails at Wild Basin for several years. He has worked in the audiovisual industry for 15 years and has helped produce events for companies such as IBM, Motorola and PBS. Currently, Paul is the Audiovisual czar at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX.

Edwin Wise
Board Member At Large

Edwin Wise is a software engineer with over 25 years of professional experience. Edwin has done work in such varied places as in Manufacturing CAD/CAM, Games, and Embedded Firmware for data acquisition systems, and considers himself to be a rogue technologist with a penchant for complex system design. He loves Halloween and is a special effects maker. His many talents include writing, ballroom dancing with his wife, jewelry making, robotics, and working with metal and digital hardware.