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Jarrett Crippen
President and Founder
Jarrett Crippen was born and raised in Austin, Texas where he still
lives with his wife and family. At the age of 23, Jarrett
became an Austin Police officer. After 9 years spent on patrol,
he was promoted the rank of Detective and was assigned as
a criminal investigator for the next 5 yrs. In 2006, Jarrett
followed his dream of teaching and became an instructor at
the Austin Police Academy teaching cadets, officers and members
of the public. Jarrett has completed numerous schools and
seminars on leadership and communication skills including
the West Point Leadership Academy and Say It Loud; a public
speaking certification seminar.
In 2007, Jarrett and his wife; Norma founded SCARE For A CURE, a
non-profit corporation that each year holds a haunted house in Austin, Texas to raise
money for cancer related charities. SCARE 2007 raised over $10,000 for
breast cancer research and recovery and logged over 3880 volunteer hours
from over 200 volunteers, including many Austin area high school students.
Also in 2007, Jarrett—a self proclaimed comic book geek—auditioned
for and was selected out of 3400 contestants to be a cast member of Stan
Lee’s “Who Wants to be a Superhero”, a reality show on the
SciFi Channel. In September of that same year, Jarrett won the contest and was
proclaimed the world’s next great superhero!
Jarrett now spends his time with his family, preparing for SCARE 2008, and
his activities related to being a real life 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’s passions include public speaking
and story telling. He is always looking for ways to educate children about
how to be heroes in their own communities as well as raise money for local
worthy causes.
Jeff Johannigman
Vice President
Jeff Johannigman is founder of People Type Consulting, an Austin-based
firm that works with companies who want to improve their teamwork
and leadership, and with individuals who want to find more
fulfilling careers. His clients include The University of
Texas, Vignette, KPMG, Austin Community College, RE/MAX Real
Estate, Reimbursement Consultants, IBM, and Applied Materials.
Mr. Johannigman earned a Master of Arts in Human Services from St. Edward's University, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
from Cornell University. He is recognized as one of Austin’s
foremost experts in the application of the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator for career development, team-building, leadership,
and communications.
Jeff Johannigman’s career began in the computer game
industry in Silicon Valley. As a programmer, designer, and
eventually producer, he has worked on over 25 published games,
including several award-winning hits, for such companies as
Electronic Arts, MicroProse, and Atari.
In the mid-nineties, he left the game industry to pursue a career in
human resources, training, and career management. He established one of
the country's first alumni career services for the University of Texas,
then managed worldwide staffing for IBM’s Tivoli Systems division. One
of his greatest passions is helping individuals at all levels achieve
their career dreams. After the technology bubble burst in 2001,
he trained and coached hundreds of outplaced employees from IBM,
Dell, Motorola, and Applied Materials, to find new and fulfilling
career directions.
Jeff has also had a long and varied career as a professional entertainer.
He began performing as a magician at the age of 14, and later worked summers
as Yogi Bear at Kings Island Theme Park. More recently as a professional
Murder Mystery Dinner Actor and as a Halloween entertainer, he has
played a befuddled Texas cattleman, a mad scientist, a cynical gumshoe,
a power crazed director, a Mafia hit man, a tinfoil-helmeted conspiracy
nut, and an occasional dead guy.
Mr. Johannigman is an active member of the American Society for Training and Development
and Wisdom at Work. He has won over two dozen public speaking competitions
and awards from Toastmasters International.
Edwin Wise
Secretary
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
- Working with metal and digital hardware
Norma Crippen
Treasurer and Co-Founder
Norma Crippen is Co-Founder and Treasurer of SCARE For A Cure. For
the past 14 years Norma has held several Recruiting positions
in various industries ranging from entertainment software,
finance, to manufacturing. Currently she serves as Lead Recruiter
and Client Manager for Mary-Margaret.com, a leading recruiting
boutique firm in the software entertainment industry. A passion
for art and being creative, Norma is a member of the Blanton
Museum of Art, AMOA and enjoys volunteering at local art events.
Nan Cameron
Office at Large
As a professional educator, Nan Cameron taught countless hundreds of
students the magical world of theatre production, scenic and lighting
design and speech communication. While a school administrator, she
introduced FAB-Core (Fine Arts-Based Core Curriculum), an exciting
program that successfully challenged students to excel academically, to
expand their creative and intellectual horizons and to stay in school.
As resident director, scenic/lighting designer as well as business manager
of Austin’s first dinner theatre, Theatre Unlimited, Nan made lifelong
friends in the professional theatre and film industries. She also thrives
in the Austin music and belly dance scenes.
Nan is a passionate SCARE volunteer, an ardent political activist and a
spokesperson for breast cancer awareness and environmental issues, all of
which keep her on the move in Austin when she’s not traveling the world.
As she says, “I’m never happier than when I have an airline ticket in my
hand. I’m like the proverbial dog: Open the door and I’ll hop right in.
It doesn’t matter where we’re going ... or the mode of
transportation ... plane, boat, train, bus or camel.” Her favorite international travel
destinations are Africa, particularly Morocco and Egypt, Southeast Asia,
India, New Zealand, Australia, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Italy and
France. She says that when she’s too old to tote a backpack to weird and
wonderful places, she’ll further explore her breath-taking and beloved
homeland, the USA.
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